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Brains!
You know those times when you’re just dumbstruck when trying to understand another person? For example, when you’re in the middle of a heated debate with them, and you just can’t believe what they’re saying? When what they’re saying seems so alien to… Read more »
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passivhaus
Try to imagine a future without oil. It may seem close to impossible for our society to go through such change. Still, if we start small, we might be able to accomplish something big. We already have much of the… Read more »
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Flight or fight
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… Read more »
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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… Read more »
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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… Read more »
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keep it simple
Simple things can hold surprising beauty - that’s what I’m learning in my new art class. In a print we looked at, the arms of three ballerinas stretch towards the edge of the paper. Their bodies lean at wild angles across… Read more »
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Daydreaming
I don’t care what people say about exam week – the worst part is not the exams. It’s not the studying itself either. For me, it’s the fact that I’ve spent way over my quota of time sitting inside. By… Read more »
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Not all those who wander are lost, but I might be
One of the things I find to be hardest about Colby is that it makes you want more. You’ll get really interested in a class, and then it ends. A speaker will present about an idea that blows your mind,… Read more »
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Only at Thanksgiving Camp
I did essentially three things over Thanksgiving break: sleep, eat, and ski. What a life. I was with the Nordic Ski Team in Stoneham, Quebec for a training camp, and I think of it longingly now as I wade through homework…. Read more »
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People Power
You know the feeling when things turns out right unexpectedly? It’s something like surprisehappinessdisbeliefandexcitement, wouldn’t you say? I had one of those moments yesterday. When I heard the news that the Obama administration delayed their time frame to make a… Read more »
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