Study Abroad, Honors Program & Other Student Experiences

Senior English majors (in fact, I think, senior most majors) are required to do an internship in their field of study. I found a job as a first reader for Strange Horizons, a small, on-line Sci-Fi magazine. A first reader is to a magazine editor what a clerk is to a judge. Odds are if [...]

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Spring Fling is this weekend, and Gargoyle Lit. Mag. is making its customary madlibs. This year we decided to do a few that were Arcadia themed. For your consideration, we present the new and improved Arcadia Promise: Arcadia University (verb) a(n) (adjective) global, (adjective) and (adjective) learning experience that prepares (subject) to (verb) and (verb) [...]

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Last night Peter and I sat down to look over the first set of submissions for this year’s Gargoyle (the campus literary magazine). We’ve got a fair number of submissions, everything from poetry to short fiction to sketches to watercolors. It always seems like we end up with vastly more poetry than anything else, but [...]

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I’m sitting in Atlanta Airport waiting for my connecting flight back into Philly, a fact that can only mean it’s time for another blog. I spent the last week visiting friends/family in Central Illinois, and as such, I present Five Things to Do While in Central IL. (It’s funny because these might be the only [...]

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Because Friday is Big Important Final Draft of my Thesis is Due Day, I have for you another excerpt. As this is the final draft, I actually have an introduction now. The fame of Sherlock Holmes goes without saying. Over a hundred years after his creation, even those who have never read one of his [...]

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Today, the Honor’s Society is at Franklin Fountain, a local ice-cream and candy factory famous for its homemade treats. Emily, our director of events, is friends with the owner. When she asked, he agreed to give us a free tour. And I wish I could be there. Unfortunately, I’m stuck in the library working on [...]

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I am so out of the loop. Like if the loop is New York City, I’m sitting in a wheat field in Kansas. No where is this more true than when it comes to campus wide Arcadia events. I mean I know things about my organizations: I know what the Honor’s Society is doing, what [...]

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First: Good news! My computer is back in working order. Second: Slightly less good news. The time I was forced to spend away from my computer has me seriously worried about my reliance on technology. It’s a greedy sort of thing, this expectation that if I want to know something, watch something, read something, check [...]

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Between last week, where I talked about what a wonderful experience FYSEA was, and this week, where I’m going to talk about what a good thing the honor’s program was for me, I’m starting to think I’m going soft. And you know, I don’t mind. Juxtaposed with the cynicism that comes with looking for a [...]

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So somehow when I wasn’t quite looking second semester started. I had an epic FYSAE re-orientation blog all planned out. I was going to talk about Diana (my roommate and the FYSAE student coordinator) and her amazing planning and organization skills. And I was going to talk about all the fun and nifty and sweet [...]

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