The skater’s edge: Evan Bender

“Once you’re on the ice … it’s the buildup that gets to you,” said Evan Bender, who is currently competing at the national level for figure skating. A normal day in this third-year psychobiology student’s life consists of 8 a.m. classes, followed by four to five hours of ice practice, then afternoon classes, work and […]

Rubik’s Cube Enthusiast: Amber Won

First-year electrical engineering student, Amber Won, was first introduced to a Rubik’s Cube in seventh grade. She was then motivated to solve the puzzle faster with every try, eventually reaching a 7-second personal time record as a high school sophomore. Though solving a Rubik’s Cube is now simply a hobby for Won, she shares why […]

Students prepare art for the Graduate Open Studio event

Graduate students Mitsuko Brooks and Michael Salvatore prepare their art for the biannual Graduate Open Studios event this Saturday. Within studio 19, Brooks displays trash she finds after coating it in resin and placing it on wooden pedestals. Salvatore worked on astrological ceramic pieces for a pseudo-temple installation in studio six.