The Joys of Jane Austen and 16th-Century Midwifery Manuals

Jan 04, 2013

 

Basically, I knew from the time I learned to read I needed to be an English major in college. I love to read and I love to talk about books — what major could suit me better? Unfortunately…

One Enchanted Evening

Jan 04, 2013

 

I spent spring break of my third year in a car, driving across the country. Dan, a student at Williams College, and Sara, a theatre major at the University of Washington, met me in…

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being a Student Adviser

Jan 04, 2013

 

Twelve first-years. Twelve! While staff training week taught me how to handle pretty much every conceivable conflict I might encounter as a student adviser, or S.A., it left out that…

People Watching and Study Buddies

Jan 04, 2013

 

I’m a person who is very set in my habits. I get out of bed at the same time every single morning and try to go to bed at the same time every night. I go to the library pretty much every…

My Computer Outweighs Me

Jan 04, 2013

 

Two years ago when I was getting ready to head off to college, my parents told me I could have a laptop. Stoked beyond all reckoning, I surfed Dell’s website to decide what model I wanted …

Tilting with Windmills in Tutorial

Jan 04, 2013

I remember sitting at my computer, scrolling through the list of choices for my tutorial class. My eyes jumped across the screen, and my mind nearly exploded with excitement. There were so many…

German and Russian and Arabic — Oh My!

Jan 04, 2013

by Patrick Busch '08

I got my laptop a few weeks before I…

That Swing Thing

Jan 04, 2013

 

A tall, smartly dressed man with slicked-back hair and gray suspenders slides up to me, hand outstretched. I smile and place my hand in his, accepting his silent offer. He walks me out to…

Good Conversation and Dining Hall Food

Jan 04, 2013
by Patrick Busch ’08

Religion in the Cornfields

Jan 04, 2013

 

I’ve been a Unitarian Universalist all my life. I’m used to people asking me “What’s UU?” all the time, so by now, I’ve got the speech down. But what I didn’t know was that by coming to…

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