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rora-s · 4 years ago

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The Derivative Chapter 12: Tests

Chapter 1 <- Chapter 11

I let off a breath closing one text book I’d finished and moving to the next. “You know there’s a difference between learning and memorizing right?” Amita pointed out with a scoff glancing at me over top her laptop screen.

“I am aware. One is knowing the other is understanding but for me they can understandably get intermingled” I explained as I began to go through the next book.

Amita nodded “you’re really stressing about this test you have to do for school huh?”

“Well it is kinda a big deal. The whole prospect of my graduating early is riding on it. That and me getting accepted into college” I explained.

“Oh really what are you looking to study?” Amita inquired.

“Mathematics like my uncle probably, maybe something a bit more hands on to” I explained.

“You know combinatorics is a great field” she offered.

I scoffed “if you don’t say so yourself”

We both giggled “seriously though you should look at applying for CalSci. You could stay local. They have a history of accepting young brilliant minds and programs especially made for those who have spotty school records.”

“You know Larry was saying something similar before” I voiced “maybe I will think about it.”

“Plus I’ve been considering staying at CalSci longer to get my second PhD in physics so you’d have another friendly face on campus other than Charlie and Larry”

“Seriously?” I thought about hanging around CalSci with the brainiac trio. “That sounds really cool”

“I think it’d be cool too and we could take you on a tour of the campus sometime even, you know, show you around” Amita offered.

I smiled “yeah that’d be great”

Just then my friend's phone went off and she answered it “hello? … yeah sure I’ll be right there.” she hung up and started packing her things. “Charlie needs my help for a case with Don.” she informed.

“I can come-”

“He said specifically not to bring you even if you asked. Sorry” Amita told me sympathetically.

“Ugh eighteen can not come soon enough” I groaned.

“There, there” Amita murmured teasingly, patting me on the shoulder as she headed out of the house.

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“You know when you offered to take me on a campus tour I thought I’d see more than the computer lab” I voiced as the trio finished retesting their flight route math for a third time in the CalSci computer lab.

“I’m sorry but this is very important for the case Don’s working on” Charlie breathed out then thought for a minute “by the way I would appreciate you not telling him I allowed you to help with this math”

“Don’t worry Uncle C, unlike some people I can keep a secret” I muttered. The man shot me a look but let the subject go as we all mulled over what we might have missed.

“I don’t get it,” Uncle Charlie declared finally from his seat on the table behind where Amita was working. “The aircraft should have originated from an airfield that the FBI checked out”

“Maybe they didn’t use an airfield” I suggested from where I sat next to the computer. “Like a highway or something”

“Well then there would have been witnesses” Amita pointed out to the contrary.

“You know, here’s where I get reductive on your ass,” Larry spoke up standing “cause you keep saying aircraft but so far no one’s been able to identify whatever it was that people saw.”

“What are you saying, Larry?” Amita questioned.

“I’m saying instead of building a flight path, let’s try focusing on the object itself,” Larry suggested.

“You know what?” Charlie spoke up, hopping off his table “he’s right.”

“Wait, you're agree that it could be a UFO?” I inquired of my uncle.

“No, but focusing on the craft might yield better results.” The man explained coming over “We could get a visual of the object by building in all the radar sources at the same time, yes, civilian and military.”

“So overlap the radar sources?” Amita clarified as she began to type into the computer.

“That’s right” Charlie confirmed “by layering the images we could build a three dimensional cross section of it”

Amita typed on the computer for a moment and we all leaned in to see “there” she finally declared “now it’s working off of all seven radar sources.”

“And it’s building an image of the object,” Larry added.

We watched as slowly an image began to appear. What we saw looked surprisingly Sci-fi. “Charlie? Is that what I think it is?” Amita inquired.

“Larry I’m sorry I doubted you” I muttered.

“Now, le-let’s be very, very careful” Charlie stammered “we shouldn’t jump to any conclusions or make any assumptions. There could be any number of reasons why that looks like-”

“A vehicle from another part of the universe” Larry finished Charlie’s statement.

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3rd POV.

“Hey Charlie” Don greeted his brother knocking on the door to the office space the professor was using in the library.

“Hey” the young brother replied, writing on a piece of paper.

“What’s up?”

“Just grading tests for my Nonlinear Dynamics class.” Charlie informed.

“Glad to see you’re taking my advice and having some fun” Don commented.

“Well, you don’t look like you’ve been having too much fun” the younger brother pointed out, eyeing his brother as Don sat down.

Don sighed “aw man this Gosnell case. Not to mention Abby has to take that test today in school to see if she can get out early.”

“I’m sure she’ll pass” Charlie reassured “and you know Amita’s already talked her into applying for CalSci”

“Yeah I’m just stressed on her behalf I guess” the older brother explained “and anyway with this case I just had to tell a guy that his dad died” Don let off another breath slouching in his seat.

Charlie put down his pencil and turned to give his brother more of his attention “I spent all that time trying to figure out where the plane went. Turns out the pilot didn’t even know, because the rudder was busted.”

“See, that’s the thing” Don explained “I got to find out where he was headed, ‘cause I think that’s why he was killed. You got any ideas? Anything at all?”

Charlie sighed packing up his papers and standing “maybe. Could I, uh could I get some data off the flight recorder?”

“Yeah, I mean, I can see if, uh, Erica can drop some by.” Don offered. “Maybe Amita can help you out” A small smile came to Charlie’s face at the suggestion and Don couldn’t help the knowing grin that came to his face. “Dad said she’s sticking around.”

“Did he?” Charlie asked, turning to his brother.

“Well, you happy about that?” Don inquired.

“Um, are you asking me as her thesis advisor or..?” Charlie ended with a slight chuckle.

Don scoffed at the blush forming on his younger brother’s features “you tell me”

“Yeah, I’m happy,” Charlie admitted.

They were quiet for a moment then another thought occured to Don “hey, what’s the deal I thought you were playing golf today.”

“Oh no.” Charlie quickly replied “you know, I’m really no use on the golf course.”

Don sat up as his brother took the seat across from him again “Charlie you know why he likes playing with you, don’t you?”

“I have no idea” Charlie voiced “because I-I’ve got to be the worst golfer in the history of the game”

Don shook his head surprised that his genius of a little brother could be so clueless sometimes “No. it’s the one time he gets to teach you something. You understand?” he explained “I mean I’m learning for myself that it’s not easy raising a genius. That’s his one time” Don wasn’t sure Charlie got what he was saying but just then his phone went off “oh excuse me” he stood up to take the call. “Eppes”

“Don” David’s voice answered “the forensic report from Gosnell’s workshop just came in. We found David Croft’s fingerprints all over the shop.”

“But I thought you said he hadn’t seen him in years” Don questioned confused.

“And so he said” David replied

“All right, look, uh, take a team, pick him up” Don instructed, rubbing his forehead and the bridge of his nose with his hand “I’ll meet you at the office, okay?”

“You got it,” David agreed before hanging up.

Don pocketed his phone again “alright kid I got to go. See you later” he called to Charlie who nodded his farewell before Don was out the door.

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“I pass the dang test and as a reward I get to come out here and watch you all golf in this heat” Abby complained “that’s so not fair”

“Ah come on kid a little exercise never hurt anybody” Don objected “maybe you could try it out for yourself”

“No thank you” the teenager replied edgily heading toward the bench with her backpack full of reading material.

“Where’s Chuck?” Don asked, realizing his younger brother was not in sight.

“I don’t know last I looked, he was right behind us.” Alan replied looking around. “Oh there he is” he voiced when they spotted the younger man coming up to the bench at another angle.

“Hey dad,” Charlie called, dragging his clubs up the incline. “Your clubs weigh a ton”

“Are you kidding, I've used those clubs for ten years” Alan replied looking in his own golf bag as Abby made herself comfortable on the bench. “There’s nothing wrong with them”

“Dad, they’re older than he is,” Don pointed out, going over to look in Charlie’s bag. “I don’t even think they make wood clubs anymore.”

“Yeah I know” Alan said “but each one of ‘em’s got a great sweet spot.”

“Put ‘em in a museum,” Don commented.

“Eh, when Charlie gets better, I’ll buy him a set of his own” Alan offered.

“Well isn’t that encouraging” Abby muttered already part way through the novel on her lap.

“Come on, Charlie, maybe this is the day you’ll par a hole.” Alan suggested.

“I’d just like to get the ball in the hole. That’s all” Charlie stated as Don came over to sit next to his daughter on the bench.

“So you passed the test” Don spoke to his kid as Alan talked to his. “What’s next?”

“I wait and hope CalSci accepts me,” Abby declared looking up from her book. “But who knows if that’s going to happen.”

“Well aren’t you pessimistic” Don muttered.

“Well Donald I had to get it from somewhere” Abby replied with a smirk.

“Yeah your mother” Don stated with a slight grin.

“Funny she said the same thing about you” Abby advised and the pair shared a laugh as Charlie came over to join them.

“Alright Alan show us how it’s done” Don called to his father and the three watched as the eldest among them swung the golf club.

Chapter 13 ->

#numb3rs #numb3rs season 1 #Don Eppes #Charlie Eppes #alan eppes #amita ramanujan #larry fleinhardt #fanfiction #don is a dad #abby calvin #episode per chapter #episode related #also posted on ao3 #also posted on quotev

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silverliningsrpg · 4 years ago

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I. CHARACTER BASICS.

FULL NAME: Tereik Rashid al-Damiri.

GENDER & PRONOUNS: Cis Male & He/Him.

DATE OF BIRTH & AGE: May 12, 1981 (39).

ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus.

HOMETOWN: Cairo, Egypt, and Atlanta, GA.

CURRENT LOCATION: Finch’s Lake.

OCCUPATION: Temporarily retired archaeologist, Egyptology consultant at a museum in New York City, and author.

HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN IN AMORY? Newcomer — 1 month.

FACECLAIM: Rami Malek.

II. BIOGRAPHY.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Childhood Illness, epilepsy, head injury, life-threatening injury, seizure mentions, parent death.

Tereik Rashid al-Damiri was born on May 12, 1981 to Rashid and Halima al-Damiri in Cairo, Egypt. He was their 7th child and only son. Tereik had a very loving childhood, but was in very poor health from birth until his mid teen years. He was born with a condition called Ebstein Anomaly, which required an intense heart surgery when he was seven, and he was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of three. Once his heart problem was fixed, his overall health began to improve, and his seizures lessened in frequency, going from 1 to 2 dozen a month, to 2 to 3 a month.

