Students started week two of organic chemistry with their first major test. They didn't get much rest time after though, as they jumped right back into lab the next day. This week students will be leaning how to use NMR spectroscopy as another tool for identifying organic compounds. NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) treats the nucleus …
Week One- FYE HY104
Hi everyone! My name is Nila, and I am a member of the Colorado College Class of 2017! I am so excited to be writing this blog for you and letting you know all about my HY 104 History of the Mediterranean course for Blocks 1&2. This week, we have started to study how to …
Week One
Welcome to Chemistry 250: Structures of Organic Molecules! We have hit the ground running full speed ahead in Orgo 1. Already students have dived into the first three (yes 3 !) chapters of their text books. They are learning how to draw organic molecules and identify different functional groups. Functional groups are characteristic groups of …
The Olympics, 2012
When I wandered through the City of London museum, I was bombarded by the magnificence of a city that has survived and thrived after thousands of years and many disasters in the forms of plagues, fires, war, and mad monarchs. The sheer fact that London had existed before the birth of Christ and survives to …
“I’m Not Sure I Get It” – A Visit To Tate Modern
As evidenced above, most of the art at London's Tate Modern isn't exactly what you might call "accessible". I personally know very little about visual art (and even less about the nebulous sub-category of "modern art"); to see this world-renowned gallery from the perspective of the uninitiated was an experience that was both exhilarating and …
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Tips for When You’re Lost in London
One of my favorite parts about being in London is figuring out how to get somewhere. This has been my first trip abroad where I have been given so much freedom. However, I have discovered that for the price of freedom is the need of a good sense of direction. When walking down …
Jet Lag, the Tube, and Other Miscellaneous Thoughts
At this point in my trip to London, I still can’t quite believe we’ve only been here for six days. For whatever reason, time has slowed down – although I think that’s due primarily to the jet lag, which is exactly as bad as I had heard it would be. Thankfully, my circadian clock caught …
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Friends versus Family: How to Vacation in London
I’ve been to London twice in the past six months. The first time I went with my family and absolutely abhorred the experience. After visiting every single possible tourist location in all of England, we rented a car and drove four hours to the ‘Dr. Who Experience’—which is some sort of strange hybrid museum/amusement ride …
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Strange Interlude
Last night, I attended the National Theatre’s production of Strange Interlude by Eugene O’Neill. The play, which spans around twenty-five years, centers on Nina Leeds, who keeps several men in her life in her search for her idolized happiness. O’Neill’s characters use asides consistently throughout the play in a way that makes beautiful, sweeping sentences …
Pedestrians Beware
“One does not simply wait for pedestrians. One runs them down so as to herd them and remove them more quickly from the path of a car.” If there was an adage for London drivers, this would be it. If walking is scary (because from personal near death experience on many occasions it is safe …
