Does anyone know anything about academic appeals at STU?

My thesis might be done ( Read more... )

Given that tomorrow marks the last undergraduate exam that I shall ever write, I am of course totally unable to concentrate and have decided I'd rather update my journal.  Hilarious things that have happened recently include ( Read more... )

A word to those trying to do the environmentally-friendly thing and have your ink cartridges refilled instead of buying new ones (or worse, buying entirely new printers because for some twisted reason that's sometimes cheaper):

If you see copper-coloured tape with funky circle + line designs on the cartridges, and even if your computer or printer ( Read more... )

OK guys. A warning: may sound excessively melodramatic and whiny, and many of you have heard it already. I'm not trying to overstate the importance of this incident by adding it here, I just think it's one of those happenings that has potential for my looking back later ( Read more... )

I'm applying to spend most of next year in Guatemala, and they have a bunch of questions I have to answer in the application process.  Some of them  I think I can do alright on my own, but I'm having trouble coming up with answers to a few.  I know I might be thinking about it too hard and that's why I'm coming up with nothing... it's either that ( Read more... )

Kris and I returned from our NYC trip last night, relatively unscathed although completely exhausted.  Highlights include (more detail upon request):

SATURDAY, March 4th:  Got on the bus at about 11:30 a.m.  The bus then drove down through Lincoln, past the airport and to a random Irving in the middle of nowhere for package-delivering purposes.  We ( Read more... )

Nerdiest thing I have done so far in preparation for Kris's and my New York trip: just extracted the bag I'll have with me on the bus to see if my clipboard and Freud Reader will fit in it so I can do work in transit.  I know this might sound like a lofty goal, but the bus ride is going to take forever... something to the tune of 20 hours each way ( Read more... )

OK, folks.  I have a massive midterm tomorrow night at 7:00, and I'm planning on studying for it basically until then, which should be fine.  It's for Madness & Medicine, and we have a review sheet with a bunch of "themes to focus on", and the following instructions:

"On the mid-term exam, you will be asked to answer five short answer and two essay ( Read more... )

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