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April 5, 2010
I started out this semester with the idea that I would declare Biology or Engineering as my major and get cracking on the classes I needed to fulfill the major requirements. This was to be my buckling down semester, full of sciences and maths of various shapes and flavors.
Finals in Perpetual Motion
December 20, 2009
If you've heard the song "We Will All Go Together When We Go," by Tom Lehrer, it encapsulates the joyful fatalism of finals. This is why we have gender-bending, gravity-smashing swing dances.
It's the (ExCo) Final(s) Countdown!
December 14, 2009
Our final for this ExCo was to make our own picture book, the four of us creating a fabulous story. Picture book enclosed for your reading pleasure!
Hello again, world!
October 12, 2009
I love the idea of ExCos--it's part of the reason I came here. I signed up for a bunch of them but only one really worked out with my schedule. (One of my sophomore friends told me that it's funny how first-years try to do everything, but the truth is, there's so much interesting stuff going on, it's impossible not to at least try it.)
Go West
May 7, 2009
Dan stood in front of the bulldozers and blocked the construction for hours before they hauled him away. Why weren't there hundreds of people with him? Thousands?
"Translation is not a matter of words only..."
March 19, 2009
I went into the first lesson armed with ten years of violin lessons, one year of music theory, and a textbook.
I'm cool, too!
February 12, 2009
And one more interesting thing. This is my thirteenth post here. I figured publishing it tomorrow would be a little much.
Hieronymus Bosch in a Hot Air Balloon
February 10, 2009
During Add/Drop, we overcommit. This is inevitable.
ExCo Madness
February 8, 2009
Since I first sat back down at my desk last Saturday, I had this whole blog perfectly planned out.
Storytelling ExCo
November 9, 2008
I had cancelled most of my plans for the weekend to write my script for cinema, and was currently completely outlined but not written. And I needed inspiration. A room full of creative souls seemed like a good place to be for two hours of my precious Sunday time.
Woman who fell from the sky
September 29, 2008
The Storytelling Exco has been the pillar of my college experience -- performance on the outside and therapy on the inside.
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