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Uh oh

I might have committed to too much this semester. Classes Plant Morphology Genetics Ecology Discrete Math Calculus based Intro Statistics Clubs Botany Club, president SEEDS, web coordinator, field trip project co-director, grant writer Tri-Beta, liaison with Botany Club Associated Students for Women’s Issues Work Project for Undergraduate IGERT award Project for Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental […]

Some days…

My feet, my bicycle, and the buses are usually all I need.  I don’t mind not having a car.  But the buses don’t stop near the grocery stores, and today there are more groceries on my list than I think I can carry home.

Interview!

I’ve got a scholarship interview tomorrow.  Any money I get at this point will reduce my loans for the semester, which would be wonderful.  I’m a little nervous and very worried that I’m going to have a migraine. Yikes! ***UPDATE*** I got it!

What I’ve noticed

The US government conducted a huge raid for illegal immigrants in Postville, Iowa.  They haven’t explained why some are being deported and others are being jailed.  Wives of the arrested men have been fitted with leg monitoring bracelets and basically been told “You can’t work, you can’t leave and can’t stay.”  The local Roman Catholic […]

My first ESA meeting!

This summer, I went to the Ecological Society of America’s annual meeting in Milwaukee.  After spending most of my summer at KBS near the small town of Hickory Corners, it was nice to be in a city for a few days. The conference was great.  I learned a lot of ecology, met tons of cool […]

What I’ve noticed (back to normal edition)

Abortionclinicdays proposes that a special notice to patients be displayed in places where caregivers are allowed to refuse reproductive care to women if it interferes with their religious rights.  It begins”I follow my own religious beliefs ahead of your medical needs.  Therefore, I will not support, offer, or approve any of the following checked off […]