When he was 12 years old, Tereik’s father Rashid left his long term career as a pediatric cardiologist and moved his family to Atlanta, Georgia to work for the CDC. Though he was still with his family and his health was better than it had been in a long time, Tereik hated life in Atlanta. He loved his sisters, but they were his only friends, as his English wasn’t great and his years of poor health left him poorly socialized. He was incredibly intelligent and was really only happy when he was reading about Egypt and it was during this time he decided he wanted to become an archaeologist. As a child he’d loved hearing about the Pharaonic period and was particularly fascinated by Tutankhamun; his dream was to one day work directly with his mummy and in his tomb.

Tereik was close to all of his siblings, but he and his sister Kamilah were the closest, unfortunately, by the time he was ready to graduate from high school, she had run off with her boyfriend and cut ties with the family, so he was feeling lonely and decided that he was going back to Cairo. His parents did try and talk him out of it, as he’d never been away from them, but he couldn’t bear the thought of staying in Atlanta any longer, so he moved back to the penthouse he’d grown up in, as his parents’ still owned it, and enrolled in AUC (the American University in Cairo).

He was a very enthusiastic student and worked so hard that he caught the attention of a famous, if not a bit controversial, Egyptologist named Dr. Hawass who offered to be his Doctoral Advisor while he worked on his PhD and Tereik was thrilled to work with him, as he was in the process of getting permissions to do an all Egyptian study on Tutankhaman and Tereik would have done anything to get on that team. In 2008, the project moved ahead and Tereik was officially involved as the Junior Egyptologist on the project, and even though he spent the next two years being ordered around by the rest of the team, he was thrilled. Just as the project ended, he finished his PhD and applied for the opportunity to lead a team of his own and do a dig in the Valley of the Kings.

In 2011, after a full year of pitching himself to the government and calling in just about every connection his family had in the city, Tereik was granted the position as team leader and their team began digging in an area of the Valley of the Kings that was long believed to be empty. Tereik and his team knew it was unlikely they would find anything, but he and his team were young and excited to be on their first dig, so it didn’t matter that. They worked for a little over a month with no sign of anything, until one day they returned to their dig site to find that an overnight sandstorm had destroyed all of their work. Most of the team was ready to give up, and as their contract was nearly over, he understood why, but he convinced them to at least try and go over things to see if they could find their tools, if nothing else.

It was at this point that Tereik stepped back to survey the area and some sand gave way, revealing a hidden staircase that he immediately fell down. At that point, things took a real turn, he hadn’t been expecting much of anything and now all of a sudden he was the discoverer of a tomb. Though it wasn’t a royal tomb, it was still an amazing discovery that thrust Tereik into the spotlight and he found himself giving interviews, getting mobbed by people and becoming a local celebrity, as well as a well-known figure in the field. The tomb, KV65 as it was called, was the resting place of a nobleman and Tereik spent the next several years devoting his life to cataloging every inch of the tomb and every artifact within, as well as writing a book entitled “Fool’s Errand” which sold very well in Egypt, though it has never been sold in the US.

Life was going very well for Tereik, but as it always did, his health got in the way. He was still working in the tomb every day, usually alone, and when he finished at night, he would go back to the penthouse that he was now sharing with his girlfriend, Akila. He was sure that she was the one and was planning to bring her home to Atlanta to meet his family before proposing, but in July of 2014 he didn’t come home at his usual time, and she got in touch with one of his coworkers who promised to go and check on him. When he arrived, he found Tereik unresponsive on the floor of the tomb and called him an ambulance.

Eventually it was determined that he’d suffered a seizure while he was working and hit his head, knocking him unconscious, and if this wasn’t bad enough, he’d been out in the Valley so long he was also suffering from severe heatstroke. He spent the next several months fighting for his life in the hospital, and was finally released in November of 2014, only to return home to find that Akila had left, saying that this “wasn’t what she signed up for.” His eldest sister, Huriye, stayed with him for a little while as she was a doctor and he needed full time care at first, but she had to go home to her husband and children after a few weeks and suddenly he was totally alone.

In December of 2014, at the insistence of his former advisor, Tereik was hired on another project involving Tutankhamun. He was still in very bad shape, physically, and was (and still is) battling not only with more frequent seizures, but with being underweight and immunocompromised, and couldn’t work in the field, but focused on leading a group of students in the research portion of the project instead. It wasn’t exactly what he wanted to be doing, but he was still recovering and was glad to have something productive to do with his time instead of sitting at home alone.

In March of 2018, his sister Kamilah, who’d rejoined the family after leaving her partner with her son (and his godson) Ladon, called to let him know that their father was seriously ill and was asking that all of his children come back to Atlanta. Tereik didn’t want to leave, and wasn’t even sure he was well enough to travel, but he couldn’t say no to his father, so he returned to Georgia and spent the next year with his family and when his father died in early 2019, Tereik wasn’t ready to leave his family, so he stayed in Atlanta and helped his mother settle his father’s affairs and spent some time living with his sisters.

He considered his options and decided that even though he didn’t want to stay in Atlanta, he didn’t want to return to Egypt, so he took a job at a museum in New York City, setting up the Egyptology program and hiring one of his former students to run it once he was done with the set up. That kept him occupied for a while, but he was still struggling with his health and going back to full time work caused his recovery to backslide a little, so when the project was done, he found a house in a town about an hour away and decided to buy it.

Amory was very different from what he was used to, but since he was still struggling so much, it was nice to be somewhere quiet and since he was going to be living alone somewhere more private, he was paired with a service dog, a German Shepherd named Meeko. The museum in the city had offered to start selling his book in the gift shop, so his current project is to translate his book into English and write an update about what had happened in his life after the discovery of his tomb. He’s only been in Amory for about a month, but he’s looking forward to his new life there and seeing where this next chapter will take him.

III. PERSONALITY TRAITS.

POSITIVE TRAITS: Kind, generous, intelligent.

NEGATIVE TRAITS: Self-absorbed (slightly), shy, gloomy.

#childhood illness tw #epilepsy tw #head injury tw #seizure tw #parental death tw #rami malek #tereik al damiri #m #finch's lake

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pnwriter · 4 years ago

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Endemic Pandemic

Part 1: Seattle as the Epicenter

How did it all start? First, it was STEP A, everyone from China, talking about it and one student bemoaning the fact that some people in Wuhan, China will eat anything. It seems eating a diseased bat started it, as contact with a monkey started AIDS. That group made it back and we had a fun time. The next two-week class was canceled because travel from China had been suspended. I skipped the next group to go to Mexico with Rene and Anne, and started the fourth group with a reduced group. After only one week, the UW decided to cancel in-person classes and that program ended. Now, there is the worry that I may not even have enough work to retire as I had planned. I started job hunting as soon as we heard the program will probably close the end of summer. Now, it's the start of spring quarter, and we only have 20 new students (as opposed to a healthy 80). Moreover, these classes may have to be on-line, so I'll have to learn a program called Zoom. All the signs are pointing to me getting out of this career and Rene is talking about getting out of the country. China and Iran took the biggest initial hits, then Italy closed down. Just today, 3/11/2020, Dumptr canceled all flights to and from Europe, except for England, who Brexited earlier this year. Also, today, the public schools followed the university's precedent, and closed down, as did the Burke Museum. The governor has banned any meetings over 250 people. Any meetings over 13 are discouraged and on my way back from the gym, which is still open, the train was mostly empty, with the buses being just a little fuller. You see people in masks, bus drivers, students until the classes were cancelled, doctors and nurses, shoppers, passers by. It's all disconcerting. People are over reacting, in my opinion...the North Dakotan whose bus driver always made it through when all the others cancelled.

Facebook and Instagram are double edged swords. First, it is and always has been a community of contact at a time when face to face contact has decreased steadily over the years. (Ironically, it's been decreasing directly because of the technology that gave us Facebook in the first place!) I send a photo of a candle burning for all our brothers and sisters across the world to my Greek pagan witch friend Vas. I am at home after going to our favorite neighborhood coffee shop this morning with the dog (hoping to see its friend Pinky there), only to find out that they are closing, due to the uncertainty. There are those who say that what is happening now in Italy will happen here, too. It's only a matter of time.

Speaking of FB, I'm chatting on line now with Alban, my brother-from-another-life teacher friend in France, where everything is still normal. We talked about how people are getting into being the characters in an epidemic horror film and acting accordingly. We both acknowledge the advantages of learning in the flesh, but also know people are lazy and always take the easy way out. Even as we communicated, President Macron issued the edict to close all schools and universities starting Monday. I look outside to the sunny March day and think similar days greeted the Spanish Flu and the Black Death. At least this one is not smelly.

Here's the resume I have sent:

CAREER SUMMARY

My international experience began after undergraduate school with the Peace Corps in Morocco. My strengths of responsibility, patience and adaptability gained from being raised on a farm contributed to a successful and rewarding overseas experience. The professional aspect of my international experience began with teaching and studying in the Teaching English as a Second Language Program at CSU. As the Graduate Student Representative, in addition to teaching, being the liaison between the faculty and the students honed my leadership, organizational and diplomatic skills. From my first teaching job at Saint Martin’s College to my extensive career at the University of Washington, these skills developed greatly over the years.

Writing and editing, International relations, counseling, public relations, intercultural communication,

EMPLOYMENT

English Language Instructor, UW Campus and downtown ELP, material development, listening and speaking and grammar specialties 3/16/2005 to present

Compliance Specialist, (change to Professional Staff status from Extension Lecturer) effective March 2004

Admissions and Immigration Director, University of Washington International Outreach Programs, Seattle WA. Admissions and Immigration for all UW Educational Outreach International Programs. Primary Designated Student Official in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement SEVIS program. 1/2004 to present.

Director of Student Services, University of Washington Educational Outreach, Seattle, WA. Directing all international student services in the English Language program including acceptance, immigration advising, orientation (initial and on-going), information dissemination (weekly newsletter), sponsors, housing, language exchange and extracurricular activities. Teaching an English Language class is part of the administration positions. 9/2000 to 1/2004.

Acting Director, Downtown ESL Program, Directing ESL program with 80 students and nine faculty and staff. Payroll and expenditure authorization, supervising office staff and providing support for teachers and students. June 12-August 18, 2000.

International Student Advisor, ESL Programs, University of Washington Educational Outreach (UWEO), Seattle, WA. Immigration, academic and personal advising. Activities supervisor, conversation exchange program coordinator, extended orientation class development and instruction, weekly newsletter publisher. Taught extended orientation class in ESL Program, speaking and listening focus. Liaison with UWEO Business Office, sponsoring agencies and embassies, UW housing office, and home stay agencies. 3/87 to 9/2000.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES

Peace Corps Volunteer, Taza, Morocco. High school instructor of English at Lycee Sidi Azzouz in Taza. Outreach to disabled children in a special summer project at a special school in Martil, Morocco. From 6/78-6/80.

