Being a freshman: Swimming with sharks
It’s a big blue ocean out there. Only the fastest swimmers will survive. If incoming freshman aren’t careful, the sharks of college life can overtake them. Kohl Callister wants to…
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Summer physics whiz kid
Michael Negale wades through the knee-high grass, instruments in hand and equations in mind. His job isn’t easy — measuring solar radiance in a stalk is hard enough, but calculating…
John Rees: Bringing real-world photography to our classrooms
After spending the last decade doing glamorous photo shoots for clients like Nike and Apple, former teacher John Rees is back for a tour of duty in the Arts and…
New Latino Student Parent Orientation Dinner
The Orientation Office and the Latino Initiative is sponsoring an orientation dinner Sept. 1 for new Latin American students and their parents. An announcement for the event states that the…
Parent night
This year, parent night will be held on Aug. 24, the day before classes begin. The event is designed to give parents of potential, future or current students the opportunity…
The ugly shadow: Racism
The human tendency to divide into distinct and exclusive groups doesn’t need much prodding. Racism is alive and well in Bolivia. The premise is different, the names of the opposing…
Student studies globalization’s effects in Bolivia
Rachel Potter, an Integrated Studies major in Anthropology and Spanish, is in the middle of a three-month anthropological investigation in Bolivia, researching the way globalization is affecting the youth who…
From the classroom to the jungle
Professors Wayne Whaley and Bill Dinklage of the biology department are taking 14 participants on a veritable jungle safari where they will watch glowing lava blocks rolling off a volcano,…
