Recently I have graduated from Chestnut Hill College (CHC) with a degree in Accounting. Soon after I had a great summer, I traveled to Europe and played a lot of basketball. Then after returning to United States I quickly enrolled in the Graduate program at CHC, studying Administration of Human Services. Some would ask “do you like CHC that much?” I reply”why yes I do.” The truth is I have been blessed with the opportunity to further my education through use of my athletic ability to play basketball. It has not been an easy transition from undergrad to graduate, but it also has not been a hard one either. Here is my answer to the forever asked question “So how is graduate school.”
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By: B. Taylor
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Dear Reader!
You might be sensing a theme here — as you might’ve imagined, I’m hammering away at Senior Seminar. So I figured I’d take some time and give you the heads up on it.
What is it?
Senior Seminar, according to anyone taking the class, is one big frickin’ paper. According to your professors it’s generally the culmination of your studies in your major at Chestnut Hill (or almost any other college, for that matter,) and represents the best you can provide. It generally means a very long paper — fifteen, at absolute minimum, for something like maybe a research-intense biology seminar, and up to forty, for something like a History or English honors seminar.
By: Katie Harmon
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This week during my Hispanic Literature class, my mind began wandering and I came to the realization that the information my teacher was saying sounded very familiar. Where had I heard this before? Then I remembered that I had learned the same things in my Hispanic Culture class a few weeks before. With both classes having to do with Hispanic history, I realized they were bound to be related but I didn’t think that they would be intertwined so closely. My Culture class talks about the history aspect more, and in Literature, our teacher would give us a history background to each of the poems, stories, or essays we read. Knowing the history behind the writings made it easier to interpret and understand.
Last semester, I was in a similar situation when I took East Asian History along with my Chinese Language class. I was able to make connections between the classes and thus gain a better understanding of what I was learning for both of them. Also last semester, I took a Global Studies course where we talked about conflicts over natural resources, such as water and oil. This coincided with my Ponds and Streams biology course where we talked about the necessity for water and how some countries do not have the access to it that we have here in the United States.
At Chestnut Hill you’ll be able to choose your classes so that they relate to each other, making them much more interesting to learn about. I did it unknowingly, but am glad to have found these connections and am greatly benefiting from it. Maybe even if you don’t purposefully try to relate your classes to each other, you’ll have an epiphany one day that they do indeed correspond and it helps a lot during the learning process.
By: The Griffin
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Oh man, nothing can take the place of field work.
We really had no idea what we were going to find today. My biochem class finally got out of the classroom and spent the past four hours up to our knees in the Wissahickon Creek (Or the “Wissy” as the bio-pros apparently call it) collecting samples of freshwater and macroinvertebrates and whatever else we could find. Then we went brought it all back to the lab and examined the samples beneath the microscope.
What exactly are we looking for? Well, I’m still trying to figure that one out. The assignment is for each of us to come up with a plausible scientific explanation for just how the Wissahickon Creek’s ecology works. The problem is that the ecology of the Wissahickon is all connected—and incredibly complex.
Here are just a few of the things our data examines: the weather, air temperature, water temperature, water velocity, sunlight levels, carbon dioxide levels and oxygen levels (which are connected to organisms in the creek), the Ph level (which is connected to carbon dioxide level), animal waste or the ammonia level, the levels of silt and sand on the creekbed. And then there are all the organisms we found there, too: mayflies, midges, algae, large crustaceans (big crayfish!), frogs, small minnows, baby sunfish, snails, leeches, flatworms, planera, blackfly larvae, roly-polys, dragonflies, and damselfly nymphs.
Now we just have to examine it, note the relationships between everything, and then try to come up with some sort of Unified Theory of the Wissahickon Ecosystem (And I’m not even a biochem major!).
To be honest, I have no idea what mine is yet—but I’m really looking forward to figuring it out, especially with stuff I collected with my own two hands.
By: Maria Tarves
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My roommate Alli, who resides in Chicago, Illinois decided to stay in Philadelphia over the summer to try living on her own. She found an amazing house in Manayunk where four other students live. Because her home is so close to Chestnut Hill, she can attend summer classes and continue her studies. She has already completed a Business course, Micro-Economics for her minor. The advantage in taking summer courses through Chestnut Hill College is one can pursue their education regardless of the seasonal vacation. CHC begins the summer registration process right after spring semester ends, and students can access the summer course brochure a week before finals. The summer semester is broken down into two six week sessions and Alli has already completed the “Summer I” session. She now attends a class once again for her minor in business: Macro-Economics.
By: Janean Ciancia
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It is almost that time of year again. The summer is going by so fast and soon it will be time to go back to school. If you are a student who is buying their own books, here are some helpful tips that could help you save money.
Although it is not always possible, buying used books can save you a ton of money. As long as used books are not missing pages and are readable, they will be fine. Look on Ebay, Amazon, half.com, and other sites for used or new books. Ask upperclassmen, or students in your class if you can borrow or buy their books from them. They are many upperclassmen who were not able to sell they books back and would like to receive something for them. You could get really lucky and get books for cheap.
Another option is to rent your books. This year I will be renting some of my books from upperclassmen with the same major as myself. She wants to keep all of her textbooks just in case she has a reason to use them again. I am going to rent books from her for a small fee of about $10-$15 a book. I am going to save a lot of money because some of my books are almost fifty dollars to buy.
If you happen to buy any of your books throughout your college career, do you best to sell them back? You can sell them to the college bookstore, used bookstores, or put them on Ebay, Amazon, or half.com. At the beginning and end of semesters advertise that you have books for sale. Email your friends and post flyers, you never know who needs books!
