New and Valuable Experiences Learned Through a Capstone Course
There are many different courses that are we are required to as students at Concordia College. There are exploration courses, perspective courses, and religion...
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Capstone: not what I thought, but what I wanted…
Before taking my capstone course at Concordia, I definitely had a bias towards any course that carried the “capstone” tag. The sound of the word itself had alwa...
Breaking the Circle of Obesity
According to the CDC, more than one third of adults in the United States are obese. That means the annual cost of obesity in the U.S. is about 147 billion dolla...
Superman's Analogous Element
One of the main subjects of my education I have had the most difficulty in understanding is chemistry. It’s been one of those subjects that I’ve loved to learn ...
Crash Course on Concussions
I’ve been playing soccer since I was about five years old, and it was not until college that I experienced someone on the field get a concussion. I had always k...
So what is ALS?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease was a relatively unknown topic to me until this week. ALS is a neurodege...
Looking Past the Intimidation Factor of a Capstone Course
This fall I had the opportunity to take neurochemistry, both for my neuroscience minor as well as for the Capstone requirement for my core. When I signed up, I ...
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Attempting to Find a New Treatment for an Old Disease
During the week of December 1st, we talked about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease th...
Could a Cure Stop the Expansion of this Umbrella?
Autism is defined as a developmental brain disorder in which the affected individual typically has problems with social interactions and may tend to exhibit a h...
From High Fat Diet to High Risk of Dependence
During the week of November 10th, we discussed a rather controversial article about obesity and the possibility that it could be caused by disease-like factors....