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So, I just realized the Super Bowl is this weekend, Sunday in fact.  It’s hard to stay in touch with what’s going on in the world as student if you don’t have a TV.  I was only reminded when our … Continue reading →

While anything I write cannot do justice to the legendary Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., I couldn’t go through the week without saying something about the national commemoration in his honor.  While Monday was a federal holiday and everyone stayed … Continue reading →

I couldn’t go through the week without briefly saying how cold it has been this week.  You know it’s cold when the native Midwesterners are grumbling about how cold it is.  It makes those of us from warm states feel … Continue reading →

The unusual fossil above was collected by Megan Innis (’11) and myself in Mississippi during a May 2010 paleontological expedition with Caroline Sogot and Paul Taylor of The Natural History Museum, London. That splendid trip has contributed already to one … Continue reading →

For the next couple of weeks I will be writing short diatribes about my (Dempsey) experience with Study Abroad. How I chose a country, university, classes, housing, and adventures. This first post in set in the middle of my experience, … Continue reading →

Dempsey Juannah Simonis was born in and currently resides in New York City. She attended Fountain Valley School of Colorado and is currently a Junior at The College of Wooster. She is a very active individual. All throughout the year, … Continue reading →

Tom Lowell, Aaron Diefendorf and four students from the University of Cincinnati met up with the Wooster Geologists to core Browns Lake. We thank Marvin Sandy, who manages the bog for the Nature Conservancy for guidance and permission to do … Continue reading →

The last installment of our analysis of a Lower Carboniferous fossiliferous siderite concretion given to the department by Sam Root. In part I we looked at the crinoid stems and calices on the outside and discuss the formation of siderite … Continue reading →

  Last week’s specimen was a Lower Carboniferous fossiliferous siderite concretion from an unknown location, but likely from the Wooster area. It was donated to the department by Emeritus Geology Professor Sam Root. The concretion has beautiful crinoids preserved in … Continue reading →

WOOSTER, OHIO — Above you see Wooster Team Israel 2013 veterans Lizzie Reinthal, Steph Bosch and Oscar Mmari (whom I seem to have caught with his mouth full). Since I’m starting a research leave this semester, we took a last … Continue reading →