Tulio Huggins

When I got to campus, I made sure to isolate and quarantine for the first two weeks, per Dartmouth's COVID-19 policy. I was being smart to keep myself and the community safe.

I'm back, now as an official college sophomore!

Throughout this summer, I have been able to dive into the world of late 19th-century Georgian politics through research in the History department.

I recently helped my sister plan an assembly in my hometown in Pennsylvania for a community discussion on race. "A Talk in the Park," as it was called, helped bring awareness to the lack of African American history taught in our schools.

From meeting people from all across the world to working hard in the East Asian Reading Room in Baker Library until after midnight for a paper, I have gained various memories and experiences that have helped define my freshman year at college.

Being back home for the past couple of months has allowed for various activities, and one that's helped keep me and my family sane has been cooking.

Even though I am not in Baker, that Dartmouth spirit of reading and learning is alive and well.

Two classes — "History, Culture, and Society: The Many Faces of Latin America" and "African American Religion and Culture in Jim Crow America" — have helped me learn more about my roots as an Afro-Panamanian man!

I get distracted easily, whether by my phone, my friends, or the sudden impulse to re-download Minecraft from the account I got seven years ago (that last one may or may not be what I am doing while writing this blog).

And just like that, spring break is over. Time to go back to school, back to clubs, back to college life. Except this time, my dog is now coming along on this college ride.