PREMEDS: Consider SMDEP!

by Lysa Vola, Williams College, '14

This summer I participated in SMDEP (Summer Medical Dental Education Program) at Duke University School of Medicine. SMDEP is a free six week summer academic enrichment program for rising sophomore and junior college students who are interested in a career in medicine...

Dying my Hair for the World

by Seanna Leath

There are motorcycles and vacation spots and hair dye for mid-life crises, but manufacturers and travel agents failed to make an outlet for mid-college crises. I looked on Amazon and eBay to no avail. There wasn’t a thing to help the sleepless nights, worried days,...

Go Green with Renewable Resources!

by Seanna Leath

                 1.2 million dollars.  The amount reverberated through the arena amid thunderous claps and cheers.  Our high school principal had just announced the approximate amount of accepted scholarship money that my 2009 class had procured for college. ...