Category Archives: 2012-13

Read posts from students from 2012-13

Theatre In The Pacific Northwest

The University of Puget Sound has a countless number of artistic, academic, and athletic events going on all the time, which means that there is always something to do at Puget Sound. Between the music department’s orchestra, band, jazz, choir, … Continue reading

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The Housing Lottery and Midterms

Two important things are going on this weekend at Puget Sound: the housing lottery, and gearing up for midterms. I’ll start by discussing the housing lottery, which happened this past Saturday. You can find descriptions of various residence halls in … Continue reading

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Not All Who Wander Are Lost

Winter in India, moving in to a fraternity, Snow days and a day-in-the-life. Don’t you just love long blog posts? I, apparently, do.

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Writing a Meta-Theatrical, Musical Murder Mystery (About Macbeth): Part 3

Now for a post about performances of Fight Call, a New Musical! It’s been a few weeks since Fight Call closed, but I never got a chance to blog about performances, and since I have an unusual stretch of free … Continue reading

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Keeping motivated for Midterms!

Hey everyone! I hope the new year and semester are treating you all well so far. For me this semester is already flying by, I can’t believe we only have 12 more days before Spring Break!! Of course we all … Continue reading

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The Rise and Fall of the Lecture: The Value of a Liberal Arts Education

Now that the semester is well underway, I thought it would be a good time to talk about the classes that I’m taking this semester. I’ll start by discussing the seminar-style classes at the University of Puget Sound, because they … Continue reading

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The Art of Science

Now for a slight change of pace. After rehearsing my musical, I switched to a more left-brain-oriented project for the second two weeks of my winter break and worked in a biochemistry lab at the Oregon Health Sciences University where … Continue reading

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Winter Break Shenanigans!

Wow! I can’t believe spring semester is already here. It seems like I was getting on a Colorado bound flight just yesterday and now I’m already back in Tacoma. For me break went by extremely fast which kept things exciting! … Continue reading

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Writing a Meta-Theatrical, Musical Murder Mystery (About Macbeth): Part 2

And now for the next installment in my “What I Did During My Winter Vacation” Series: The first day of rehearsals for Fight Call began in an acting studio in Portland. Actors huddled around the piano sight-reading the score, reading … Continue reading

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Writing a Meta-Theatrical, Musical Murder Mystery (About Macbeth) Part 1

I started composing an original musical with my brother during my sophomore year of high school. The musical, Fight Call, is best described as a meta-theatrical murder mystery about Macbeth. (I kid, but it really is part murder mystery, part … Continue reading

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