Hi all! Welcome to my blog! My name is Robin. I am a senior studying Economics and the Digital Arts. Outside of class I'm a guitarist, amateur rock climber, and seasoned billiard player–if you're on campus, there's a good chance you can find me at the Collis pool hall. I love Dartmouth and am sharing my journey through this blog. So if you're a prospie, parent, or Dartmouth enthusiast, you've come to the right place!
In this class, I'll be learning about stellar evolution, the origin of the elements, the deaths of stars, black holes, the structure of our Galaxy, other galaxies, dark matter, the expanding universe and the big bang.
In this class, we explore the issues of mark, line, scale, space, light and composition. I'm not naturally a great artist, but I love art and am taking this course to improve my skills.
This course studies the economic behavior of employers and employees as they interact in the labor market, covering topics such as human capital investment, the structure and determinants of financial compensation and benefits packages, contract negotiations and arbitration.
Painting I is an introductory class in oil painting techniques, painting language, and critical thinking. Major topics that will be covered include: basic color theory, color mixing, paint application, and color composition.
This course explores how the brain controls our motivation to pursue goals and how drugs of abuse hijack those systems, exploring in detail how narcotic drugs (opioids, stimulants, alcohol, cannabis) act in the brain and the mechanisms underlying the transition from drug use to addiction.
This term, I'll be returning to campus for the first time since March 2020, and I could not be more excited! These past Summer and Fall terms, I decided to take some time off from classes to explore the workforce and get some real-world experience under my belt (I also made sure to fit in some vacation time, of course).
Since the first of my two "off-terms," I've held three jobs. I worked as an Intern at the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (San Francisco), as an Enumerator for the U.S Census Bureau, and as a cook/manager at a brand-new restaurant called Tako Ten. I learned a lot from this, and will be blogging about how Dartmouth made these opportunities possible in the coming weeks.
As for this term, I am starting classes from the comfort of my home in Albuquerque, NM, and will make my way back to campus one week into Winter. Move-in will be different this year because of the pandemic—we will be tested for COVID-19 before we travel, once we arrive, and throughout an eight-day quarantine period. Plus, we'll have to follow lots of public health guidelines to make sure everyone is safe.
Needless to say, we are in strange times and no one knows what the few months will bring. But we have to keep our heads up and make the best of what we have. I feel lucky to be able to set foot on campus as I start off my sophomore year. Winter will look different than any other term, including last Fall, but I am glad to be back.
So, if you are interested in hearing more about on-campus life amidst the pandemic, and want to know more about how Dartmouth supports student's during off-terms, make sure to stay tuned!
Coming back from Spring break usually means coming back to an entirely different campus than the one you left in the Winter – but that was not the case this year! Read on to hear more...
Many small classes at Dartmouth are seminar-style and are the cornerstone of the intellectual exploration and intentionality that define the learning experience at Dartmouth.
Growing up in New England and transitioning to living at Dartmouth, I'm all too familiar with the unpredictability (and beauty) of New England's weather. Let me tell you about it here!
It's not every day that my Intro to Chinese Culture and Understanding the Universe classes were both canceled, but the cosmos had other plans. Welcome to a rare weekday in my life with no classes!
