Monthly Archives: April 2013
Kyra: Bright Weather and Bright Minds
It’s hard to believe that there’s only about five weeks left in the school year! Maybe my sense of time is skewed, but it doesn’t feel like we’ve been here that long. The bright sunny weather we’ve been having is especially decieving as well. This time of year, when it’s finally getting warmer, but isn’t [...]
Austin: It’s all about the FOOD!
It’s true, when you go off to college, your culinary expectations and norms change pretty drastically. There have been many nights of ramen and instant soup, followed by copious amounts of coffee the next morning. However, every once in a while, you decide to splurge and go out to eat with friends. Yes, McMinnville is [...]
Kevin: How did I forget the Blazers game?
In all of the craziness that has gone on these last few weeks since I returned from New Orleans and finally got caught back up in classes in time for the next round of testing, I forgot to write about how I was able to attend the game versus the Oklahoma City Thunder and the [...]
Eureka: Gaga for President…?
One of the courses I’m taking this semester is TCCA 335: Nonverbal Communication with Professor Jackson Miller. Just from the title, you can guess that it’s a “get-up-out-of-your-chair-and-make-hand-gestures” kind of class (it sort of is, but there is more to it then just emblems, AKA gestures that convey a direct meaning). Over the past 11 [...]
Kyra: Earth Games, Burns, and Drag
This past week has certainly been a whirlwind! There’s been so much to see and do, in combination with quickly intensifying course work, that it’s hard to keep track of everything. Last week, we hosted Sexuality Awareness and Sustanability Week on our campus, so the evening were buzzing with different events put on my Fusion [...]