I love aquatic life (especially octopuses, but that’s for another time). Several years ago, I made these submarine windows so I could pretend I was underwater. Now that I have gradually acquired a large stash of magazine rip-outs (thank you, National Geographic!) I can add more windows! This project can be done in an afternoon. Materials […]
The first night I was in Rome, I took a shower and passed out. But what did I do the second day? I had a feeble attempt at touring Rome and getting lost– it was beautiful– don’t get me wrong; however, I somehow ended up in all the tourist spots, missing the authentic Italian experience […]
“What made you want to major in Music Education?” “I moved here from Poland four years ago, started high school school here. It was hard not knowing English. I started music about three years ago, in sophomore year, and I had the greatest music teacher ever, and he became more of a friend than a […]
At the end of spring semester 2015 I was blessed with the opportunity to study Arabic in Oman, a Gulf Arab country on the Arabian peninsula bordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea. I applied for and won two awards, the Benjamin A. […]
There is a popular conception of “computer people” as tinkerers – people messing with wires and green chips and silver parts. Or, alternatively, as Hollywood-style hackers, pounding on a keyboard in a dark room, surrounded by beeps and blinking lights.
Math doesn’t usually come to mind when we think about computer science. In reality, the two fields have an incredibly close relationship.
*The Journey to Italy The journey to Florence, Italy has begun: with some tears and the realization that I have become a bird that has flown very far away from its nest. But alas, there I was in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a six-hour layover before my flight to Rome, trying to stay calm as my […]