Member NAFSA: Association of International Educators and the Association of Washington International Student Affairs (AWISA). Received Outstanding Service Award. Reached out especially to the LGBT international community by producing a video and presenting workshops and sessions yearly at national and regional TESOL and NAFSA conferences.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Cetlalic Language Program, Cuernavaca, Mexico, Intensive Spanish study January 3-16, 2004.

International House, Madrid, Spain, Intensive Spanish Study and Study Abroad experience 99-00

NAFSA Professional Development Training May 1998

M.A. TESL/Linguistics, Colorado State University 1982

B.S. Psychology, Minor in French, University of North Dakota, 1977

a week, we had done some bonding and I was remembering the difference between the two girls with similar, to me, names.

Like the 1918 Spanish Flu, which took my grandmother Voeller and Catherine Thomas' husband, starting the huge Voeller clan, the last dying before this next-100-year epidemic took hold. It centered in a nursing home in Kirkland, and has taken mostly the elderly. Some say it is cleaning out the dark, negative energy.

Part 2: Two Months in

It's now been over two months since people were sent to their rooms to thinking long and hard about what they have done...to the

Mother, to Gaia. Yesterday was Mother's Day and I posted photos both of my mother and Gaia in celebration of the day. I have picked up a variety pack of online friends...Roial Co (Philippine Reiki Master (I attuned him from 2 to 3 over the phone in an hour-long ceremony last weekend. He could be part of the soul family...other members being Kim, Aric, Bob, Bachir, Robert, Vivian, Paki, Roy, Cynthia, Alban for sure), Mahamed, Eryk (also for sure), Samuel and the latest...Randy. There could be up to 90 scattered across the planet at this time...like shatters of glass (Roi). I'm almost to the point where I can start writing in my books again.

The state was supposed to go into what is called "Stage 2" on June 1, five days from now, but people are still dying (up to 100,000 in the states, 300,000 worldwide) so now it's mid-month. More monetary help is on the way. The veil is thinning. Strange events are starting to become common. I am meeting good people around the world on social media. We send money to Samuel after vetting him, but Kelvin Moore turns out to be a Yemeni hack. Oh well. My gardens, on the other hand, are glorious and giving me much pleasure. I have fresh flowers here at my little at home desk and downstairs on the kitchen counter. The ones at my office desk are from the top deck and the ones on the counter are from the east English garden. I am trying to attract elves and fairies to both gardens and have started playing my harp out there, with melodies that come to me from the plants' exhalations. I installed a lady bug house at the base of the climbing vines and will sit out there when the weather gets better and it's supposed to reach record heat this summer. Yikes. Along with world pandemic, murder hornets, ravaging storms and the 17 year cadydid cycle falling on 2020, a record heat wave and resulting fires are just par for the course.

Going out in public these days, at least here in the city, you would see that nearly everyone has a mask on. It's a bit disconcerting looking at eyes above various colors of masks, the new item of outer wear. The cute barista wore a black one, the owner a bandanna, his wife, the chef, a more medical-looking surgical mask, the lady in front of me, a homemade jobby. Out in the boonies, there is a culture war between those who believe we need to wear masks to protect both ourselves and others and those who believe that it's all a hoax and it's a way for the government to muzzle us, limit our freedom. Both sides see the other as sheeple.

Part 3: Month 6

It's now 70 days until November 3 and as Antonio from Spain said, "At the end of the day, it's up to a few Floridians, a bunch of Ohioans and a handful of Michiganians to decide the future of mankind..." The DNC went better than anyone had expected, with great speeches from both Michelle and Barack Obama, the AOC, Kamala Harris and culminating with one by Biden, himself. This week, the shit show in a burning dumpster called teh RNC has started with hysterical screaming and drug-induced ramblings laying all blame the the Dems and predicting a daily reality of lawlessness, rioting and burning cities if Biden gets elected. Only 70 days until we decide whether to stay in this country, or like our ancestors, try our luck in a new one: Mexico, Spain or Portugal are the top runners right now. We plan to go south to check out Flagstaff and Sedona, Arizona this Christmas. Last Christmas, it was El Paso, Alpine and Marfa, Texas and Los Crucas, New Mexico.

I am on the break between summer and fall...noteably the longest one of the year, often five weeks. I usually go back to North Dakota during this time, but that's not happening this year, probably never again. The last time I was there, I was suffering from depression and I had a feeling I would not be seeing it again. Best to leave it to my memories of happier days there when the people I grew up with were still alive.

This divide in the country, instigated by Russian bots and carried out by Puppet Dumpster, has been the last straw, the one to have broken the camel's back that was my family connection. Foreseen by my late sister Lori, when she said (in response to whether it was now my job to keep the family together), "We are all adults now. If anyone decides to never see the others again, then that's up to them, not you." First, it was LaVonne who stopped texting or answering my texts. Then, Dennis stopped answering my phone calls and stopped calling as well. Rosie and Jamie are still cyber-stalking me on Facebook and Instagram (Rosie made an Instagram account as soon as I said I was leaving FB in disgust. She has never posted anything and has no photos in her folder...she just checks to see what I'm up to.) I stopped posting political craziness last week as it was becoming too much work to research what was fear-inducing truth and what was fear-inducing fiction. The tainted GOP is all about striking fear into the hearts of anyone who will listen to their rabid rantings.

Another week, another innocent black man shot by racist white police. Then, to add insult to injury, a trumped up 17 year old from Illinois goes across the border to shoot two protesters, walking by police to go home and then turn himself in the next day. (It comes out later that he shot the first victim in the back, and that his mom drove him to the protest, as if it were a soccer practice!) I had to break my political silence on FB, which I have just decided I will have to leave. I don't know if I can deal with Liker, the current alternative, either. It's the brainchild of some guy who saw where FB was going in 2012 and decided people needed an option. They need an option, all right. The option to opt out of social media, the new Dolls of the 2010s and now 20s.

I wake up early on 8/27/2020 and disable my Facebook account. I can't quite go cold turkey and get rid of Messenger along with it, because there are some people on there I still want to support. This is the second time I have tried to do this. After 13 years (is that all? It seems half my life!), it's a main social outlet that I am moving away from. Especially now, in the time of pandemics, it will be more isolating, but the vitriol and Hate being spewed forth is out of balance with what's really out there...I hope. There were those who had to spew the venom that the skateboarder that was killed, a gentle, long-haired hippy soul, deserved to die. I can not relate nor be exposed to such unadulterated hate. Their minds have been poisoned by no other than the POTUS, (and the institutionalized racism/hate behind him) as well as hate speech on line. My family has succumbed to the Fear of the Other as well. So be it. It may mean leaving the country if this upcoming election is stolen like the last one was. I refuse to believe that a majority of people in this country have drunk the Kool-aid.

Reading "The Witches are Coming" by Lindy West is giving me more insight, a chance to laugh and even some hope.

"Our propensity for always, always, always choosing what is comfortable over what is right helped pave the road to this low and surreal moment in US history."

Part 4: Month 7

From September 8 to 18, Seattle was socked in under a cloud of ash from the fires down south. I could feel the ashes of the bodies the those who died, as well as the chemicals of the burnt human structures. Breitenbush Hot Springs lay in ashes with only the main buildings saved. I could feel the heaviness in my lungs. Mishka could sense it and acted out by peeing outside the box. On the 14th, it finally rained some and we still have more days to endure. I got up from epic dreams of lost family (my mom, That Bitch Denis, DJ, my nieces who my mom prepared us for so they could come in and check us out sleeping) and went out into the acid rain to witness it. The craziness coming from the POTUS and media intensifies as it's now 50 days till the election.

Then, when it seems to be darkest before the dawn, the triple threat of the GOPruients, COVID-19 and the death-ash from the west coast fires, we find on the evening of 9/18/20 that the Notorious RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice of the SCOTUS, died at 87, after having fought numerous ailments, including cancer. That bitch, Moscow Mitch immediately states the Senate will vote on a replacement even before the body is cold, even though in 2016 he said that the people of the US should have a say in the next SCOTUS, therefore, the appointment should wait until the election of the new president...blocking Obama in this last year, from appointing one. This will enable the Dumpster in his last weeks to appoint another conservative, anti-abortionist.

It becomes harder to grasp what is actually going on..these times are so unprecedented in our life times, though to those of us for whom AIDS was an epidemic, this is our second time around fearing for our lives. We know it's a long haul with many casualties before we come out on the other side, but whatever was normal no longer will be.

We go out for healthy burgers at Little Big Burger, where you can get a lettuce wrap in the place of a bun. We are both on edge and irritable and go to our separate corners after we eat in silence to grieve in our own way. Me typing here with all my altar lights on and a candle burning by the RBG candle, as the first fall rains sound outside, clearing the air for the first time in 10 days. The temptation to sell the house and leave the country is strong. The need to stay and fight on will probably prevail, but may not take the re-election of the anti-Christ, the embodiment of the Seven Deadly sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth,

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Hello all sorry I’ve been MIA for a hot second!! I’m going to be doing a lot of little posts of my super fun weekend to UCLA and UCSD and hopefully this week a recap on my grad progress! It’s been a week; mostly struggling with family, close relationships, and finances, but otherwise good overall and still on a high from this weekend.

My interests are changing so much lately: as of right now my top graduate program is an MScR of Cultural Studies at the University of Edinburgh - College of Art -- and potentially looking at taking that to a PhD in Art. When did I move from sustainable development to art?? I think something in me decided I want to work towards a career that is self-satisfying, and too often I have been letting the opinions of others dictate my academic and career choices. While I still love sustainable development, I am going to try to shift my thesis focus slightly to include material culture and story-telling related topics and try to get involved in work relating to museums. (curating???)

Happy that I feel like I have complete ownership over the choices I am making; while I feel like I might slightly disappoint some advisors or family, I am learning to trust myself and work towards things I truly love to do.

Tomorrow’s to-dos: ✧ respond to grad school emails (!!) ✧ Print grad school information - organize in notes folder ✧ Eco Vista gardening - get notes ready for general meeting on Friday ✧ Meeting with another student studying food systems ✧ GLOBL1 Readings ✧ ANTH195B Prospectus work ✧ WRIT109HU expand prospectus - finalize paper! ✧ FR finish study guide for printing ✧ Apply for MCASB Internship!

