Anyone who has lived in the Midwest knows when winter rolls around, life tends to take a turn for the unpleasant. Freezing temperatures, dreary days with little sunshine, and the ever-inconvenient snow piling up on roads and cars and making the morning commute – or anyone commute – just that much more difficult. Not only … More Minimizing your (Snow) Footprint
When I signed up for my J-term program this winter, Sustainability and Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica, it wasn’t with complete confidence. Sure, I was a sustainability co-major but my only background was an intro course I had just taken the previous semester. As I scanned through the assignments, the research project abroad, the expectations, … More Winter in Paradise: How I Spent my J-Term
Now that winter is upon us, getting to class alone overexposes us to the elements. Since winter break is a mere two weeks after Thanksgiving break, planting anything sounds like a fruitless waste of time for anyone not living in Oxford. Still, being exposed to nature is a very important thing, even for stressed college … More Staying Warm and Green
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