Category Archives: 2011-12

Read posts from students from 2011-12

On Monuments

Lately, I’ve become somewhat interested in two things that I have absolutely no background in or knowledge about: bird watching and architecture. Allow me to make a few completely uninformed statements on the latter.

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Time to kick it up a notch

Now that we’re about 3 1/2 weeks into summer, it’s time to kick it up a notch to reach my goals. But what’s that? A drip? Curses. Leaks, leaks, and more leaks. Fix one, and another appears. I finally got … Continue reading

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Inaugurual Blogural

مرحبا‎ (That says Hello! in Arabic) UPS asked me to write a blog about my summer as an intern with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the National Council on US/Arab Relations in Washington, D.C. Despite my past pronouncements … Continue reading

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Let the games begin

This week is a great week of low tides, great for field sampling. In addition to the sulfide seep, I decided to sample a “clean” site further along Ruston Way. At this site, to sample the rocks at tidal height … Continue reading

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Science and stick shifts.

Tonight is the culmination of weeks of intense planning, continuous revision, and slaving research. I’m procrastinating on a final paper! So, instead of working on it, I think I’ll tell you about it. After birth and before adulthood comes the … Continue reading

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Summer doldrums

I’m already well into my second week of summer, and I’m already beginning to fear the annual threat of the summer doldrums. This is no way a reference to the weather—I could think of nothing better at the moment than … Continue reading

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Junior Year (this one’s a downer)

Junior year, the time I went to school from August to June with one two-week break. Or. Junior year, the six-week tropical spring break and the four-month personal-growth sabbatical. Truth is, my “junior year” isn’t even over. I am in school … Continue reading

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What are these hideous creatures? Crabs of course.

Aloha! Well, that sounds cheesy. Let’s start over. Hi! I’m Corrie Wong. This summer, I’m fortunate enough to be working with Professor Joel Elliott studying intertidal crabs found at marine anthropogenic sulfide seeps along Ruston Way in Tacoma. If you … Continue reading

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Just Some Words on Commencement

I promise I would have had pictures to accompany this blog post had the weather been conducive to photography at Commencement. Instead, we were subjected to the rain and wind beneath clear ponchos while sitting on chairs that came with … Continue reading

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Sex, sex, sex!

Tis that time of year. A sperm layer on your windshield or tickling your nose. Eggs spewed haphazardly, and by the thousands. Pheromones flying free and making monsters of worms. Mass migrations and great congregations. As the days get longer, … Continue reading

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