One of my friends said that she can’t sleep sometimes, thinking about the possibility of an asteroid strike destroying the planet . It’s a pretty unsettling thought, the idea of earth being gone in one swift moment. I believe that there’s a fate even … Continue reading
Round Two
After a short stint at home over the weekend, yesterday marked the start of second semester here at Colby. The campus is a bit more lively now that so many people are back and forced to leave their dorms occasionally. … Continue reading
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All Play and No Work
JanPlan is a time for the young, creative minds at Colby to pursue personal interests in an intellectual environment which most college age students do not get to experience. Colby’s website states that JanPlan provides “students opportunities to experiment outside … Continue reading
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Diurnality is Overrated. Go Nocturnal! At Least During Jan Plan…
I’ve been thinking a lot about culture lately. It’s one of those things that is always on my mind because, while an abstraction, it’s everywhere. Culture is what weaves humanity together, yet there are so many different strands of it—all … Continue reading
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Snow!
Weirdly enough, it didn’t really start snowing until this January. Oh sure, it snowed a few times on Halloween and Thanksgiving. It didn’t really “count” though when the snow was all melted away. Much to our mild confusion, Colby was … Continue reading
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Red Eye!
Hey all, This week I want to share with you the film that won “best overall picture” in Colby’s Red Eye Film Festival last weekend. The fact that I appear (briefly) in this film has nothing to do whatsoever with why I’m … Continue reading
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“Mwenye” – Friends
Call me crazy, but before returning to Uganda this January, I was arguably more apprehensive about being immersed in a group of new white kids my own age than I was about being halfway around the world in a different … Continue reading
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Jan Plan Progress Report
For most people, Jan Plan is a one blissful month of relaxation and bliss. Most people only have a couple hours of class and the rest of the day to hang out, party, or fall asleep in front of the … Continue reading
On-Campus Exploration
I’ve done a lot of exploring lately. By this, I don’t really mean physical expeditions (the fact that I am afraid of driving generally limits my opportunities to escape the “Colby bubble” unless I do so as a passenger in … Continue reading
The thrill of the chase
My eyes are peeled, muscles tensed, and I’m ready to run. It’s war – humans versus zombies! I am partaking in the incredibly exciting (and silly) campus-wide game of Zombie. The pretext of the game is for “zombies” to tag “humans” to … Continue reading
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