Search and Launch

Our guest speaker this week was Dr. Lubach.  In my opinion, he was more of an inspirational speaker than he was a lecturer.  He really gave his presentation character and brought the slides to life before our eyes.  Dr. Lubach made it very clear that we don’t have to figure out what career we want right now, but to just take college day by day, and sooner or later we will figure out what we want to do with our lives.  I thought that was great advice because most often we get lost thinking about tomorrow and we forget that today isn’t over yet.  Dr. Lubach told a very interesting story when he described a rocket launch that his friend went to see.  He was so vivid in his description that it almost felt like you were seeing the rocket launch in I.V. theater.  Dr. Lubach has been one of the better speakers we have had so far this summer.

This week we took a trip to the Davidson Library, or what has been left of it during construction.  Ms. Weimer told us all the tricks of the trade, she taught us how to navigate our way easily through the library webpage.  We also learned about all the fantastic resources the library has to offer.  From the books on the shelves, to the articles and databases online, we have access to it all.  And let’s not forget the fact that you can also borrow a book from another UC by simply requesting it.  With the help of Ms. Weimer I feel better knowing that I can write a paper filled with information that I found using the library's many resources.