“Brooms up!” says the referee, and we all sprint for the center of the field. It’s a race for the four balls, chasers running for the Quaffle (an under inflated volleyball) and Beaters for the three bludgers (dodgeballs). There’s mud in my face so I can’t really see, but I charge ahead enthusiastically and slam …
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Bowerbirds
Have you ever heard of a bowerbird? I certainly had not until our third night at Catamount when Marie showed us all a video about this intriguing family of birds. In short, they are a family of birds who create remarkably intricate bowers, or nests, in order to attract a mate. We learned that the …
A Lesson in Art and Humility
I joined this class without any previous knowledge of architecture, design, and without any skill in drawing or sketching. Understandably, you might be asking yourself why I would ever decide to take an environmental design class. The answer, despite its lack of logic, is simple : I wanted to learn about something that I had …
A Casual Day of Class
Today, our class of six met up at The Bon Shopping Center just north of campus to speak to the owners of the strip mall and to one of the owners of a coffee shop within the strip mall. Our final project in this class is to present a redesigned model of the shopping center …
Welcome to Oxford
The city of Oxford has many things going for it, but being easy to navigate late at night is not one of them. At least, that’s how I feel on my first night at the University of Oxford. The rest of the “freshers” and I have been released into town after an evening of orientation, …
Research Paper- The Rough Draft
Our final research papers are in full swing! On Friday, our rough drafts were due to Susan- both an electronic and a hard copy- by 5 pm. Susan told us, “Make the drafts as complete as possible. But remember, this is a work in progress. The point is to get started. The more you can …
Paleotopography Speculation in the Tahoe Region
by John McCormick ’14 and Joe Grimley ’13 This week our geological journey brought us to McKissick Canyon, where the paleovalleys filled with “auriferous gravels” (these yielded phenomenal quantities of “placer gold” in the 1850’s) are only outdone by the volcanic deposits that blanket the landscape for hundreds of kilometers. The pyroclastic volcanic rocks, filled …
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HY104 Soccer!
Hello everyone! Our rough drafts for our research papers are due tomorrow, so I’m on bit of a time crunch! However, I wanted to get another post out to you. I decided that today I would write about our intramural soccer team! Our wonderful FYE Mentor, Mark, signed us all up to be on an …
HY104 Trip to the CC Cabin
Earlier this week, our class went to the CC Cabin, and it was great! The CC Cabin is a college-owned cabin in the mountains that is available to all classes to use. All of the members of our class, including Susan, left campus at about 3:45 on Monday. We took a CC-owned small charter bus …
First Research Paper Update! HY104
Beginning the First Research Paper! A huge portion if our grade this block is a large research paper! We have to write a ten page paper about any topic regarding Mediterranean history! We are only allowed to use primary sources, and the paper is due towards the end of the block. The first step we …
