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Thanksgiving Twist
Welcome back from the short break everyone! I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. As tempted as I am to talk about the delicious food I consumed during the break, I do want to rewind it back a couple weeks and talk about the “Alumnight” event that was hosted by the Undergraduate Programming Committee (UPC) on November 16th…. Continue reading
Giving Thanks at Shady Grove
This Thanksgiving has been a real wake-up call for me personally. This is the busiest time of the year, especially for us students. It’s the end-of-the-semester crunch time: papers, tests, presentations, internship applications and spring semester registration are all in … Continue reading
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Tagged Academics, busy, College, college experience, college life, gratefulness, inspiration, mindfulness, opportunity, school, Stress, Thanks, thanksgiving, USG
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Gobble till ya WOBBLE!
Today forces me to confront that I am a long way from the motherland. However, I suppose it does not have to be like that; I can distract myself from such weighty thoughts and focus on my new favorite Thanksgiving tradition. Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Campus Activities, Life at USG, Uncategorized
Tagged black friday, Culture, family, Food, football, holiday, international student, life, parade, sales, School Breaks, Thanks, thanksgiving, tradition, turkey
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We are all just pieces of a puzzle
They did it again!! the International CLub have done it again. Diversity has been represented again. This week, among all the events that USG have had, one particularly stand up to my eyes and is called “Pieces of the world”. … Continue reading
Geese Around the Grove
One of the first things I noticed on campus was this quirky yield sign near the Shady Grove Road entrance. But it wasn’t long before I found myself sitting in my car on the way to class, stopped in the … Continue reading
Participation Grades: Yay or Nay?
We have all experienced it: the silent classroom. The professor directs a question to the entire class, and everyone is sitting in silence hoping that the professor will not resort to the cold-calling method in order to get an answer…. Continue reading
#Winning at Research Papers
We all dread seeing those two words on a class syllabus: Research Paper. For me, the most overwhelming part of writing papers is getting started…which means I avoid starting, which means I end up scrambling to finish the thing a … Continue reading
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Tagged Academics, books, Interlibrary Loan, Library, papers, Priddy Library, RESEARCH, University of Maryland, USG
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Necessary But Not Sufficient
On Thursday, September 22nd, we celebrated the commencement of fall while on the same day, I was dreading the start of another season: Exam Season (Round 1)…. Continue reading
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