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Clear filtersMay 20, 2009
Thankfully, there were senior members who talked me through the best ways to peel garlic, fry potatoes, and make an omelet. Never would I have imagined that a group of students could be efficient and capable enough to orchestrate what functioned like a self-contained dining hall.
May 14, 2009
Remember how I mentioned there are all these distractions during reading period and finals? Ah, yes, there is another one I failed to mention earlier, and that is PACKING.
May 8, 2009
There's something cool about occupying spaces that have so much history in them, so many Obies who've lived there in the past...
April 27, 2009
I got a little overzealous and started quizzing people on their "action items," which I think only confused the issue.
March 30, 2009
I got into Harkness co-op the summer before my freshman year and have stayed loyal to the Harkness flag ever since. This year, I think I am the oldest and most experienced veteran Harkness resident. Just call me Auntie Harkness.
March 15, 2009
Inside, podcasts of A Prairie Home Companion ushered Keepers and visitors into the dining room where we filled our plates and other eating receptacles with hamburger noodle hotdish, green bean casserole, wild rice, powdermilk biscuits, and jello with Swedish fish before heading outside to the sunshine.
February 21, 2009
It must have looked pretty odd--all those mini lanterns hanging from tree limbs and about five of us with cans of spray paint looking like members of a graffiti ExCo, but you get my point.
February 17, 2009
Things I didn't expect from college: Moving in with the boyfriend.
January 29, 2009
I learned that there is a certain art to pie-making, kneading from the center out, making sure that the middle isn't too thin, and being careful to leave a slightly raised border along the outside so there's some semblance of crust after it bakes.
January 13, 2009
Last Sunday I moved into my house for this semester. Now I officially live off campus.
January 2, 2009
I am here to take Intensive German in an effort to shove enough grammar and vocabulary into my head to take German 102 in the coming semester.
December 14, 2008
It looked delicious... but we were told we couldn't eat yet. It is an extremely sadistic thing to show us food and tell us we can't partake. I was ready to dive in. But there was a reason.