Tracker: ✧ Mood: 70% content, 20% frustrated and worried, 10% curious ✧ Energy: 50% ✧ Sleep: 8h ✧ Listening to: 3am by claro ✧ Water: 4 glasses ✧ Medicine: taken! ✧ Skincare: :/ ✧ What made me happy today: I bought a baguette and camembert and I’ve really really enjoyed investing in that ✧ What made me proud today: trusting myself and setting boundaries

What do y’all think about some study file uploads? Any other resources any of you might find useful? Send me a message and I’ll add them to my page!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! xx

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While this might not be your area of expertise could you lend any advice to a high school senior (almost college freshman) planning on going into History, looking at a masters in museum studies? I’m a bit over whelmed and not entirely sure I know where to start

Hi, Nonny!

Okay, I did actually get an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Oklahoma, so I do have some experience there :3 I work in a museum professionally at the moment as well.

For History in general at the university level is a lot of analysis and reading and a lot of papers. If you’re in the US, I would suggest looking into CLEP exams for the introductory courses (History 101, 102), depending on your university, if you want to skip over the beginning courses. CLEP will help you test out of courses before you go into courses and can save you money in the long run. (If you’re not in the US, you can always look into an equivalent program that lets you test out of lower-level courses in your country if your university system works that way).

One of the things I’d suggest before going to your university is to e-mail the professors in the history program (look up and see what courses they teach) and express your excitement of working with them. You can also see if they list any of their syllabi online to get an idea of the kind of workload they assign and what textbooks they expect you to have for their courses. One of the most useful thing I did as a history major was keep all my textbooks because I needed them again - one of my undergraduate textbooks I had in 2015 I ended up needing this year for graduate school! So, you never know.

The other thing I did was I color-coded my notes/highlighter for different eras for my classes. It helped a lot because my ancient history was always yellow, Medieval was blue, Renaissance was orange, etc. That worked for me, but remember that you have to try and figure out what works best for you.

I know that my history homework (in 3-credit American courses) always had about three hours per course each day I had class - so if I had it three times a week, I was reading about 9 hours a week. I have dyslexia and ADHD, so I had to make my schedule to accommodate for that, so the three hours, depending on the day, it might take me 6 hours for something that would usually take half that time. Make sure you take a lot of breaks during the readings because it can really get overwhelming. Stand up, stretch, get a glass of water, and if you have trouble concentrating on one of the readings, don’t be afraid to change which homework you’re focusing on.

As I’ve said with other advice, remember to talk to your professors. This is especially important in history because it can be overwhelming. One of my favorite professors was a Medieval professor, and I kept in touch with him well into graduate school. As you go through the program, don’t just meet with your assigned advisor, but talk to all of your professors. A lot of them will be good for recommendations in the future, and a lot of them give invaluable advice about how to proceed in your career.

Here’s the thing about Museum Studies degrees that I didn’t realize before I was already halfway through my program: the field is exceptionally over-saturated with people with museum degrees. However, having said that, if you want to get the degree, I wouldn’t blame you. I got mine because I wanted it and then I decided to pursue my MA in Classical Studies. So, I’m going to give you a couple of options because I know this is overwhelming, but remember, you still haven’t even started university yet, so grad school is still a bit away for you, and there might be even better options once you’re graduating!

The first thing I would suggest is that if you can, over the summer, try to volunteer at a local museum and see if they’ll let you float over different departments to see what you like best. Related places like local art galleries are also an option! A lot of places also have internships, but you might need a little bit more experience before an internship (high school internships happen, but it’s been my experience that many museums prefer interns that are enrolled in college already).

Most universities have galleries and museums so you can volunteer there, too. Some university museums have front desk paid positions for students, so check that out as well!

Museum Studies isn’t the only graduate degree to consider when you’re thinking about working in a museum after graduate school. Another thing to consider is getting a graduate degree with a Museum Studies graduate certificate to complement it could be an option for you.

If you’re thinking about working in a science-based museum, multiple different science degrees would be applicable. One of the jobs I looked at ended up requiring an Entomology degree, so you never know! Other degrees that might help would be a graduate degree in Anthropology, Art Conservation, Art History, Education, History, etc. One of the things you should do is look at the museums you would like to work at and see the educational background of the current employees and the openings there to see which is the best route to take. (Additionally, if you have an MA in any of those fields, depending on where you live, you could also teach community college in addition to or while you’re searching for a museum position).

Another degree to consider that I think is applicable is a Master in Library Science, some degree programs of which have a Museum Studies specialization (such as the one at Kent State University: https://www.kent.edu/iSchool/museum-studies). The good thing about pursuing an MLIS with a focus on museums is that you can apply to public and academic libraries as well as museum libraries, which gives a little more flexibility.

The reason why I give you all these other options (I know it’s a lot) is that I didn’t get a museum job until six months after I got my BA degrees and moved across the country - twice. This was also after having an apprenticeship, several internships, and uncountable volunteer hours as well. So, that’s a lot to consider. Once I got to where I live now, though, I got a museum job almost two weeks after I moved here, so you have to take where you live into account, too. Las Vegas is a pretty transient city, and a lot of people here don’t have Museum Studies MAs, so it’s a rarity. Other places that I lived (like Chicago) have so many people vying for the same jobs, it’s difficult to get your foot in the door. But, that’s why the volunteering, internships, and networking is so important. Professors are part of your networking, so keep that in mind, too. If your university has an art history club or history club or museum club, join it/them. Go to the museum and gallery openings at your university and talk with the people there. Usually, they have a lot of the professors and upperclassmen there, as well as local museum professionals. Go to events at local museums and art galleries, too! One of the things I wish I had done before I did that was make business cards that I could give to the people I met there, which is what I do at my current place of work when I meet people who want to keep in touch with me. Small things like that could go a long way.

I would spend some time researching the schools that you’re interested in for graduate school (as I assume you’ve already chosen which university you’re going to next year already) and compare their programs. While you’re an undergraduate, try to take one course in other fields that might interest you. A lot of times you can take courses in Anthropology or Art History for general education requirements and sometimes they’ll count towards a history major. Don’t be afraid to explore outside of your comfort zone.

The last thing I would recommend is after you do all this research, and you still want to go to graduate school specifically for Museum Studies, then you should do it. I loved my program, and although everyone told me once I graduated that I would not see a good ROI (return on investment), I had wasted my time. But one of the things I did during my program was an internship at a museum on the same campus where I would get my first full-time benefitted position. I learned how to run a museum. I learned best practices and how to curate. I learned basic exhibition design. I learned art and museum law. There was a lot that was covered in the program that was generalized that will help me in any museum I work at in the future, which is part of why I liked the program. The MA in Classical Studies was my next move because I would like to be a curator of Ancient Greek and Roman art eventually.

Just remember, take a deep breath, and you don’t have to worry about graduate school quite yet, but if you want to make sure you’re keeping up with the job market, keep an eye out and follow positions you want on sites like Indeed.com so you can see what people are looking for and begin to gain skills in those areas.

Also, and this is weirdly important for a history major, but I have seen current university students not know how to do it - learn to write and read cursive, in your native language and the language of any historical figure you might be studying. Somehow this has become a special skill, but I know it because we were required to use it in Catholic school.

I hope this wasn’t too overwhelming, and if you want to ask me more about my MA in Museum Studies, feel free to do so. Let me know if you want any clarifications on what I’ve outlined here; I know it was a lot.

All the best,

Tychon, the Ancient Geeko-Roman

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Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Subject: Graduate position: UPittsburgh.EvolutionaryBiology > Date: 9 October 2021 at 05:16:52 BST > To: [email protected] > > > > Seeking PhD Students in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at The University > of Pittsburgh > > The Department of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program (EE) at the University of > Pittsburgh is seeking applications from prospective graduate students > interested in pursuing a Ph.D. We have a strong and collaborative > research program that seeks students interested in a wide variety of > topics including behavioral ecology, coevolution, community ecology, > conservation biology, disease ecology, eco-evolutionary dynamics, > evolutionary biology, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary development, > genomic evolution, microbiome studies, molecular evolution, physiology, > and quantitative ecology. 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How I Got An Interview at Microsoft: My Résumé

In my last two posts about how I got into Smith, I shared some insight into what I did in high school both extracurricularly and academically. Following that same theme, here I will be sharing the résumé that miraculously landed me the initial interview at Microsoft and ultimately an Explorer Internship (software engineering and program management). I previously outlined the interview process here. As a recap, I simply uploaded my résumé online as I didn’t have any special connections. I’m okay posting this old résumé as much of the information is already publicly available on LinkedIn. However, it is imperative that I note that the résumé is from January of 2021 and has markedly improved since then as I have gained more experience. Furthermore, I have updated the content of every single section and made some minor formatting improvements. While I’m not sharing my real contact information, you’re always welcome to submit questions and future post ideas here. I was inspired to write this post because I’ve recently seen a few software engineers critique their old résumés on YouTube.

I wish I could write a full guide to résumé writing, but am definitely not an expert. If you are looking for real advice, check out these handouts from the Lazarus Center for Career Development. The Lazarus Center is an incredible resource that I have definitely underutilized. While I did attend a résumé writing workshop in December of my first year and get my résumé reviewed by a peer advisor the following January, I didn’t engage with the center my entire sophomore year. In addition to online resources, workshops, and peer advisors, Smithies have the opportunity to meet year-round with professional career advisors. Appointments are made on Handshake which is a job/internship search tool for college students. Furthermore, services are available to alumnae who have graduated within the past five years.

While not essential, I do recommend holding on to and organizing your old résumés. It may be useful and is also sort of interesting to look back on. I do this with a Google Drive folder, by including the date in the file names, and with a separate document that links to each résumé and includes a few bullet points about why it was created and where it was submitted to. While I may sound super on top of this organization system, the truth is I created it last week. (I am actually pretty good at keeping things organized and you can read about some of my other systems, here). I already had a few old résumés in an archive folder and then used the revision history feature in Google Docs to make copies of old versions. I also resurfaced some old “résumés” (i.e. unformatted lists of activities and accomplishments) by searching around in my Google Drive. I didn’t write my first real résumé until the summer before Smith when looking for work-study jobs. That’s only partially true as I literally wrote that entire first résumé the day my would-be future employer asked for one. Fortunately, I pulled together a functional résumé, was invited to interview, and was offered the job. I wrote a bit more about that job and how I got it here. Even if you are not yet applying for a job, I highly recommend drafting a résumé now especially if you have free time this summer.

I’m not kidding when I say it feels like a miracle to have gotten an interview at Microsoft with a not very technically impressive résumé. I’ll be upfront in noting that the internship to which I applied is specifically designed for first and second-year students, so the barrier for entry was lower than your traditional software engineering internship. Furthermore, while my coursework and knowledge did actually exceed the minimum qualifications (from in the job posting), my résumé didn’t clearly convey this.

