Site-Wide Activity

Your TAs will run this class on reading and studying habits. Here’s what you need to do in preparation:
FYS 10/18/2017 homework
Bring in your method for organizing what you need to do. For example: assignment […]

“Entonces, es decidido,” le dice el sol a la piedrita. “Debo decirle al carámbanito que tu vienes a verle.”

“¡Muchas gracias, Señor Sol!” Ella responde, tan emocionado que apenas puede quedarse quieta. “Por f […]

Fui a casa para las vacaciones de otoño. Primero el autobús llegó tarde a la parada del autobús. Cuando llegué a casa, mi mamá, mi hermano y mi abuela, me esperaron. Espero que todos tengamos una buena seman […]

Este semana, yo visito con mi familia mucha. La familia de mi padre vive en Búfalo tambien. Estoy emocionado de que vivan cerca de nosotros. Puedo ver a mis sobrinos y sobrinas mucho. Tambien, puedo ir a muchos […]

Two alumni of the Wooster Tree Ring Lab and Wooster Geology, Clara Deck (’17, now at the University of Maine studying ice sheets) and Sarah Frederick (’15, now at The University of Arizona studying drought and […]

An average discarded cigarette butt is 3 centimeters.  The average weight is 300 milligrams. On average, per year, there is 1.69 pounds of cigarette butts that are discarded. Convert the 300 milligrams to the […]

To boardwalk or not to boardwalk: that is the question. I see this quite controversial topic as one that comes with a “win or lose” type scenario. What is a bog? A bog is a wet muddy ground too soft to support a […]

Tap tap tap, drum beat footsteps on the boardwalk ring out along with voices that discuss the meaning and feel of nature. Poison sumac reaches for my arms and legs as I carefully place one foot in front of the […]

Read the posts by Brooks and Kyrsten on the current crisis Puerto Rico and how it is being handled by the American government and American celebrities.

Discussion Questions:

How does the response time of […]

In the midst of a tedious assignments, arguments, training, travel and work Brown’s Bog was the a great change of pace to my week. I boarded the bus extremely exhausted and nervous. My nervousness was much more […]

The first thing that struck me about Brown’s Bog was the sound of the boardwalk. I wondered whether anyone was listening, but the sound of our class’ shoes on the old wood boardwalk sounded musical in its own […]

Oh how I love the smell of bus exhaust! As we stood outside the bus before embarking on our trip to Browns Bog, I became very light headed and woozy due to the heavy amounts of exhaust I was breathing in. As we […]

For Ed. You were a terrible human being with a few good things to say. For that, you get a big middle finger and a subtle thank you. Don’t let it go to your head.

I imagine this will be controversial, bu […]

Browns Bog was a look into another world, an ancient foreign world. The ferns along the boardwalk grew to large proportions in the peaty, soft ground, reminding me of drawings of the landscape of the dinosaurs. […]

     This week I read an article entitled Venezuelans Cross Into Colombia as Crisis Deepens. As the title suggests, the article was about the citizens of Venezuela that cross the country’s border into Colom […]

In Mason, OH there is a roller coaster park called Kings Island, which houses a handful of record-breaking thrill rides. The new rides wind through the sprawling property’s walkways, above and around booths, and […]