Tai Chi Tuesday
T'ai Chi: Explorations in Qi (DAN 211) Tuesday is my busiest day of the week. On Tuesday mornings, I pretty much stuff all my books into a sports bag and rush…
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Final Exams: Poland vs. America
I haven’t written in a while, but I have a number of reasons, or maybe excuses, for that. December was pretty dense. I survived my first period of final exams…
O Canada: Traveling to Niagara Falls
Fun Fact #1: The University of Rochester is about an hour and a half away from the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Fun Fact #2: The University of Rochester had no school…
Warm Clothes and Snowy Fun
I managed to catch a video of the first real snowfall at UR for you all: Protip: When you don’t know what you want next Christmas, for your birthday, etc.,…
My Finals Experience!
Hey guys, Sorry that it’s been so long since I’ve posted a blog, but I had NO idea the toll that finals would take on me. At Rochester, we have…
New Concepts About Admissions for Chinese (Really Any) Applicants
I received a thoughtful email with questions from an enterprise in China: “Our organization [works] with UK universities [focusing] on key personal skills such as problem solving, teamwork, communication, improving…
Delta Upsilon’s Dance 4 Charity
One of the biggest events of the fall semester is Delta Upsilon Fraternity’s Dance 4 Charity, held in U of R’s Strong Auditorium. It’s the campus’s only competition between the…
No Smoke in the Air
A major difference that I notice on a daily basis between America and my part of the world is smoking, or the relative absence of it around. At least when it…
Engineering Socials: Flying Pumpkins and A Cappella Groups
Pumpkins catapulted and blasted into the sky, a game of Tetris used bananas as control pads, a cappella groups sang all-time classics. It certainly doesn't sound like an average meeting…
Thanksgiving Break Through the Years!
College in the United States has introduced me to a beautiful new culture and its amazing traditions—one of them being Thanksgiving. Come early November, the college campus is buzzing with…
Some Cultural Surprises
Before coming to study at Rochester, I used to think that I had a pretty accurate idea of what life in the U.S. is like. The vast majority of people…
Les Jardins d’ Elysée (Gardens of Elysium)
Greetings from Paris, France! In celebrating “Thanksgiving,” the French have put up Christmas lights and decors on most of the streets. Reasonably so, Thanksgiving is not a French tradition, and…