Hello! My name is Cal Shin, and I am a '27 planning to double-major in Economics and Philosophy. Outside of academics and blogging, you can find me drawing (perhaps even designing for The Dartmouth), hosting my radio show as a proud deejay at WebDCR, perusing the Free Market, or hanging out with friends. Ultimately, I am an artist and a storyteller. I hope you enjoy reading about my Dartmouth experience; the journey has just begun!
I took this course with Professor James Binkoski and loved it! I had never taken a philosophy course prior to Dartmouth, so this introductory course in the department was perfect! After all, it combined my interests of philosophy with time and time travel — at least, how time and time travel are depicted in the media. This course may initially seem to be on the more technical side, but Professor Binkoski made sure to break down the various time travel theories — various ways scientists and philosophers think of time and its supposed movement — in a manner that’s easy for anyone to understand. A very popular course overall; I am fortunate to have been able to take it during my first term here!
I took this course with Professor Ha Yan Lee and it was absolutely amazing! I had my initial reservations about this course, mainly because I knew a lot of my classmates would have had some background knowledge while I had none. Professor Lee did a wonderful job of breaking down concepts in a manner that, as she often put it, is easy for even “your grandparents to understand”. Even beyond the course, the level of care Professor Lee exhibited towards her students is significant. She’s one of the most popular professors at Dartmouth, and for good reason! I ate lunch with her at The Pine through the Take a Faculty Member to Lunch program, and she gave me tremendous insight and advice! Because of this course, I have been inspired to explore more courses within the Econ department and potentially major in Economics.
I took this course with Professor Jasmina Savic and examined how the vampire figure evolved over time, starting with Slavic literature, going through Dracula and Twilight, and ending with “vampire” political figures. I realized what the portrayal of vampires could tell me about the thoughts of that society, including the fact that the early notions of vampirism are akin to modern-day diseases. For my final project, I wrote a research paper comparing the gumiho (the Korean nine-tailed fox) to several Western vampires.
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I had the opportunity to visit New York City for the summer! I met up with a good friend of mine, explored the city itself, and went to a networking event with other college students.
ECON 10 is one of the required courses for the Economics major. Based on my stellar experience with Professor Ha Yan Lee during ECON 1, when I saw that she was teaching ECON 10 this term, I immediately jumped at the chance to take the course with her. Once again, Professor Lee did an amazing job of breaking down concepts in an easy-to-understand manner. (The fact that her slideshows were colorful and featured various pictures of cats helped.)
Whether it be briskly walking across the Green to a class in Dartmouth Hall or hearing the Baker Tower bells ring the alma mater every night at 6:00 PM, there are certain small joys that shape my day-to-day life as a Dartmouth student. This Thanksgiving, I couldn't help but reflect on how these seemingly mundane aspects of Dartmouth have shaped my experience, and it dawned on me that you, my dear readers, may want a glimpse of such a thing.
One important resource that Dartmouth has provided me that was crucial for my academics is Greenprint, which refers to a system of Dartmouth printers that can be found in various locations around campus. Each term, the college allocates $75 per student just for the purpose of printing on these Greenprint printers. With a valid ID, you are able to print documents on their devices to the queue, then walk up to any Greenprint printer on campus to print said document however you would like—black and white, color, single-sided, or double-sided. The likelihood of using all $75 is extremely low; for reference, I have probably printed around 200 pages of readings and documents this term and have used around $45 out of the $75 allocated for printing. Some things I have printed include:
Scholarly articles and journals
Class readings
Posters of my artwork
Flyers
Forms and other documents
One of the many printers at Dartmouth!
What I didn't realize until a lot more recently, however, is that all Greenprint machines come with a scanner. Access works the same—swipe your Dartmouth ID, place the document you want scanned, and click a button to start scanning a document to your inbox, Google Drive, or Dropbox. It's as simple as that!
