Hi guys! The name's Tulio (yes, like the guy from Rio) Huggins, and I am a '23! I am from the beautiful state of Pennsylvania, where I have lived for the past couple of years. I am double majoring in History and English with a concentration in Creative Writing. In my free time, I love to hang out with friends at Dartmouth Apologia, my fraternity, and in Aquinas House! Feel free to ask any questions you might have. I hope that you all have a blessed day!
Academic Program
History & English with Concentration in Creative Writing
Favorite Thing Right Now
Hanging out with my fraternity brothers and hanging out in Aquinas House!
This history class is dedicated to investigating the history behind current events. In this term, we looked at the history behind immigration, Silicon Valley, and affirmative action. And in the final weeks of the term, we were able to choose what we wanted to learn about, and we chose to look at the history of impeachment. It is a very cool class with great class discussions. I would highly recommend!
COSC 1 is an intro to Computer Science course. I had never taken a CS course, so learning the new Python language was definitely tough! Even so, I learned so much about how to code, and the help provided by TAs and the professors is invaluable in this course!
This was the first class I ever took in the African and African American Studies and Religion Department. It opened my eyes to the various ways African Americans in the Jim Crow era survived when the world was stacked up against them. I would highly recommend!
An interesting class where we focused on the spread of literature during this time period. Also one of my smallest classes; only five other classmates!
This class was a creative writing class, and it gave me a lot of insight into what I as an author should want my readers to do when they confront the piece. It was an amazing class, and it was so cool to be able to take it in London!
My desire to learn about religion and history was thoroughly fulfilled in this class, where we looked at the various Christian conversions in different European areas. I learned a lot, and I really loved the prof's lectures!
SpringOn-Campus
I'm not taking any classes this term! Instead, I am doing a fellowship through the Leslie Center for Humanities, where I am writing an interconnected short story collection set in an evangelical church youth group.
This was my senior seminar for my history class, and we learned about the many Native American treaties that occurred for the centuries of US-Indigenous interaction
Throughout the years here at Dartmouth, I have gotten sick or injured many times. Most of the time, it's just a cold, but once or twice it has been a little bit more serious, such as a potential concussion or COVID. In a lot of these instances though, I have used many resources both at Dartmouth and in the area.
A nice spring day as I've recover from a cold!
Recently, I came down with a cold that seems to be going around campus. This often happens early in the term, as everyone is coming back to campus from all across the world, bringing germs with them. I started to feel sick during the weekend, so I took a couple of COVID tests that I got from the Collis Student Center. After testing negative, I was happy that at least it wasn't COVID. However, I still felt sick, so I went to the local CVS and got some Dayquil. Since I'm a night owl, I appreciate that CVS is open 24/7 for instances like this!
The next day I stopped by the Collis Market, which is a small market inside Collis that has different things like food, school supplies, and medicine. I got some Theraflu, and with a couple of cough drops from my friend, I have been recovering from this sickness.
I know that if I haven't recovered in a couple of days, I could always go to Dick's House, Dartmouth's student health center. There I often pick up my prescriptions, meet with a nurse if I am feeling ill, and if necessary, can also get tests done. The people at Dick's House are also who you would be talking to if you test positive for COVID, as I did last year.
Thankfully this cold is something that can just be solved with a couple of days of rest and medicine. However, there might be a time when you get really sick, or get injured during your time at Dartmouth. One of my friends had a health scare recently, so he needed to see a doctor quickly. Thankfully, nine minutes away is the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, a large hospital that is affiliated with Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, our med school. There, he was able to be checked out, and thankfully nothing was seriously wrong with him.
Nevertheless, it is nice to know that I have multiple resources for if and when I get sick. Just because Dartmouth is in a rural area does not mean we don't have very effective health services!
In addition to blogging, I work as a Fellow for the Tucker Center, which focuses on promoting spiritual and ethical life on campus. As part of this role, I'm leading the Interfaith Alternative Spring Break Trip. Read on to learn more about my work!
