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Running Your Problems Away
May. 3, 2012—Last Saturday (April 28th), I ran my first half-marathon! Nashville is home to the Rock n Roll Nashville Marathon (which benefits St. Jude’s) each spring, and a small group of ROTC cadets, myself included, volunteered to run on behalf of the department.
How I Stay Sane Through Finals
May. 2, 2012—It’s a stressful time of year, no doubt. However, I have a few habits and tricks that tend to keep me sane during finals.
Done with Exams
May. 2, 2012—I just did it. I finished my last exam... Reflections on Exam Week
Final Projects: The Business Plan
Apr. 30, 2012—Over the course of my undergraduate career, I’ve had the joy of having quite a few different and often interesting final projects (though none quite as taxing/epic as Nathan’s). This year, for Managerial Studies 194: Survey of Entrepreneurship we had a group project we worked on all semester in which we created a business and...
Writing Workshops
Apr. 29, 2012—On Mondays from 3:10-6pm this semester, I had class. One class. And though a nearly 3 hour class might sound horrific, mine really wasn't. That's because this class was a writing workshop.
The Mechatronics Master
Apr. 27, 2012—As I mentioned in a post near the semester’s beginning, my Mechatronics class culminated in a final design project. I celebrated Rites of Spring (click here for Victoria’s article) by staying up very very late night after night in order to design, build, troubleshoot and complete my project, and the fruits of my labor (the system and the 10-page...
Purple Bubbles, Dragon Parks, and Party Chains
Apr. 24, 2012—Sometimes in the midst of the craziness of finals, you simply must have a little bit of fun. Here's a tiny glimpse into the shenanigans I have been participating in for the last few weeks.
The Sound of Silence
Dec. 9, 2011—“The Sound of Silence” is a classic folk song of the 60s written by Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel as a response to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy about the lack of real communication. While its original connotation is a serious one, I have found in my academic overload-related stupor that one...