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Category: 2022

July 26, 2022

Coming to an End

2022 by summersc0 comments

As the program slowly comes to the end, we only have less than 48 hours till we leave Purdue. Monday […]

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July 26, 2022July 26, 2022

Bittersweet taste better on chocolate chip cookies – James Y.

2022 by summersc0 comments

Today was the 2nd to last full day at SSP. Richard Bowdon wasn’t kidding when he said SSP would fly […]

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July 25, 2022

Baseball Night – Miranda Q.

2022 by summersc0 comments

Today was a bittersweet day because we went on our last field trip of SSP: a baseball game at the […]

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July 25, 2022

Evidence shows that “tomfoolery” decreases stress in participants who are writing lab reports

2022 by summersc0 comments

Abstract Reports pose a constant threat to the brain capacities of subjects of the Summer Science Program. The groans of […]

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July 24, 2022

The Fever Dream

2022 by CUB TAs0 comments

The last Friday before departure. Relief. Sorrow. Delirium. It was just a cacophony of emotions. It was, after all, report […]

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July 24, 2022July 24, 2022

All the Good is Fading Away

2022 by summersc0 comments

Today is the last Saturday we have in SSP; today is our last TA lecture; and today is our last […]

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July 24, 2022

Flower garden and Pizzas – Michael T.

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Today was a nice change of pace, as we didn’t have to go to ABE for labs and lectures. As […]

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July 23, 2022

The Final Stretch – Beto A.

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It hasn’t felt like I’ve been here at SSP PURG for 33 days. To think that for 33 days, I […]

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July 23, 2022

5 for 35

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As we approach the end of the “educational experience of a lifetime”, everyone must face the fact that we all […]

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July 22, 2022July 22, 2022

The Beginning of the End

2022 by CUB TAs0 comments

When I chose today, July 21st, to be the day I would write my blog post, it didn’t occur to […]

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