Outside of listing my majors and knowledge of Java and Python, my résumé outlined no other technical experience or skills. In retrospect, I perhaps should have included my personal project Tascal (a task management app that I developed last summer), more of my technical skills, and data structures as relevant coursework. What experience did I include then? My role in ResLife, my museum job from my first year, and my five years of seasonal work at a local organic farm. While not related to software engineering, my first interviewer did find farm experience unusual and interesting. In general, it doesn’t seem like GPA is all that important for aspiring software engineers. However, given my lack of relevant experience, I think my strong GPA was actually important. By the time I made it to the actual interviews, my résumé was a bit more technical as I’d been able to add my job as a programming contest assistant. You can read more about that experience here. Other minor edits included adding Dart (the programming language used to build Tascal) to my skills section and adding a link to this blog. You can read more about my interview process here.

The other main section of my résumé was leadership. Rather than use the traditional reverse chronological order, I decided to list things chronologically in order to highlight my leadership experiences from my first year. Under each Hubbard House position, I included two bullet points with my specific responsibilities. I also included a sub-section about my current leadership positions and was super transparent in noting that the actual responsibilities were limited due to the remote semester. Including the note about my limited responsibilities was the most honest way for me to still include the positions for which I was elected and was attending weekly or biweekly meetings. I didn’t have enough work experience to omit the leadership section and thought only including old positions could be seen as a reg flag. The key takeaway here is that it is possible to get an entry-level tech internship with limited experience.

Here is the full résumé (minus my actual contact information). As a reminder, this résumé is not current and is from January of 2021. Note: If you can’t see it, click here.

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4 Best Scholarships For LGBTQ Students – Forbes Advisor

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Pride Month is a time to recognize and empower the LGBTQ community. And one of the best ways to support a community is to fund the education of its members in order to have equal opportunities for professional success.

We’ll walk you through some of the best college scholarships for the LGBTQ community.

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4 best scholarships for LGBTQ students

Scholarships are a type of non-repayable financial aid, which means they can make a significant difference in whether you can afford school. Consider starting your search with these LGBTQ student scholarships.

1. WiseGeek LGBTQ + Awareness Scholarship

This $ 500 scholarship is awarded to a student who is part of the LGBTQ + community and who wants to create awareness for that community.

No essay is required and the deadline is July 1, 2021. You must be a US citizen or resident to apply. You can apply online.

2. Unicorn Scholarship

This $ 1,000 scholarship is awarded to a current college student. The deadline is July 31, 2021. Applicants are required to write an essay between 100 and 500 words about self-love and how they work to build awareness and positivity for LGBTQ +. Apply online through the bold.org scholarship website.

3. Pride Foundation Scholarships

The Pride Foundation in the Northwest offers 60 different scholarships for LGBTQ + students, and only one application is required to be considered for all. Students with financial needs and without a strong LGBTQ + support system can apply for these scholarships.

Although college students can go to college anywhere, they must be in one of the following states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington. The next scholarship window opens on October 11, 2021. Apply here.

4. Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship Award

LGBTQ + students studying journalism can apply for this $ 5,000 scholarship, which requires five samples or clips and a written story on an LGBTQ + topic. Both prospective and current undergraduate or graduate students are eligible for this award, which is presented by the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists.

The application window is currently closed, but students can learn more about the award next year.

Where to Find Scholarships for LGBTQ Students

The following websites are the best places to look for LGBTQ student scholarships:

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Stipendien.com

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Create a profile on these websites so that you will be notified when a relevant scholarship is published. Check daily to see if you are missing out on scholarships that are relevant to you.

When it comes to finding unique scholarships, Google is your friend. Find scholarships by entering some of your attributes and the word “scholarship”. You can also set up Google Notifications to receive an email notification when a new search result matches this description.

Many students believe that their best chance to apply for a scholarship is still in high school, but there are many options for current college students. Keep applying for scholarships, especially at your university, after you’ve enrolled in college. Talk to your college advisor about awards to qualify for.

How to strengthen your scholarship application

Filling out grant applications can be repetitive, and it’s tempting to reuse the same essay for multiple awards. However, it is important to tailor your application for each specific scholarship.

Editing your essay or application is also crucial as you are easily prone to errors and typos. Have someone else review each essay or application before submitting it.

Print out your essay in a different font and read it aloud before submitting it. This will help you spot simple errors that may be overlooked on the computer.

Other ways to pay for college

After applying for appropriate scholarships, consider the following ways to fund your college education.

Federal Student Loans

Federal student loans are one of the most popular payment methods for college, and for good reason. Interest rates are relatively low and there are several income-based repayment, loan forgiveness and deferment options.

To apply for a federal student loan, you’ll need to complete the Free Federal Student Aid Application (FAFSA), which asks for your financial information and, in most cases, your parents’ financial information. The FAFSA results are sent to the colleges you apply to, where they will be used to help decide how much financial support you will receive.

Federal grants

The federal government offers college students several types of non-refundable scholarships. Most of these grants require you to have financial need or meet other criteria, such as: For example, a parent who died fighting in Afghanistan or Iraq, or an obligation to work as a teacher in an underserved area. Federal grants are only available to students who graduate from the FAFSA.

The Pell Grant is the most common on-demand grant, offering between $ 650 and $ 6,495 per academic year. The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) is available to students in financial need, but there are a limited number of these grants. If you wait too long to fill out the FAFSA and apply to college, you may lose your chance of earning an FSEOG award.

Part-time studies

The dual study program is a form of federal funding that provides students with part-time employment within the university or an affiliated organization. The dual study program is only awarded to students with financial need, and the positions are awarded according to the principle of “first come, first served”. This is another reason why it is worth submitting the FAFSA early on.

Most students work between 10 and 15 hours a week and receive a regular paycheck, just like any other job. Salary varies by college, but is usually close to the minimum wage or a little higher. Typical dual jobs are work in the library, behind a dormitory reception desk or in the campus museum.

Other scholarships

Applying for other scholarships also increases your chances of further financial support. Find scholarships that are tailored to your interests and hobbies. For example, if you’re in the college marching band, look for brass band scholarships.

Parent PLUS Loans

Parent PLUS loans are a type of federal student loan available to parents of undergraduate students. The annual cap on these loans is the cost of attendance minus any other financial aid for which the student is qualified, which is higher than the limit for regular student loans.

The interest rate on Parent PLUS loans is higher than other types of student loans, but it can be lower than that of private student loans. For the school year 2021/22 the interest rate is 6.28%. Federal Parental Loan borrowers also have access to an income-based repayment plan and public service lending.

Student personal loans

When it comes to financial assistance, private student loans should be used as a last resort. Private student loans have higher interest rates and fewer postponement and cancellation options compared to federal student loans. They also don’t offer income-based repayment plans.

When taking out a private student loan, try to minimize your borrowing and also consider refinancing your loans after you graduate. Refinancing refers to switching your existing loans to a new lender who may offer a lower interest rate, a lower monthly payment, or both.

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Third Thursday events and exhibitions for February 18

The next Third Thursday — the monthly evening of art in Athens, Georgia — is scheduled for Thursday, February 18, from 6 to 9 p.m. All exhibitions are free and open to the public. Several of the venues are closed or in between exhibitions. It is recommended that you contact a venue in advance to confirm its current status, especially in light of the potential for changing circumstances during COVID-19.

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia

“Emma Amos: Color Odyssey” �� This survey exhibition ncludes approximately 60 works produced by Black feminist artist Emma Amos over the last 60 years.

“In Dialogue: Look, Paint, Repeat: Variations in the Art of Pierre Daura” —This exhibition uses the museum’s recent acquisition of Daura’s “View of Saint-Cirq-LaPopie” to highlight how the artist depicted certain subjects over and over again.

“Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection” — This exhibition presents Japanese pottery and porcelain created by three generations of master ceramic artists. Made with both ancient and modern materials and methods, their works are exceptionally diverse. They share the exceptional craftsmanship and sophisticated design characteristic of Japanese contemporary ceramics.

“Power and Piety in 17th-Century Spanish Art” — Works by premiere Spanish baroque painters such as Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Murillo, Pedro Orrente and others, on loan from Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery.

“Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt” — An extraordinary assembly of Coptic objects dating from the 3rd to the 8th century CE belonging to Emanuel and Anna Nadler.

The museum’s days of operation have changed to Thursday – Sunday, and a free timed ticketing system is now in place to limit the number of people in the building, along with new policies for safety during COVID-19. Reserve a ticket and see our policies at https://georgiamuseum.org/visit/.

ATHICA@Ciné

On hiatus until March 2021, when a new exhibition by artist Jacob Wenzka opens.

Hotel Indigo, Athens

“Athens Facades” — Photography by Mike Landers. The artist took these building portraits at dark downtown and in Five Points between 2000 and 2002. His first building portrait shows what had been The Gap on Clayton Street, which left a beautifully symmetrical illuminated façade and an empty interior. Landers finds this an exercise of looking in and looking out.

“Diorama” — A new installation by Jaime Bull in the Glass Cube. Imagine going to the natural history museum and looking through the glass window into another world. Instead of woolly mammoths or sub-Saharan zebras, Bull’s installation is populated with large-scale assemblages of wicker furniture painted in a psychedelic color palette. Supported by the 2020 Arts in Community Resilience Award through the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) and Athens-Clarke County Unified Government.

ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art

Online Event, 7 p.m.: Streaming Music Night with Old Friends from Near and Far — Featuring Annie Leeth, A Good Pleasure, and Klypi. Free tickets required: https://athica021821.eventbrite.com

On View: “2021 ATHICA Members’ Showcase” — Featuring works by ATHICA members.

Lyndon House Arts Center

3THURS Virtual Artist Talk, 6 p.m.: ”Athens Together,” an exhibition of documentary photography of local rallies featuring the work of Penny Noah, Nathaniel Burkins, Sean Dunn and Lucy Calhoun. Please email [email protected] to register.

“Lobby Case: Flywheel by Luka Carter” — A window display that captures snapshots of energy and objects suspended in place. The artist composes sketches, studies and found objects into a realized mood board of the different facets of his life that keep him moving and inspired.

“Lounge Gallery: Mind the Body, Works by Victoria Dugger” (opening day) — Victoria Dugger’s work is an investigation of herself — and of you. Her work often explores the dynamic relationship between ourselves, our body and the world around us. This exhibition is curated by Lilly McEachern.

