Category Archives: 2010-11

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The Path is Not Straight

I’m a big quotations junkie. So much so that one of my favorite Christmas presents each year is a Quotable Calendar full of wonderful quotations and brilliance that I get to display on my wall. One of my favorites was … Continue reading

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The Adapatation of the Thesis

Every senior complains about their thesis. Or at least this seems to be the trend among the majors who are actually required to write one for graduation. It is a common misconception that all majors require theses. In fact, most … Continue reading

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I Love This Place

Five Reasons That I LOVE University of Puget Sound (In No Particular Order)… 1. The leaves during fall! Check out how beautiful they get! 2. The professors. I could go on and on, but here’s one specific example of how … Continue reading

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Time of the Season

I bought a grey crew-neck sweatshirt at Goodwill this week featuring Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He stares into a pool of water while a caption floats above his head informing observers that “rainy days are a time for reflection.” … Continue reading

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Providence & Proportional Fractions

I write this as I lay in bed savoring the last couple of hours of Fall Break. Have I done as much work as I thought I would (to get ahead in my classes)? No. Am I totally ready for … Continue reading

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Hump Day

It’s Wednesday of midterms, and I’m still alive. I had a Physiology exam today, I just finished writing my Biochemistry lab report (at 12:45am, no less), and I have one more Education essay due on Friday. I also (finally… it … Continue reading

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Forting!

In the meantime. Living-room forts never go out of fashion. Neither do slumber parties. Even if instead of reading Judy Blume by flashlight, we are instead reading “The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation”

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Tomorrow, Tomorrow

Tomorrow evening, I will hear back from Teach For America as to whether or not I get to advance to the Final Interview stage… needless to say, I’m pretty nervous for that e-mail, and also excited for the further opportunities … Continue reading

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Slater Natural History Museum. Museum-1 Assistant

We skin birds and stuff them with cotton and sew them up and dry them out and tag them and freeze them (to kill off any annoying little buggies) and then put them away in the rows and rows of specimens the museum holds for anyone who might think of some clever study which demands access to the library of information stored in the skins. Was that a run-on sentence? possibly.

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HAR-FEST

The colors are changing, the weather is temperamental, the students are getting to burnt-out phase #1… Fall is here! And if thats not cause for celebration, i don’t know what is. I don’t know how many people know, but our … Continue reading

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