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    <Title>(seb) Hersheypark Bus Trip</Title>
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    <Title>GOOD NEWS! Tickets for our Hershey Park Bus Trip are ON SALE TODAY! AT THE CIC F...</Title>
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    <Summary>GOOD NEWS! Tickets for our Hershey Park Bus Trip are ON SALE TODAY! AT THE CIC FOR $30! Tickets for Six Flags New Jersey go on sale a week from today on Monday April 2nd at the CIC as well! Only $35!</Summary>
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    <PostedAt>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:11:59 -0400</PostedAt>
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          <p>Have we mentioned how much we loved having Super Art Fight here this fall? Should we ask them to come back?</p>
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    <Title>Free Music Fridays</Title>
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    <Summary>Free Music Fridays</Summary>
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    <Title>Check out The Old Line, Wake Up Monday and The Baby Grand this Friday in Flat Tu...</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Check out The Old Line, Wake Up Monday and The Baby Grand this Friday in Flat Tuesdays!<br><br><a href="http://soundcloud.com/seb-free-music-fridays/sets" title="" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQBbtr5mDL0vo6Vp&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.sndcdn.com%2Favatars-000009856243-q7dakm-t300x300.jpg%3F5944cb8" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a><br><a href="http://soundcloud.com/seb-free-music-fridays/sets" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">(seb) Free Music Fridays</a><br>soundcloud.com</div>
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  <Title>Researcher of the Week: David Sweigart</Title>
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    <strong>Where did you do your research this summer? When were you there?</strong><br>I conducted research at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland as a summer student. I was part of the University of Michigan (UM) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). My stay at CERN was for a total of 9 weeks starting in mid-June.<br><br><strong>How did you learn that physics students could do research away from UMBC in the summer?</strong><br>Before attending UMBC, I had two summer internships at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration researching implant materials for medical devices. Therefore, I already knew that research opportunities existed away from UMBC, but I did not learn about the REU programs until my freshman year from one of my professors.<br><br><strong>Did you already know that undergraduates could work at a place like CERN? How did you find out?</strong><br>I had no idea that undergraduates could work at CERN until I saw the UM REU program on the NSF’s website. The UM REU program is in fact the only program that allows Americans to be official CERN summer students. This is because the United States is not a Member State of CERN.<br><br><strong>What did you do at CERN?</strong><br>In the mornings, I attended a series of lectures specially designed to teach us about a wide range of topics in theoretical and experimental particle physics. In the afternoons, I worked on my summer-long project to study single and diboson Z production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using data collected from the ATLAS detector. To do this, I ended up spending most of my time writing code in a programming language called ROOT. The goal of my project was to understand how data analysis is used in high energy physics.<br><br><strong>Did everyone speak English?</strong><br>Geneva is in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. However, everyone at CERN spoke English except for the workers in the restaurants. I do not speak any French, but I still found it easy to get around and order food by just learning a few useful phrases.<br><br><strong>Where did you live while you were there?</strong><br>I lived in one of the CERN hostels. This was very convenient for me because it was located close to most of the main facilities including the building where I worked as well as the restaurant.<br><br><strong>Did you have time to travel in Switzerland or around Europe during your program?</strong><br>Yes! While the program did not organize any traveling, the summer students formed groups to go places each weekend. Being my first time in Europe, I was very adventurous and went on a tour of Europe. In Switzerland, I visited Geneva, Zermatt, and Bern which were all very beautiful places. I also traveled to Paris and Lyon in France as well as other large cities including Barcelona, London, Rome, and Berlin.<br><br><strong>What experience did you have before you went?</strong><br>I have actually never taken a course in particle physics since one is not offered at UMBC. Before going to CERN, I only had a junior-level knowledge of general physics. However, I was able to learn everything that I needed to know for my project with the help of my supervisors.<br><br><strong>Were there other undergraduates at CERN? How many?</strong><br>The UM REU program was composed of 15 undergraduates including myself, but the entire CERN summer student program was made up of over 200 undergraduates from all over Europe.<br><br><strong>Who did you work with most directly? Other students? Full-time researchers?</strong><br>I worked each day at a table with other summer students, and we would frequently help each other debug our code or talk out any problems we had. I met with my supervisors only once or twice a week to discuss the progress of my project, but we would still correspond often via e-mail.<br><br><strong>Was it expensive to do this?</strong><br>The UM REU program covered the cost of my plane tickets and my travel insurance. I also received a per diem of 90 CHF to pay for my hostel and food which turned out to be more than enough. Furthermore, the program gave me a stipend of $2,500 which I used to help pay for all of my traveling.<br><br><strong>Do you want to go back?</strong><br>Yes! It was amazing to participate in our universal quest for knowledge during these very exciting times at CERN, especially with the first of many results now coming from the LHC. This experience has extremely enriched my cultural and academic knowledge!<br><br><strong>What are your goals after UMBC?</strong><br>After graduating from UMBC, I plan to attend graduate school for a Ph.D. in physics with the ultimate goal of becoming a research scientist. However, I am still keeping my options open regarding my specific sub-field of concentration. Who knows? I might even find myself back at CERN one day!<br><br><strong>What should other UMBC students know about summer research opportunities?</strong><br>There are plenty of research opportunities in all different fields if you know where to look for them. The NSF maintains an updated list of their REU programs which can be accessed by going to their web site: National Science Foundation. These programs offer an incredible chance to experience the day-to-day work of research groups across the United States and abroad. I strongly encourage applying to anyone thinking about going to graduate school.<br>Read more about David's research at CERN at the link below. <br>
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    <Title>That Awkward Moment</Title>
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          <span>That awkward moment at the beginning of each semester when you run into somebody you know and blank on the person's name.</span><br>
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          <span>That awkward moment when you're waiting for the doctor in the exam room and you don't know whether you're supposed to get undressed.</span><br>
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          <span>That awkward moment when your email account is hacked, and an email goes out to all of your contacts explaining that you are stuck in Scotland and need money wired immediately, and a couple of weeks later you cross paths with Dr. Hrabowski and he mentions getting a strange email and asks if everything is OK.</span><br>
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          <span>That awkward moment when you're driving Welcome Week speaker Maura Cullen from her hotel to the campus and you realize that you've accidentally gotten on I-95 heading south, and there's no exit for five miles.</span><br>
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          <span>That awkward moment at the Wilkens Ave. Giant when you make eye contact with a student you know well from UMBC, and you're wearing a t-shirt, sweat pants and a baseball cap, about which you're suddenly a little self-conscious, but as you wave and start to say hello, the student blows right past you, having failed to recognize you, but then you make eye contact with another, random Giant customer who is smirking because he saw the whole thing.</span><br>
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          <span>That awkward moment when you post a list of some of your own awkward moments, and you wonder whether anyone is going to make it all OK by posting comments with awkward moments of their own.</span><br>
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