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Wednesday, 05 December 2007

It's still the same location

Here's an article about the growing campus of Emmanuel College, my alma mater. I graduated in 1998 so I was there when it was only women and I guess no money, not many students or faculty or equipment or opportunity, etc. I had my reasons for going there that were specific to my situation. I transferred there from a HUGE university, University at Buffalo, and for several reasons just needed a change.

My decision to go there turned out really well for me and I'd say one of the biggest reasons was the location, and as I said in the title of this post, it's still the same location.

I started working at Brigham & Women's Hospital while still a student there. I just had to walk down the street and I was there, very convenient. So many opportunities in the Longwood Medical Area even before Merck was on campus. I ended up working at BWH after graduating and was exposed to several different labs all in that area.

Now I've been through grad school and now my postdoc and had to go back to Emmanuel as an invited speaker to their biology honors society induction. In my lovely speech, which I had that on tape, it'd be a big YouTube hit, I tried to emphasize that Emma was in a great location with lots of opportunities that I was fortunate enough to take advantage of and I stressed to these students that they should too. Who knows if anyone listened to me, or already knew, or didn't care...

I guess my point is that before Merck, Emma was in a great location, so would work for some students like me I guess. Regardless they needed money and now they have that so maybe it's better I guess. I do know they offer more in the bio dept. know, have more classes, more faculty and probably better equipment which from experience I know they needed.

Not sure what else I have to say so Bye.

Posted: Dec 05, 2007 15:42

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Another new feature??! I'll thank Mark for this one.

Mark is a real chill, cool moviemaker and says he could turn my blog into a screenplay, and that's w/out the really juicy stuff i've neglected to mention: strip club nakedness, botched threesome...i'll have to fill him in sometime, though it's all old news circa 2002-2003.

Anyway Mark asked

"where does all this venom for NE sports teams come from? I get the Red Sox thing, but what have you got against the Pats?"

Yes it's true I hate the Sox. We all know that. I grew up in Upstate NY w/ a crazy dad that would get too involved in sports and it kinda rubbed off on me. I grew up watching the Yanks on TV w/ my daddy in the lovely living room at 123 Parker Ave. Liverpool, NY. My fav player was 3rd baseman Mike "Pags" Pagliarulo, #13. I think I own about a dozen baseball cards. Maybe 11 are Pags and 1 is Jeter. My dad insisted I play baseball w/ the boys when I was little. It sucked! My dad was the coach and I had to live w/ this guy. It was baseball all the time. I quit the team literally every night at dinner because my dad made me so mad about it all. I always rejoined the team the next day though. Anyway, probably too much info but my dad is a crazy Yankees fan and that makes me one by default.

As far as the Pats go, I just can't help it. Another growing up story, my dad's football team was the Miami Dolphins and loved Dan Marino. So I grew up cheering for the Dolphins. I used to love watching football on Sundays. I was all into the AFC East. I lived in Buffalo for 4 years while they were losing the SuperBowl over and over so there was plenty going on for me to have fun w/ those teams, Jets, Colts, Pats. Now I don't really watch football anymore. Dan Marino is gone, though I can catch him once in awhile covering the games, better than nothing. So I guess I'm on the side of Shula. The Pats have been called out on this taping scandal thing and therefore calls into question their so far undefeated season. So to just make things easier by not having to question the validity of their undefeated season if they do accomplish it, I just wish they would lose. I guess if I was a fan of the team then I wouldn't want them to lose but since I'm not a fan, I can only route for them to lose and not share the record w/ the '72 Dolphins.

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