The Liberal Arts Symposium was last week. I meant to write about it sooner, but other things just kept getting in the way. For those who don’t know, the symposium is a chance for students from the College of Arts and Sciences to share some of the work they’ve done throughout the year. My friend Maria was in it, reading a paper from a China/Taiwan trip she went on over the summer. Michael, a guy I know from Medieval/Renaissance class last semester, gave a comical presentation about his trip to Egypt over the Winter break. Three of my friends were doing a project from math class, but I missed their presentation because I left early. I heard later that it was pretty funny, as well. There were many more presentations: one from a sociology project that included many of the Haitian workers on campus, another from an international student on, I think, the secretary general, and a couple from the science department. I read a research paper that I wrote this semester on The Awakening. It’s an eight page paper, so pretty long. I knew I was going to be up there for a while, so I tried to read fast to get it over with more quickly. A couple of people picked up on it, which was kind of embarrassing, but really only natural. It’s a good night for the College of Arts and Sciences, a good chance for the students to show off their talents. Great job to everyone who had the opportunity to present!