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Sragvi Pattanaik With the election of new governor-elect Wes Moore, Maryland has already experienced some significant changes in policymaking that will affect the healthcare of millions. One important health-related policy is the legalization of recreational marijuana. While still prohibited on university campuses, weed for recreational use will be legal on state grounds for users 21 …
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Marilyn Fisher A Home Economics foods laboratory in 1917. (Troy Photo/Div. Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) I pulled my cake out of the oven and looked at it with disgust; Instead of a light and fluffy pastry, it had the consistency of a hockey puck. Looking back over the recipe, my mistake was …
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Cooper Fisher Now introducing Hot Takes, a new Scribe Column for opinions, thoughts, and ideas that incite debate and discussion! We are starting the column off with a doubleheader - two posts in a row. As just a second-year Public Health Science major at the University of Maryland, I don’t claim to be a health …
Kevin Tu, with addendum by Ethan Cheng It’s widely thought that doctors make a helluva lot of money, but I would argue they don’t make as much money as you’d think. Taking the average starting salary at face value, yes: anyone making $200,000 a year--about $100 an hour--would be living a comfortable life. But what …
Daniela Nganjo Like many other traditional pre medicine students, my interests in the sciences and longing to serve others play a large role in my goal of becoming a physician. However, I can also be defined by my passion for seemingly unrelated interests—fashion being one of these. I’ve always had a tendency to stray away …
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Angela Sun The first time I tried to auscultate the heart of a young patient I put the stethoscope up to the right side of her chest. Oops, my bad. I laughed quietly and switched sides. One of the first techniques I learned while shadowing in the pediatric ward of my local hospital was auscultation, …
Ethan Cheng I think the best part of starting any creative project is choosing a name. The exercise of naming something provides starting and/or inflection points within the design process. For me, ruminating on what to call something has always been an approachable method to getting a project off the ground – it’s like having …
Skylar Chan Every time someone asks me why I chose to major in computer science as a premed, I always think about what Carnegie Mellon University put in its computational biology major description: “We developed the computational biology major with the thinking that our students would be very well positioned for MD or MD/PhD programs …
Luke Guonjian-Pettit For as long as I can remember, I’ve been pestered with a plethora of parents, teachers, and neighbors asking what I want to be when I grow up. It is absurd to ask a child most interested in where the Honey Nut Cheerios went what they want to do for the rest of …
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