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Not Everyone Will Pull Their Weight

When thinking about group dynamics, the question “are they pulling their weight?” is a typical way to check in on what group members are being productive contributors to the team. In my own experience, I have never explicitly challenged the notion of group members...

Spring in Oxford

The end is nigh. The first of my friends have departed Oxford and many more will follow after this week is over. My friends Riley and Udgam went home this week to relax before starting summer internships next week. We did make good use of the week, however. I played...

A Summer Without Wi-Fi

I’m about to start week 3 in Erlangen, and I still don’t have Wi-Fi in my apartment. At first, I took this split from Wi-Fi pretty hard and spent hours of my time downloading drivers, changing every setting on my computer and the router that came with my...

Sharing A Piece of Who I Am: HOBY

The 2018 Central PA Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar was held from Thursday May 17th to Sunday May 20th at Shippensburg University, and I was lucky enough to be a Facilitator-in-Training (FIT), Section Assistant, and Panelist for the seminar that I was...

A Day in the Life

Yesterday, I made a day trip to Liverpool with my friend Harry. I visited Liverpool about four years ago and fell in love with the city. As such, I made sure to make a return visit while I left the U.K. Harry had never been to Liverpool before, but like me he is a fan...

Internship Week 1: Introduction 5-20

As many of you already know, this summer I decided to take the Penn State Division of Development and Alumni Relations Internship. Within the first two minutes of sitting down for the first-round interview, I had straight up told the interviewers that I was not sold...

Ridesharing in Europe

Over this past week, I spent most of time getting adjusted to Erlangen, Germany, where I’m calling home this summer, and my research at the university clinic. This weekend I also took my first trip of the summer to Prague. Besides experiencing beautiful bridges,...

Thinking about Ecology While South of the Equator

It’s been a week since I arrived in Kisumu, Kenya with 40+ HESE students and professors. Returning to East Africa after spending last May in Arusha, Tanzania has been a steadier transition, yet every day there are new situations, uncomfortable moments, and meaningful...

Meeting Olaf

It was a rather busy week here in Oxford, but a good one nonetheless. Last Monday I saw Josh Gad speak at the Oxford Union. Gad is best known as the voice of Olaf the snowman in Frozen, but he was also the original lead in Book of Mormon when the show premiered on...

Punting Along the River Cherwell

It’s been a rather relaxing week in Oxford, which is a big improvement over last week. It rained half of the week last week and was actually pretty chilly. Plus, I had three papers due in the span of 8 days. Not a fun week overall. This week, however, went much...