First Day of Classes
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First Day of Classes

Today was Lilian’s first day of classes! Wednesdays are a short day for French students, so they got to ease their way in with just three classes. I messed up…
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ALCS Champs!

Saturday night, Beans, Kristian, J and I went to Game 6 of the ALCS championship series. In other words, we were there when the Red Sox clinched the ALCS Championship…
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Gradumucation!

I've been dreaming about this moment for a long time. Yesterday, I put on a silly outfit, they read my name out loud, and I got to walk across a…
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Done!

Late last week, I met with my advisor to have a conversation about the American Civil Rights Movement. Otherwise known as a comprehensive exam. Which also happened to be the…
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In Defense of the Tenure Set

I may have come across as a bit hostile towards tenure-track faculty in this post. (Psssst. Hope. Your bitter is showing). Yes, there are people in academia who think that…
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Mini Break

I'm still waiting to hear how my adviser liked my thesis. Every time I get an email in my school inbox that's not from him, I am simultaneously relieved and…
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Errata

We were video chatting with my sister Allison the other day and I made a joke about getting a kitten. She was fairly horrified that I would consider adding more…
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Succès!

I can (finally!) stop checking my school email obsessively, because I got the word yesterday that I passed my French translation exam a couple of weeks ago. For those of…