Archive for January 1st, 2004

Historic Moments: Medina Parrilla at 2003 World Championships in Greece

Posted in Greece, Historic Moments, Scholastic, The Chess Drum, World Youth on Jan 1st, 2004 No Comments »

Lapshun and Parrilla play a game against a picturesque backdrop. Bronx native, Medina Parrilla journeyed to Halkidiki, Greece to compete in the Under-12 championships and scored a respectable 6-5. The Bronx Times’ Noah Fowle penned an article about the 12-year old star and although she downplayed the attention she has been getting, the trip to […]

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The Dynamics of Critical Thinking

Posted in Opinion/Editorials, The Chess Drum on Jan 1st, 2004 No Comments »

In my profession, we use our body of intellectual knowledge to make complicated concepts understandable to the uninitiated. However, there is an irony to being part of this elite body of scholars. Just what does it mean to have a Ph.D. or to be a Doctor of Philosophy? How does this level differ from perhaps […]

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