Recapping the Capstone
Neurochemistry sounds kind of scary, doesn’t it? Well let me tell you that it was a great class. The structure and organization of the class created a great env...
Month: May 2017
It Is Time to Think Differently
What do you think when you hear the word “addiction”? Do you think that it’s a choice? Do you stigmatize people who are claimed to suffer from the word “addicti...
Pathways of Schizophrenia
I am a uniquely situated person. I am a biochemistry major with a sociology minor. At this point in time it puts me in both an introductory sociology class and ...
Reflections on My Experience at Concordia College
Liberal arts education provides a wide-breadth of knowledge for students to deal with the ever changing and complex problems facing our world today. This is the...
The Cracked Stone
I know Concordia is trying really, really hard to meet its “Five Goals of Liberal Learning”. Before I begin talking about these goals, it might be important to ...
Autism Is More Than Genes
Diseases like type 1 diabetes and sickle-cell anemia happen through a defect in a single gene. Sometimes all it takes is one wrong letter in the genetic code t...
Capping the Stone – The Culmination of My Concordia Experience
If any one of you decides to attend Concordia be prepared to hear a lot about BREWing. However, unfortunately this BREWing is not of the alcoholic variety (gene...
Alzheimer’s – What Makes Memories
Alzheimer’s is all around us. It’s pretty hard to ignore considering it not only is the the most common form of dementia but it also affects over 3 ...
5 Things Your High School Gym Teacher Didn’t Tell You About Concussions
Like many other students at Concordia College, I am (was) a student athlete. I wrestled for three years at Concordia, and I wrestled all the way from hig...
Having Trouble Remembering Simple Every Day Tasks? Read This!
I forgot that my research group was meeting in our classroom instead of the professors office? Does that mean I have Alzheimer’s disease? To answer my own...