As a student blogger, I always challenge myself to write about things that aren’t on our website. I didn’t know what I wanted to share this week, so I decided to take a look at my past week’s emails to search for inspiration. I have a pink sunset background for my email inbox, which gives…Continue Reading My Amherst Email Inbox
Hi readers, Have you ever gone skiing before? The Amherst College Ski Club offers FREE ski trips in the winter! So, if you’re a skiing enthusiast or have never gone before (like me), this is the perfect opportunity for you! The Ski Club pays for transportation, equipment rental (boots, skis, helmets), a skiing pass, and…Continue Reading Skiing For The First Time
Hi readers! Welcome back! Read along, and share in my excitement of the long winter season at Amherst finally beginning to shift to a beautiful spring! The never ending winter so it seems… is finally ending! This past week, I was on a FaceTime call with my grandmother, as I was walking back to my…Continue Reading Transitioning from Winter to Spring at Amherst
A student from the Class of 2029 recently messaged me with a concern that felt all too familiar: “How do you deal with people not understanding your choice to come to Amherst?” I couldn’t help but smile because I’ve been in that exact situation more times than I can count. Choosing Amherst was never a…Continue Reading Why Amherst? Dealing with Doubts About My College Choice
Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog! The snow has finally started melting on campus, and while it’s still not the warmest out, I think that maybe the first signs of spring are starting to show? Possibly? I don’t know, maybe I’m just being overly optimistic. But regardless, something fun about this time of the…Continue Reading Clubs On Campus – Dance!
Hi all, apologies for being a little M.I.A.! We’ve gotten to the point of the semester where I’m truly deep in the thesis trenches. Spring break starts in exactly one week, which always means professors are squeezing in midterms and assignments, plus most thesis writers have some form of a draft due. For this post,…Continue Reading Thesis Crunch Time
Hey everyone! This week has been hectic, but in a good way. There have been so many speakers and guest academics on campus–specifically in the Philosophy department–and it has been super amazing to participate in. I figure part of the opportunity that comes with Amherst is the ability to go to these events, and how…Continue Reading Talks and Speaker Events at Amherst
One of the best parts of Amherst College is the ability to form meaningful relationships with professors who are passionate about their fields and invested in their students’ growth. TYPO/TYSO (Take Your Professor/Staff Out) is a unique program that makes this even easier, allowing students to invite a professor or staff member to a meal…Continue Reading TYPO (Take Your Professor Out)
Hello readers, Amherst College hosted its 10th annual LitFest from Friday, February 28th to Sunday, March 2nd! LitFest is a literary festival celebrating fiction, nonfiction, poetry, spoken-word performance, and Amherst College’s literary life. As you can tell by the title, Anthony Fauci (director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) during the…Continue Reading Lessons From LitFest
As some of you might know from my previous posts, I fell in love with cooking with friends at Amherst. And guess what? We are extending this communal activity to the entire Amherst community–we started the Culinary Club! For our intro meeting, we decided to make tteokbokki, which is relatively easy to make and tasty….Continue Reading Tteokbokki Night with Culinary Club!