- The “so hard to say goodbye” in “She Will Be Loved” by Maroon 5 can use a I V IV V I chord progression.
- Fish tacos in Chicago make an excellent snack.
- Welsh eisteddfodau: Grown men dress in bardic robes for the ceremony which declares the winner of the traditional-form, Welsh-language poetry competition. There is a sword involved, and the whole crowd shouts “Peace!” in Welsh.
- Pianos are expensive.
- BSI projects can be wicked cool:
- Both Howards End and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog are more entertaining than A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
- If you leave your bike overnight at the IMA, the snack fairy leaves you a fruit bar.
- Don’t use the recipe on the side of the cornmeal container to make cornbread, because it doesn’t taste very good. On the other hand, add a bit of coco powder to pancake batter, then some bananas to make chocolate banana pancakes. Heavenly.
- Guerilla knitting happens.
I saw this tree when I visited Downer's Grove during my epic trip to Chicago.
- English publications generally don’t like papers over twenty-five pages.
- Some species of sour cherries are self-compatible.
- The GRE is a) necessary for grad school; b) expensive; c) changing and half price if taken this August or September; or d) all of the above.
- Biking up hills is much easier when one’s bike is not stuck on the lowest gear.
- Jude the Obscure is the most depressing book in the English language, and, as Jasper Fforde recommends, one should read it backwards if there is to be any chance of a happy ending.
- G-protein receptors. They exist. You have them almost everywhere in your body.
- ISIS stands for “Image subtraction, image subtraction.”
- Straws aren’t so bad after all.
- Euchre isn’t so complicated after all.
- Don’t put potato peels down the kitchen garbage disposal. You’ll only clog the sink and render the dishwasher unusable for almost a week.
Olivia ’12 
- Name: Olivia
- Year: Senior
- Major: Dance Performance and English Literature
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It sounds like you have had a very busy, but enjoyable, summer! I hope you get some r&r before fall classes start.