“Window Works: Noraa James” — Window Works is an outdoor project located at the entrance of the Lyndon House Arts Center. Using the banks of windows as a palette, Noraa James has designed a triptych and diptych inspired by love, the Black body and primary colors.

We require face coverings, social distancing and follow all CDC guidelines. As we navigate through these unusual times, we recommend visiting our website, social media or calling the Arts Center for further information regarding procedures for visiting the galleries. Please note gallery hours and numbers of visitors at one time are subject to change and will follow CDC guidelines. For more information, please call 706.613.3623. Please visit us at accgov.com/lyndonhouse or on Facebook and Instagram.

Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries, University of Georgia

“Down and Dirty” — A comprehensive two-person exhibition celebrating the pioneering sculptors Bonnie Rychlak and Jeanne Silverthorne, in the Lupin Gallery.

“Meet Me at The Double Crown” — In the Margie E. West Gallery is a tribute to karaoke’s power to find transcendence in the performance of ourselves. Dodd MFA candidate Ronika McClain presents a series of videos that uses confessional storytelling to discuss the importance of coming together as a community and the recent disconnection wrought by the pandemic.

“Taking Care” — Jane Ritchie, Dodd graduate advisor, and Isys Hennigar, Dodd MFA candidate, consider the complex ways in which humans engage the living world. The works in the exhibition explore the language of care through slow processes, delicate balances, meticulous adornment and attention to the fragility of living things.

“The Unstitute of…” — Facilitated in the School of Art’s Bridge Gallery throughout February 2021, the Unstitute of… is an alternative one-person “MFAPHD” research program, faux institution and autonomous “school” hosted and developed by its only participating administrator and student, doctoral candidate in art education Lisa Novak.

tiny ATH gallery

“Melody Croft’s Black Lives Matter”

Safety precautions in place for tiny ATH gallery:

Please, please, please WEAR YOUR MASK (we will have gloves and sanitizer and extra masks readily available as well).

4 people will be allowed in at a time or a larger family group that has been sheltering together.

ENTER through front porch door, EXIT through back of gallery (one-way traffic).

Please consider parking on Pulaski St. or Cleveland Ave. to alleviate parking issues, and allow for extra space for the entry line.

Please follow signage instructions and maintain safe 6-feet-plus distancing while waiting to enter the gallery.

Feel free to mingle (6 feet safely away from one another) on the back patio area.

If you feel unwell or have been in contact with anyone who has been sick, please stay home.

The Classic Center

No art is on view this Third Thursday.

Creature Comforts Brewing Co.’s CCBC Gallery

No art is on view this Third Thursday.

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Third Thursday was established in 2012 to encourage attendance at Athens’ established art venues through coordination and co-promotion by the organizing entities. Rack cards promoting Third Thursday and visual art in Athens are available upon request. This schedule and venue locations and regular hours can be found at 3thurs.org.

Contact: Michael Lachowski, Georgia Museum of Art, [email protected].

#art #free #athensga #downtownathens #uga #museum

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Endemic Pandemic

Here's the resume I have sent:

CAREER SUMMARY

�� Writing and editing, International relations, counseling, public relations, intercultural communication,

EMPLOYMENT

English Language Instructor, UW Campus and downtown ELP, material development, listening and speaking and grammar specialties 3/16/2005 to present

Compliance Specialist, (change to Professional Staff status from Extension Lecturer) effective March 2004

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Cetlalic Language Program, Cuernavaca, Mexico, Intensive Spanish study January 3-16, 2004.

International House, Madrid, Spain, Intensive Spanish Study and Study Abroad experience 99-00

NAFSA Professional Development Training May 1998

M.A. TESL/Linguistics, Colorado State University 1982

B.S. Psychology, Minor in French, University of North Dakota, 1977

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Growing up in a family of theater people put Chelsea Unzer in the middle of a world that she would end up loving and making her life.

Her aunt was a well-established opera singer who gave the young Unzer voice lessons from an early age. Also, Unzer’s sister ran children’s theater companies.

Riverside actor, director and playwright Chelsea Unzer has long loved the theater. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Fishman)

“I was always around it,” she said. “My first big role was Annie in ‘Annie’ when I was 9 years old. I was hooked.”

Unzer was born in Santa Rosa, but her parents separated when she was very young. She was raised in Sacramento with her mother and the Bay Area with her father.

“My father was, and still is, a mortician so I actually grew up living above a funeral home,” Unzer said. “I think it influenced a lot about who I am as a person and an artist. Something about being around people when they’re going through the toughest time in their life allows you to see people for who they really are. And going to funerals and hearing stories of the people that had passed showed me at a young age that every single person has a unique and interesting story to tell.”

Unzer went to Natomas Charter School Performing and Fine Arts Academy in Sacramento during middle and high school. She was also was a member of the Sacramento Theatre Company in high school, where she took master classes and performed in several plays as part of their young adults program. In summer 2007, Unzer toured Greece with the company’s production of “The Tale” by Tommy Smith. She attended UC Berkeley, majoring in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies.

It was while getting her master of arts in theater and communities from Emerson College in Boston that Unzer discovered a love of writing. She was already working on her thesis when her mother died unexpectedly.

“As artists, I believe we process our emotions through art,” she said. “It’s how we’re wired.”

Unzer decided to change her thesis. Her advisor was not supportive of the change, but she went against his guidance. She interviewed five people of various ages and backgrounds about someone they had lost in their lives and then wove their stories together with her own story of grief and loss.

The result was Unzer’s one-woman show, “Echoes of Them.” She won the Graduate Dean Award, only given to one person out of each graduating class. Since then, the play has been performed all over the country.

“I’m so glad I didn’t listen,” she said.

In 2018, Unzer moved to Riverside, when her husband accepted a position at UC Riverside. Since then, she has been active both in local productions and in the Redwood City-based Fuse Theatre Company, with which she became acquainted after performing “Echoes of Them” at a theater conference in Minneapolis.

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Super Bowl tickets offered in drawing to benefit Inland Empire Lighthouse for the Blind

“The founding artistic director of Fuse, Stacey Ardelean, heard of the buzz surrounding my play at the conference,” Unzer said. “After meeting with her and discussing my play, she asked me to perform it at Fuse Theatre. After getting to know the company, they were stuck with me.”

In 2019, Unzer joined the company as project manager and was promoted to co-artistic director last year.

Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, Unzer has continued to work with Fuse as it developed virtual programming. Being in quarantine has also forced her to reflect upon herself and her own stories. A new play called “What We Remember” has come from her efforts to remain productive.

Chelsea Unzer plays The Witch in Legendary Productions’ “Into the Woods” (Photo courtesy of Kim Simons)

“It’s based on the real lives of two men who hail from Mexico and Thailand as they explore the world around them and discover that although they are very different, they are more connected than they realize,” she said. “I also combine Thai shadow puppet theater and experiment with multimedia in the play. There was a virtual performance of it this past December, but I can’t wait to see it on its feet someday.”

For information on Unzer’s work with Fuse, visit crowdcast.io/fuse_theatre.

Patrick Brien is executive director of the Riverside Arts Council.

-on January 21, 2021 at 05:00AM by Patrick Brien

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Tyson was born in Manhattan as the second of three children, into a family living in the Bronx.[3] His mother, Sunchita Maria Tyson (née Feliciano; 1928 -), was a gerontologist for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and is of Puerto Rican descent.[4] His African-American father, Cyril deGrasse Tyson (1927–2016), was a sociologist, human resource commissioner for New York City mayor John Lindsay, and the first Director of Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited.[5][6] Tyson has two siblings: Stephen Joseph Tyson and Lynn Antipas Tyson.[5] Tyson's middle name, deGrasse, is from the maiden name of his paternal grandmother, who was born as Altima de Grasse in the British West Indies island of Nevis.[7]

Tyson grew up in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx, and later in Riverdale.[8] From kindergarten throughout high school, Tyson attended public schools in the Bronx: P.S. 36, P.S. 81, the Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy (then called "P.S. 141"), and The Bronx High School of Science (1972–1976) where he was captain of the wrestling team and editor-in-chief of the Physical Science Journal.[9][10] His interest in astronomy began at the age of nine after visiting the sky theater of the Hayden Planetarium.[11] He recalled that "so strong was that imprint [of the night sky] that I'm certain that I had no choice in the matter, that in fact, the universe called me."[12] During high school, Tyson attended astronomy courses offered by the Hayden Planetarium, which he called "the most formative period" of his life. He credited Dr. Mark Chartrand III, director of the planetarium at the time, as his "first intellectual role model" and his enthusiastic teaching style mixed with humor inspired Tyson to communicate the universe to others the way he did.[13]

Tyson obsessively studied astronomy in his teen years, and eventually even gained some fame in the astronomy community by giving lectures on the subject at the age of fifteen.[14] Astronomer Carl Sagan, who was a faculty member at Cornell University, tried to recruit Tyson to Cornell for undergraduate studies.[6] In his book, The Sky Is Not the Limit, Tyson wrote:

My letter of application had been dripping with an interest in the universe. The admission office, unbeknownst to me, had forwarded my application to Carl Sagan's attention. Within weeks, I received a personal letter...[15]

Tyson revisited this moment on his first episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Pulling out a 1975 calendar belonging to the famous astronomer, he found the day Sagan invited the 17-year-old to spend a day in Ithaca. Sagan had offered to put him up for the night if his bus back to the Bronx did not come. Tyson said, "I already knew I wanted to become a scientist. But that afternoon, I learned from Carl the kind of person I wanted to become."[16][17]

Tyson chose to attend Harvard where he majored in physics and lived in Currier House. He was a member of the crew team during his freshman year, but returned to wrestling, lettering in his senior year. He was also active in dance, in styles including jazz, ballet, Afro-Caribbean, and Latin Ballroom.[18]

Tyson hosting the 40th anniversary celebration of

Apollo 11

at the

National Air and Space Museum

in Washington, July 2009

Tyson earned an AB degree in physics at Harvard College in 1980 and then began his graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin,[19] from which he received an MA degree in astronomy in 1983. By his own account, he did not spend as much time in the research lab as he should have. His professors encouraged him to consider alternative careers and the committee for his doctoral dissertation was dissolved, ending his pursuit of a doctorate from the University of Texas.[20]

Tyson was a lecturer in astronomy at the University of Maryland from 1986 to 1987[21] and in 1988, he was accepted into the astronomy graduate program at Columbia University, where he earned an MPhil degree in astrophysics in 1989, and a PhD degree in astrophysics in 1991[22] under the supervision of Professor R. Michael Rich. Rich obtained funding to support Tyson's doctoral research from NASA and the ARCS foundation[23] enabling Tyson to attend international meetings in Italy, Switzerland, Chile, and South Africa[21] and to hire students to help him with data reduction.[24] In the course of his thesis work, he observed using the 0.91 m telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, where he obtained images for the Calán/Tololo Supernova Survey[25][26][27] helping to further their work in establishing Type Ia supernovae as standard candles.

