When I graduate (or along the way) maybe I will understand why:

• A lobbyist was invited to present to a class whose syllabus clearly states that guest speakers would be, “…leaders drawn from the artistic, non-profit and commercial sectors of the new media field…”

• How the nuclear industry proposes to safely dispose of radioactive waste (for 1/2 of eternity) when society can’t figure out how to properly dispose of plastic picnic utensils.

• Why public utilities are allowed to raise the price per kilowatt hour when ratepayers are using less (not more) electricity.

• Why millions of dollars are spent developing capital-intensive power generation facilities hundreds of miles from consumers: instead of using existing infrastructure to develop power generation and distribution within cities and suburbs.

• How over six billion dollars of foreign investment in fracking operations within the United States is deemed a good investment in the future of our land by elected officials (possibly related to the answer of question one?).

• What the plan is to quickly and safely evacuate Southern California’s Orange and San Diego Counties within a 90 mile radius of the San Onofre Nuclear power plant (built 1964) in the event of a Fukushima style event.

I have a lot of other questions and no answers.

Peter Terezakis
ITP, Tisch School of the Arts
New York City