by Ben Hartleb | May 1, 2020 |
Six days from now, I’ll be done. That’s kind of surreal sentence to write. I’ve still got a final project, a few finals, and my PLA portfolio to finish up, but I’m so close I can taste it. Looking back on my four years at Penn State, I’m...
by Ben Hartleb | Apr 19, 2020 |
I’d like to start off with an acrostic poem: Stupid StOopid StUpid Stupid(R) StupiD StoOpid StUpid Stupid(G) Stupid(H) I’m not very good with poetry but I tried my best. I’ve also been trying my best to make a sourdough starter to use to bake some...
by Ben Hartleb | Apr 10, 2020 |
How’s that for alliteration? This past weekend, it was pointed out by my mother that the Hartleb boys were beginning to look a little unruly. Quarantine will do that to you, of course. Go full caveman or try your hand at a pair of clippers, that’s the dilemma facing...
by Ben Hartleb | Mar 27, 2020
I’m not gonna lie and say that being locked in a house all by myself for 14 days is what I’d describe as a fun time, but it honestly hasn’t been nearly as bad as I would have expected. I’m staying busy enough throughout the day with my classes...
by Ben Hartleb | Mar 20, 2020 |
“Holy shit” was the first thing I thought to myself. Confused and a little bit angry, I turned to the eight other people in the room with me. We needed to sort this thing out, and sort it out fast. Suddenly, COVID-19 felt all too real as we sat huddled...
by Ben Hartleb | Feb 9, 2020 |
This semester, one of the classes I’m taking is Kines 84: Fitness for Life. This counts as a General Education Health & Wellness (GHW) course, of which we need 3 credits to graduate. Interestingly enough, Kines 84 is offered online this semester through World...
by Ben Hartleb | Feb 2, 2020
This past weekend, I was very lucky to see incredible live performances from two of my friends. My friend Jack, a musical theater major I know from Camp Kesem, was performing in a small show called Songs for a New World. It was a short theatrical song cycle with no...
by Ben Hartleb | Jan 19, 2020 |
If you could choose one or the other, which would you choose? If you could choose $45,000 working for a company with minimal job security but your absolute favorite area in the world? With no benefits in one of the most expensive cities in the world? Or would you...
by Ben Hartleb | Dec 9, 2019 |
In myself. I’m disappointed in my performance this semester, and I’ve really got no one to blame but myself. I overcommitted myself, against the well-intentioned advice of others, and here I am at the end of the semester finally starting to realize this. I’m stretched...
by Ben Hartleb | Nov 11, 2019 |
This past week on Wednesday, through my Global Engineering Fellows class, we got the opportunity to speak with Janet Kincaid, a member of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Department of Communication. Our class got to be a part of this conversation because as a...
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