During his thesis research at Columbia University, Tyson became acquainted with Professor David Spergel at Princeton University, who visited Columbia University in the course of collaborating with his thesis advisor on the Galactic bulge[28][29][30] typically found in spiral galaxies.

Career

Tyson with students at the 2007

American Astronomical Society

conference

Tyson's research has focused on observations in cosmology, stellar evolution, galactic astronomy, bulges, and stellar formation. He has held numerous positions at institutions including the University of Maryland, Princeton University, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Hayden Planetarium.

In 1994, Tyson joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist while he was a research affiliate in Princeton University. He became acting director of the planetarium in June 1995 and was appointed director in 1996.[31] As director, he oversaw the planetarium's $210 million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000. Upon being asked for his thoughts on becoming director, Tyson said "when I was a kid... there were scientists and educators on the staff at the Hayden Planetarium... who invested their time and energy in my enlightenment... and I've never forgotten that. And to end up back there as its director, I feel this deep sense of duty, that I serve in the same capacity for people who come through the facility today, that others served for me".[32]

Tyson has written a number of popular books on astronomy. In 1995, he began to write the "Universe" column for Natural History magazine. In a column he authored for a special edition of the magazine, called "City of Stars", in 2002, Tyson popularized the term "Manhattanhenge" to describe the two days annually on which the evening sun aligns with the street grid in Manhattan, making the sunset visible along unobstructed side streets. He had coined the term in 1996, inspired by how the phenomenon recalls the sun's solstice alignment with the Stonehenge monument in England.[33] Tyson's column also influenced his work as a professor with The Great Courses.[34]

In 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush appointed Tyson to serve on the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry and in 2004 to serve on the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, the latter better known as the "Moon, Mars, and Beyond" commission. Soon afterward, he was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by NASA.[35]

Tyson in December 2011 at a conference marking 1,000 days after the launch of the spacecraft

Kepler

In 2004, Tyson hosted the four-part Origins miniseries of the PBS Nova series,[36] and, with Donald Goldsmith, co-authored the companion volume for this series, Origins: Fourteen Billion Years Of Cosmic Evolution.[37] He again collaborated with Goldsmith as the narrator on the documentary 400 Years of the Telescope, which premiered on PBS in April 2009.[38]

As director of the Hayden Planetarium, Tyson bucked traditional thinking in order to keep Pluto from being referred to as the ninth planet in exhibits at the center. Tyson has explained that he wanted to look at commonalities between objects, grouping the terrestrial planets together, the gas giants together, and Pluto with like objects, and to get away from simply counting the planets. He has stated on The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, and BBC Horizon that this decision has resulted in large amounts of hate mail, much of it from children.[39] In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) confirmed this assessment by changing Pluto to the dwarf planet classification.

Tyson recounted the heated online debate on the Cambridge Conference Network (CCNet), a "widely read, UK-based Internet chat group", following Benny Peiser's renewed call for reclassification of Pluto's status.[40] Peiser's entry, in which he posted articles from the AP and The Boston Globe, spawned from The New York Times's article entitled "Pluto's Not a Planet? Only in New York".[41][42]

Tyson has been vice-president, president, and chairman of the board of the Planetary Society. He was also the host of the PBS program Nova ScienceNow until 2011.[43] He attended and was a speaker at the Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason and Survival symposium in November 2006. In 2007, Tyson was chosen to be a regular on The History Channel's popular series The Universe.[citation needed]

Tyson promoting the

Cosmos

TV series in Australia for National Geographic, 2014

In May 2009, Tyson launched a one-hour radio talk show called StarTalk, which he co-hosted with comedian Lynne Koplitz. The show was syndicated on Sunday afternoons on KTLK AM in Los Angeles and WHFS in Washington DC. The show lasted for thirteen weeks, but was resurrected in December 2010 and then, co-hosted with comedians Chuck Nice and Leighann Lord instead of Koplitz. Guests range from colleagues in science to celebrities such as GZA, Wil Wheaton, Sarah Silverman, and Bill Maher. The show is available via the Internet through a live stream or in the form of a podcast.[44]

In April 2011, Tyson was the keynote speaker at the 93rd International Convention of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the Two-year School. He and James Randi delivered a lecture entitled Skepticism, which related directly with the convention's theme of The Democratization of Information: Power, Peril, and Promise.[45]

In 2012, Tyson announced that he would appear in a YouTube series based on his radio show StarTalk. A premiere date for the show has not been announced, but it will be distributed on the Nerdist YouTube Channel.[46] On February 28, 2014, Tyson was a celebrity guest at the White House Student Film Festival.[47]

In 2014, Tyson helped revive Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage television series, presenting Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey on both FOX and the National Geographic Channel. Thirteen episodes were aired in the first season, and Tyson has stated that if a second season were produced, he would pass the role of host to someone else in the science world.[48][49] In early January, 2018, it was announced that a second season of Cosmos was in production, and that Tyson would once again act as host.[50]

On April 20, 2015, Tyson began hosting a late-night talk show entitled StarTalk on the National Geographic Channel, where Tyson interviews pop culture celebrities and asks them about their life experiences with science.[51]

Tyson is co-developing a sandbox video game with Whatnot Entertainment, Neil deGrasse Tyson Presents: Space Odyssey, which aims to help provide players with a realistic simulation of developing a space-faring culture, incorporating educational materials about space and technology. The game was anticipated for release in 2018.[52]

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Spirituality[A] most important feature is the analysis of the information that comes your way. And that's what I don't see enough of in this world. There's a level of gullibility that leaves people susceptible to being taken advantage of. I see science literacy as kind of a vaccine against charlatans who would try to exploit your ignorance.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, from a transcript of an interview by Roger Bingham on The Science Network[53][54]

Tyson has written and broadcast extensively about his views of science, spirituality, and the spirituality of science, including the essays "The Perimeter of Ignorance"[55] and "Holy Wars",[56] both appearing in Natural History magazine and the 2006 Beyond Belief workshop. In an interview with comedian Paul Mecurio, Tyson offered his definition of spirituality: "For me, when I say spiritual, I’m referring to a feeling you would have that connects you to the universe in a way that it may defy simple vocabulary. We think about the universe as an intellectual playground, which it surely is, but the moment you learn something that touches an emotion rather than just something intellectual, I would call that a spiritual encounter with the universe."[57] Tyson has argued that many great historical scientists' belief in intelligent design limited their scientific inquiries, to the detriment of the advance of scientific knowledge.[56][58]

When asked during a question session at the University at Buffalo if he believed in a higher power, Tyson responded: "Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of that power. When I look at the universe and all the ways the universe wants to kill us, I find it hard to reconcile that with statements of beneficence."[59][60]:341 In an interview with Big Think, Tyson said, "So, what people are really after is what is my stance on religion or spirituality or God, and I would say if I find a word that came closest, it would be 'agnostic' ... at the end of the day I'd rather not be any category at all."[61] Additionally, in the same interview with Big Think, Tyson mentioned that he edited Wikipedia's entry on him to include the fact that he is an agnostic:

I'm constantly claimed by atheists. I find this intriguing. In fact, on my Wiki page – I didn't create the Wiki page, others did, and I'm flattered that people cared enough about my life to assemble it – and it said "Neil deGrasse Tyson is an atheist." I said, "Well that's not really true." I said, "Neil deGrasse Tyson is an agnostic." I went back a week later, it said "Neil deGrasse Tyson is an atheist" again – within a week! – and I said, "What's up with that?" and I said "Alright, I have to word it a little differently." So I said, okay "Neil deGrasse Tyson, widely claimed by atheists, is actually an agnostic."[61]

During the interview "Called by the Universe: A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson" in 2009, Tyson said: "I can't agree to the claims by atheists that I'm one of that community. I don't have the time, energy, interest of conducting myself that way... I'm not trying to convert people. I don't care."[62]

Tyson in conversation with

Richard Dawkins

at Howard University, 2010

In March 2014, philosopher and secularism proponent Massimo Pigliucci asked Tyson "What is it you think about God?" Tyson replied "I remain unconvinced by any claims anyone has ever made about the existence or the power of a divine force operating in the universe." Pigliucci then asked him why he expressed discomfort with the label "atheist" in his Big Think video. Tyson replied by reiterating his dislike for one-word labels, saying "That's what adjectives are for. What kind of atheist are you? Are you an ardent atheist? Are you a passive atheist? An apathetic atheist? Do you rally, or do you just not even care? So I'd be on the 'I really don't care' side of that, if you had to find adjectives to put in front of the word 'atheist'." Pigliucci contrasted Tyson with scientist Richard Dawkins: "[Dawkins] really does consider, at this point, himself to be an atheist activist. You very clearly made the point that you are not." Tyson replied: "I completely respect that activity. He's fulfilling a really important role out there."[63]

Tyson has spoken about philosophy on numerous occasions. In March 2014, during an episode of The Nerdist Podcast, he stated that philosophy is "useless" and that a philosophy major "can really mess you up",[64] which was met with disapproval.[65][66][67][68] The philosopher Massimo Pigliucci later criticized him for "dismiss[ing] philosophy as a useless enterprise".[69]

Race and social justice

In an undated interview at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tyson talked about being black and one of the most visible and well-known scientists in the world. He told a story about being interviewed about a plasma burst from the sun on a local Fox affiliate in 1989. "I'd never before in my life seen an interview with a black person on television for expertise that had nothing to do with being black. And at that point, I realized that one of the last stereotypes that prevailed among people who carry stereotypes is that, sort of, black people are somehow dumb. I wondered, maybe ... that's a way to undermine this sort of, this stereotype that prevailed about who's smart and who's dumb. I said to myself, 'I just have to be visible, or others like me, in that situation.' That would have a greater force on society than anything else I could imagine."[70][71]

In 2005, at a conference at the National Academy of Sciences, Tyson responded to a question about whether genetic differences might keep women from working as scientists. He said that his goal to become an astrophysicist was "...hands down the path of most resistance through the forces ... of society". He continued: "My life experience tells me, when you don’t find blacks in the sciences, when you don’t find women in the sciences, I know these forces are real and I had to survive them in order to get where I am today. So before we start talking about genetic differences, you gotta come up with a system where there’s equal opportunity. Then we can start having that conversation."[72]

