Last night, students got their first opportunity to see what their fellow GHAers have been learning when the faculty opened up their classrooms for the first of three Open House activities. Faculty condensed their material into two 1-hour sessions in which students saw everything from Heather Taylor's lecture on "Modern Crossroads" to physics demonstrations in Eric Reynolds's class.
One of the most popular sessions was Mike Burr's chemistry lecture entitled "Smell Vomit." The course began with background on butyric acid, the chemical that produces the pungent odor of vomit (as well as parmesan cheese!), and then students were led outside to take a whiff. See their reactions below.
In sports, activity time was a nerve-wracking time for Assistant Academic Dean Robbie Brown, who took on GHA student and 4th spot state tennis champion Tanner Robison in a no-holds-barred tennis match on the Bethany College courts. Brown suffered not one, but two 6-1 defeats.
Despite his humiliating defeat, Brown diplomatically said of the match, "Although I don’t think I played as well as I could have, that probably had a lot to do with my competition. I was pleased to take 2 games."
Nevertheless, Brown did not lose his cheerful demeanor! This morning, I arrived at the GHA offices to find a nice surprise on my desk.
Aw! The flowers were accompanied by a (matching!) card thanking me for my work as the intern so far. I've got to do some official intern business, but check back soon for updates on tonight's activity - salsa dancing! I've been waiting for this for the last 3 weeks.
--Lauren the Intern
