Nicholas Sugiarto
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Asian Food at Dartmouth, Part Two
Not only has Dartmouth Dining Services been trying their best to make the food good, they've been trying their hand at all sorts of different kinds of food—things I never thought I would see in Hanover, much less Hanover during a lockdown.
Coming Back to Hanover: Quarantine Edition
I've been off for a long time. After four whole terms of being off, I'm finally back on campus!
Year 2: Just as Lost and Confused (In a Good Way)
I'm starting my second year at Dartmouth, and I'm still really quite lost. But in a good way. And even then, I'm lucky that there are people here to help me along the way.
Summer Recap
It's weird to think that an entire year has gone by. I could take this moment to lament how I lost half my first year (Spring and Summer) to COVID-19. There's really a lot I could complain about, but strange thing is, I don't really feel like it.
5 College Essentials That I Swear Actually Make Sense
We've all seen those lists. They always list obvious things like "backpack" or "pencil." Here I try to list items that, if you take my word on it, will actually be useful to your study experience.
- No. 1
Extension Cord
An extension cord will save your life. Often times people complain that there are too few outlets. Or whatever outlets that are available are too far away. Then they start complaining that the chargers are too short...Well, why not just buy something literally designed to make your charger longer? This is a charger from the Hanover CVS that's a five-minute walk away from campus, tops. Pick one up. This is easily my favorite item. I have very few regrets since coming to Dartmouth, one of them being that I bought the 6-foot version when the 12 -foot version would have been even more useful. Learn from my mistakes.
- No. 2
Airpods
Perfect for keeping yourself entertained while you're walking to said Hanover CVS. Now, these are also self-explanatory. Workouts... studying... the uses for Airpods really speak for themselves. But they also serve a slightly nefarious double purpose. Now, I'll admit. I'm not the most social of butterflies, but people at Dartmouth are very, very friendly. Sometimes to a fault. Like they'll come up and say hi, maybe strike up a conversation. Now, I get drained easily from long social interactions so often times I'll just put them in and not play any music just so I'll look preoccupied. Seriously. It's a lifesaver. There are times where I've put them in, even though I've left my phone at my dorm.
- No. 3
Lipbalm and Hand Cream
Moisturizing in the dry winters are really, really important. As someone who was formerly on Accutane, moisturizing is just habitual to me. And there's nothing more annoying than focusing on your chapped lips and dry hands while you really should be studying. The hand cream was something I found at an Asian market that was too cute to pass up, and the lip balm is from, again, the Hanover CVS.
Side Hustle
Since coming to Dartmouth, I've learned so much outside the classroom. I've picked up how to use Photoshop, edit with Premiere Pro, build websites with HTML and CSS, as well as picking up things here and there with Flutter, R, and Bash.
Smart Doggy
I've been spending my first freshman summer doing cancer research and playing with puppies. Is there anything more I can ask for?
Summertime Productivity (Remotely)
It turns out that finding research at Dartmouth is pretty easy, actually. Much easier than at larger state schools. There's a whole database dedicated just to helping us undergrads find research jobs.
Foray into Research
There's an entire database containing projects for every field of study ranging from anthropology to chemistry to film and media to Japanese studies dedicated solely to helping undergraduates find research positions at Dartmouth.
So, Apparently Supercomputers are Real
I figured "supercomputer" was just one of those words that the nerds in movies used to sound smart. One of those fake cool-sounding words like "mainframe" or "cyberspace." Until I found out that Dartmouth had one. And now I do research on one.