In a 2014 interview with Grantland, Tyson said that he related his experience on that 2005 panel in an effort to make the point that the scientific question about genetic differences can't be answered until the social barriers are dismantled. "I'm saying before you even have that conversation, you have to be really sure that access to opportunity has been level." In that same interview, Tyson said that race is not a part of the point he is trying to make in his career or with his life. According to Tyson, "[T]hat then becomes the point of people's understanding of me, rather than the astrophysics. So it's a failed educational step for that to be the case. If you end up being distracted by that and not [getting] the message." He purposefully no longer speaks publicly about race. "I don't give talks on it. I don't even give Black History Month talks. I decline every single one of them. In fact, since 1993, I've declined every interview that has my being black as a premise of the interview."[73]

NASA

Tyson,

Bill Nye

, and U.S. President

Barack Obama

take a

selfie

at the

White House

, 2014

Tyson is an advocate for expanding the operations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Arguing that "the most powerful agency on the dreams of a nation is currently underfunded to do what it needs to be doing".[74] Tyson has suggested that the general public has a tendency to overestimate how much revenue is allocated to the space agency. At a March 2010 address, referencing the proportion of tax revenue spent on NASA, he stated, "By the way, how much does NASA cost? It's a half a penny on the dollar. Did you know that? The people are saying, 'Why are we spending money up there...' I ask them, 'How much do you think we're spending?' They say 'five cents, ten cents on a dollar.' It's a half a penny."[74]

In March 2012, Tyson testified before the United States Senate Science Committee, stating that:

Right now, NASA's annual budget is half a penny on your tax dollar. For twice that—a penny on a dollar—we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its 20th century birthright to dream of tomorrow.[75][76]

Inspired by Tyson's advocacy and remarks, Penny4NASA, a campaign of the Space Advocates nonprofit,[77] was founded in 2012 by John Zeller and advocates the doubling of NASA's budget to one percent of the federal budget.[78]

In his book Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier Tyson argues that large and ambitious space exploration projects, like getting humans to Mars, will probably require some sort of military or economic driver in order to get the appropriate funding from the United States federal government.[79]

Media appearances

Neil deGrasse Tyson was keynote speaker at

TAM6

of the

JREF

As a science communicator, Tyson regularly appears on television, radio, and various other media outlets. He has been a regular guest on The Colbert Report, and host Stephen Colbert refers to him in his comedic book I Am America (And So Can You!), noting in his chapter on scientists that most scientists are "decent, well-intentioned people", but, presumably tongue-in-cheek, that "Neil DeGrasse [sic] Tyson is an absolute monster."[80] He has appeared numerous times on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has made appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Rachel Maddow Show.[81] He served as one of the central interviewees on the various episodes of the History Channel science program, The Universe. Tyson participated on the NPR radio quiz program Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! in 2007 and 2015.[82] He has appeared several times on Real Time with Bill Maher, and he was also featured on an episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as the ask-the-expert lifeline.[83] He has spoken numerous times on the Philadelphia morning show, Preston and Steve, on 93.3 WMMR, as well as on SiriusXM's Ron and Fez and The Opie and Anthony Show.

Tyson has been featured as a guest interviewee on The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Radiolab, Skepticality, and The Joe Rogan Experience podcasts and has been in several of the Symphony of Science videos.[84][85]

Tyson lived near the World Trade Center and was an eyewitness to the September 11, 2001 attacks. He wrote a widely circulated letter on what he saw.[86] Footage he filmed on the day was included in the 2008 documentary film 102 Minutes That Changed America.[87]

In 2007, Tyson was the keynote speaker during the dedication ceremony of Deerfield Academy's new science center, the Koch Center, named for David H. Koch '59. He emphasized the impact science will have on the twenty-first century, as well as explaining that investments into science may be costly, but their returns in the form of knowledge gained and piquing interest is invaluable. Tyson has also appeared as the keynote speaker at The Amazing Meeting, a science and skepticism conference hosted by the James Randi Educational Foundation.[88]

Tyson made a guest appearance as a version of himself in the episode "Brain Storm" of Stargate Atlantis[89] alongside Bill Nye and in the episode "The Apology Insufficiency" of The Big Bang Theory.[90] Archive footage of him is used in the film Europa Report. Tyson also made an appearance in an episode of Martha Speaks as himself.[91]

2010 Space Conference group portrait: Tyson with fellow television personality and science educator

Bill Nye

In a May 2011 StarTalk Radio show, The Political Science of the Daily Show, Tyson said he donates all income earned as a guest speaker.[92]

Tyson is a frequent participant in the website Reddit's AMAs (Ask Me Anythings) where he is responsible for three of the top ten most popular AMAs of all time.[93]

In Action Comics #14 (January 2013), which was published November 7, 2012, Tyson appears in the story, in which he determines that Superman's home planet, Krypton, orbited the red dwarf LHS 2520 in the constellation Corvus 27.1 lightyears from Earth. Tyson assisted DC Comics in selecting a real-life star that would be an appropriate parent star to Krypton, and picked Corvus, which is Latin for "Crow",[94][95] and which is the mascot of Superman's high school, the Smallville Crows.[96][97] Tyson also had a minor appearance as himself in the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.[98]

In May 2013, the Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2013 (H.R. 1891; 113th Congress) was introduced into Congress. Neil deGrasse Tyson was listed by at least two commentators as a possible nominee for the position of Science Laureate, if the act were to pass.[99][100] On March 8, 2014, Tyson made a SXSW Interactive keynote presentation at the Austin Convention Center.[101]

On June 3, 2014, Tyson co-reviewed Gravity in a CinemaSins episode.[102] He made two more appearances with CinemaSins, co-reviewing Interstellar on September 29, 2015,[103] and The Martian on March 31, 2016.[104]

In 2016, Tyson narrated and was a script supervisor for the science documentary, Food Evolution, directed by Academy Award nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy.[105] In the same year, Tyson made a guest appearance on the Avenged Sevenfold album The Stage, where he delivered a monolog on the track "Exist".[106] In 2017, Tyson appeared on Logic's album Everybody as God, uncredited on various tracks, and credited on the song "AfricAryaN"[107] as well as on "The Moon" on Musiq Soulchild's album Feel the Real.[108]

In 2018, Tyson made a guest appearance on The Big Bang Theory as himself, together with fellow scientist Bill Nye, in the first episode of the show's final season ("The Conjugal Configuration").[109

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Someone in the Crowd

I want you to imagine, just imagine, a student who came from a school where the number of students are less than a cast of a blockbuster movie, a student where in some times of the day he was the only one in class, a student whose class is so few that they have to study with a previous class which has someone with special needs. That’s me. A student that spent most of his days alone, both figuratively and literally, to the point where in the face of others, he is just a background character.

In July of 2019, he entered the unfamiliar grounds of Brightwoods School, as is usual of being a new student. His anxiety reaches a high point where everyone in the school has so much personality, more so than him. From the ones above to even the ones below him, they stand out so much that they could be the main characters of a story whereas he, what does he have? He has nothing to offer to society unlike the others; no participation in competitions, charities, or even a standout trait. Initially, he was part of STEM since he wanted to be a pilot but unfortunately he realized he can’t handle it since he’s not good in mathematics. So he shifted to HUMSS alongside Hannah, a fellow strandmate. At first he didn’t really enjoy the first parts of the school year since he considers himself a background character in a sea of main characters, which is further reinforced by the fact that he isolates himself from the others, with situations like sitting at the very back of the classroom during general mathematics, listening to music at every opportunity, and leaving everyone without telling them. It’s very disrespectful I know, but what can you do? I’m slow to adapt to a new environment.

However, there are some silver linings between the gray clouds over me, one of which are the teachers with a special mention to T. Paul and T. Tin, the now former strand advisor and teacher of World Religions and Beliefs and Philippine Governance respectively. Another silver lining are none other than my strand mates, even though they’re all girls. I have to say, they are an interesting bunch with each one having their own distinct personality, which i unfortunately forgot.

There are some events during this time that I didn't enjoy at first, but in the end it was a fun experience. One event which made the greatest impact is going to be Showtime, an event where the school adapts a well known musical like Lés Misérables or the greatest musical humanity has ever seen, Shrek the Musical. However in the case of this school year’s Showtime, it’s going to be something different. When I was welcomed into the Brighton family, it was a special year for them. No it’s not my arrival as the son of Christ but rather it’s the school’s 10th anniversary. To celebrate it they planned many events but one that stood out was the aforementioned Showtime, which was originally an Adaptation of The Greatest Showman but that didn’t pull through because it didn’t premiere on Broadway yet. So they decided to combine all the previous showtimes into one new musical from Les Mis to Pippin. If I recall correctly, Showtime wouldn’t have happened without my dad. Anyways, everyone rehearsed until the big event and I believe everyone enjoyed it. I would put it as one of the highlights of my school year since it is something new and if I were to stay in my old school, it would probably an not-so memorable experience since there is nothing new to experience outside of maybe some programs here and there and the occasional field trip to a museum, cheap mall exhibit or a play that shattered pretty much everyone’s expectation. The latter happened when i was around Grade 9 i think but i’ll keep it for another time. I’d be curious if they could adapt a play like Dear Evan Hansen since it is one of the most well known musicals of the current generation and it resonates with teenagers who incorrectly label themselves as suffering from social anxiety. Or something like Heathers or Mean Girls if they want.

While i said that i consider myself a background character, i still have friends even though i jokingly deny it all the time, which is part of my character. The first friends I made were Kit and Miguel, who were part of Arts and Design. The second friends I made were Nate, who was a new student just like me, and Steve, who were part of Information Communications and Technology. Later in the school year, especially after Showtime, I made some friends with the graduating batch at the time. The most memorable ones friends I have there are Nicky and Inigo, who are also in the same strand as me. I see Nicky everyday but I haven't really acquainted myself with her until Showtime and I'm grateful that I met her. As for Inigo, I see him everyday but i haven’t talked to him until a hangout with all the HUMSS last year, where he emphasized with me since before the other boys came, he was the only boy in HUMSS. After that we became friends.

We could go on further but unfortunately the Corona happened and my 11th year was cut short. The last moment that happened during the last day of school before it got canceled was meeting a future HUMSS student who instead went to A&D because T. Paul left. I guess that ends my recollections of my 11th year. It was nerve wracking at first and it is still nerve wracking but less to say the least. There are some other events but i’m going to consciously block them out because they might make me bang my head into the table in shame.

So yes, if only the last year wasn’t canceled then maybe i can spend more time with my friends and strandmates but now i am back at square one since we are thrown into an online learning environment for this year. The world is unknown, the time has gone, the story is over, though i’d have something more to say.

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