Monthly Archives: May 2013
Eureka: De-Stressing for Finals Week
With the stress of studying finals, cleaning out our rooms and making travel arrangements for the summer, it’s no wonder this is one of the toughest points in the semester. I’m extremely grateful the college prepares a few programs to help us cope with the stress. This week, the Portland ASLC student government brought in [...]
Eureka: Last Day of Classes – Here Come Finals!
Today was the last day of classes for Spring 2013. A whole wave of relief just came over me as I finished a final project presentation for class an hour ago. Over the past 7 days, I have had to turn in two 10-page papers and present two presentations, so I am actually eager to [...]
Austin: Research Presentation at the Science and Social Science Symposium
One of the main reasons I selected Linfield was because of Undergraduate Research opportunities. I am fortunate enough to be involved in the Biology department researching microRNA functionality, with Dr. Catherine Reinke, a Genetecist and Molecular Cell Biologist. All semester everyone in the lab has been working with different mutations and lines of Drosophila (fruit [...]
Kyra: Summer and even more of Shakespeare
It’s hard to believe that this is the last week of classes! The semester has gone by so quickly. In about two weeks, several of my close friends will be graduating, I’ll become a senior (A SENIOR), and summer will begin. Instead of going home for the summer this year, I’ll be living on campus [...]