Category Archives: Student Blog Project 2015

the one where i took an african dance class

Here at Dickinson College (that’s where I go to school), we are required to take four blocks of PE. Each block of gym is half a semester, so it amounts to two full semesters of gym. But, luckily for me, going to the gym and running for 50 minutes, three times a week is not […] Continue reading

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Understanding the Horse Draw

So, now that you kind of have a general idea of how these shows work (I hope), let’s take an in-depth look at one concept that is relevant at all collegiate shows—the horse draw. The horse draw can either be … Continue reading Continue reading

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Coach Jerry Kill Celebrates Minnesota Win in Odd Fashion

This past Saturday the Minnesota Golden Gophers played their in-conference rivals, the Iowa Hawkeyes, for the Floyd of Rosedale Trophy.  From the start of the game, the Golden Gophers showed dominance over the visiting Hawkeyes, riding a 35-7 lead into halftime.  Offensively, the Golden Gophers were scoring at will, running up and down the field […] Continue reading

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The Photography of Tom Fischer

I woke up on Saturday morning and decided to stop in at the Dickinson College Goodyear Gallery. Since I live in one of the Goodyear apartments, it was literally right out my back door. Within a minute of leaving my apartment, I was surrounded by the photography of Tom Fischer, a professor of photography at Savannah […] Continue reading

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November 1st: Goal Setting

Rabbit! Rabbit! It’s November 1st! Being that it’s a new month, I have decided that I am going to set a goal for myself. For all of November my goal is to: Run every day. Regardless of the day, weather, my mood, and whatever else… I’m going to run! Now, this is actually quite a normal… Continue reading

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Run & Be Free

Maybe it was the small iced coffee or maybe I was just overexcited that my dad came to visit me but, whatever it was, I’ll take it and hail to thee! Today I ran a fabulous 10 miles at a 8’02” pace around my favorite place in the entire world, Bald Head Island, North Carolina.… Continue reading

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Don’t Mess with (the State Fair of) Texas

Though not a common post on the Brok’n Kitch’n, this past weekend was too enjoyable not to discuss. Over the past weekend, I visited my sister in Dallas, TX for the State Fair of Texas (do not refer to this … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Reunion

In March of 2014, my parents sat on the tube making their way from their hotel in London to my Grandmother’s flat in Essex. Neither of them wanted to convey their nervousness to each other. My mom jokingly said to my dad, “wouldn’t it be cute if someone was there waiting for us at the station?” Well, […] Continue reading

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Where To End A Film:The Problem With Edge of Tomorrow

I saw Edge of Tomorrow twice this summer and I thought it was perfect. And by perfect I mean without any huge flaws, which I can hope for in a blockbuster not directed by Christopher Nolan. When I talked to friends about the film, they kept complaining that the ending ruined the movie. The movie ends […] Continue reading

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Scientific Translators Beware of Tech Neologisms

“When one is translating one has to go right up to the untranslatable; but it is only at this point that one actually discovers the foreign nation and the foreign language.”                                                 … Continue reading Scientific Translators Beware of Tech Neologisms Continue reading

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