RENÉ – [Senior Interviews 3] When I first met René during pre-orientation for international students three and a half years ago, I felt an instant comfort knowing she and I had grown up pretty similarly. Our common experiences as “local” students at an international school in East Asia were inextricably linked to one another; we had mutual friends who went…
Category: Visiting Campus
On Walden and Waban
On my way back to my dorm, on this uncharacteristically balmy night in October after a Jane the Virgin screening with lovely friends and crocheting, it hit me. Here I was, at ten o’clock at night on a Monday, and I had forgotten to update you, my beloved readers! Well, not forgotten entirely. More just gone through my day putting…
Fall break & flight bookings
Fall break is already coming to a close. Tomorrow morning, once again, I will find myself wedged on a Greyhound bus bound for Boston, as we creep our way past the places I’ve never visited but now have memorized-New Rochelle, Bridgeport, New Haven, Westerly, Kingstown. I’m so relaxed right now, which is part of the reason this update is coming so…
recovering
As someone who spends most of her time reading, writing and talking about public health, I try to practice what I learn. Care for oneself before caring for others, be aware of the affect one’s actions have on the community, etc. So when I started having headaches on Friday last week, I ignored it, like anyone whose friend from out of…
WELCOME 2020! (Also, come to spring open campus!)
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Red Class of 2020! We are so excited to have you! We are so excited to have all of the person that is you, even the bits that can’t be put onto paper. If this is not the case, it is not a reflection on the core of everything you are. You are still accomplished…
