What I Learned At JHU Today

They say you learn something new every day. But at Hopkins, we probably learn hundreds -- about our majors, about ourselves, about our friends, about the world, and about every little thing in between.

So, what did Hopkins teach you today?

hahah oh Lauren, I suggested this topic to Daniel a couple a weeks ago. Anyway, I really like this idea...


Today at Hopkins I learned the pros and cons of marriage regulations in my Population, Health, and Development courses.

I learned that if you don't use all of your meal swipes for the week it's a bad idea to try to use them all up by eating at the FFC four times in one day.

I learned that other people also have pointy heads.

I learned from my RA that guys have the ability to just not think, like there's a black hole in their heads that absorbs their thinking capacity when they're good and ready.

I also learned from my RA that if you go to the FFC putting a passionfruit teabag into the lemonade makes it taste so good.

Notice how nothing here is academic...LOL

I learned that leaving your bike out in the rain and then biking home = really wet bum.

Today (well, yesterday) at Hopkins I learned in my Environment and Your Health class that eating 1 tablespoon of peanut butter increases a person's chance of death from cancer in a year by a risk of 1 in 1,000,000 - the same risk associated with cancer from living with 20 miles of a nuclear power plant for 20 years.

I learned that I'm scared of peanut butter.

WHAT?!? I love peanut butter and I thought it was good for you! Why is eating peanut butter a death wish?

I did a lab yesterday involving the stress and strain of a piece of metal. We basically got to pull on a huge piece of aluminum with this massive machine until it snapped and made a loud noise. It was pretty cool.

I just found out that the houses in AMR II and AMR I are in alphabetical order, beginning with Adams in AMR II. Weird...

Today I learned that the Hopkins field hockey team is ranked #3 in the nation...and they suffered their first lost today! So now they are 11-1

I'm kinda upset about that whole peanut butter debacle...

But I did learn yesterday that the Hopkins Board of Trustees is full of ballers. Seriously check out some of their profiles: http://trustees.jhu.edu/members.php

Trust me, it's a VERY google-able group of people.

Today, Hopkins taught me how our buildings are all too cold! (I am freezing in the mattin center student activities building right now!)

It also taught me how to write an annotated bibliography for my thesis. Fun times.

This morning at Hopkins (well not really at Hopkins as I am in Waltham, MA doing work for Hopkins) I learned all about "dark energy" and how amazing some of the faculty at Hopkins are.

See I have this series of counselor breakfasts this week where I meet with guidance counselors and update them on "what's new" at Hopkins. Well I was honing up on my JHU knowledge reading about our Genius Grant winner Adam Riess and the amazing work he is doing in astrophysics.

Check it out:
http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/univ08/s.../macarthur.html

According to my friend who's taking physiological psychology, an average adult's attention span is only an hour, so it's best to take fifteen minute breaks in between marathon studying sessions. Hey, any excuse to take a breather!

I learned that even though a normal adult's attention span is an hour, when studying for the Physiological Psychology exam - it shortens substantially!

I also learned that energy drinks can have absolutely no effect.

Oh, and academically, I learned that humans may have a second olfactory system that also us to smell pharamones and react to them (without even realizing it!).

And, I'm glad I'm not a big fan of peanut butter.