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Wednesday, December 23, 2020
The Final Frontier: Plotinus Moobinah, 2nd Year B.Hum Biology Student December 2020 After two hours of frantically racking my brain for metabolic processes and cellular components, I finally submit my biochemistry exam. Answering 100 questions in two hours was difficult, but thankfully, the ordeal is now over. My brain tries to linger on the... More
Monday, November 16, 2020
A Day in the Life of a Humanities & Biology Student Moobinah, 2nd Year B.Hum Biology Student November 2020 As a second year in the Humanities (Great Books) and Biology stream at Carleton, I am grateful that I don’t have to choose between the Liberal Arts and STEM. In this program, I get to... More
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
What if you went to sleep tonight and woke up tomorrow a hundred and thirteen years from now? That is the exact situation Julian West, the protagonist from Edward Bellamy’s utopian novel Looking Backward, finds himself in at the start of the text. Well, I have been thinking about time and how quickly it... More
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Despite the papers, studying, and exams, it still feels like Christmas at Carleton. Maybe it was the snow on the ground that first got me in the mood to hum carols, or maybe it was simply the mounting adrenaline in my veins that clued me in to my upcoming deadlines. As I have progressed... More
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Teach Me How to Say Goodbye We know how to say thank you. In fact, for many people the courtesy of giving thanks was ingrained in them since childhood, but we are not generally taught to thank a place. I suppose the logic is that a place cannot understand or comprehend us. A place... More
Friday, January 29, 2016
January 29, 2016 Applying knowledge to your life I spent my Christmas break at home in Ottawa with my immediate family, and besides several cameos made by my friends, my holiday was quiet. However, in the past it has not been as tranquil. I am thinking specifically of my first Christmas after I had... More
Friday, February 27, 2015
February 17, 2015 Why not Humanities? The Humanities program is a process. It is a journey. Its curriculum is wondrously interconnected to ensure that its students receive a well-rounded education. I often find myself struggling to describe my program to others: how can I convey this idea of pursuing a degree for the purpose... More
Friday, January 23, 2015
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