Archive for the 'Life' Category
Europe!
Thursday, June 16th, 2005 I just got back (well, a week ago now) from a two week trip through Europe. The trip was actually a May Session Global Seminar offered through the University of Minnesota. The course was entitled “Mysteries of the Universe in the 21st Century.” Each link below goes to a gallery of [...]Brad on a Donkey
Thursday, May 5th, 2005Brad on a Donkey, Originally uploaded by Brad Froehle.
You should check out Flickr, as it now has all of my pictures on it. Like this one, of me on a Donkey outside of Old City Hall in Boston, MA. You can also see a set of all the pictures from my trip to [...]
Stressed, Pre-Finals Week Edition
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005With finals week rapidly approaching, I’m beginning to feel a little stressed about this semester.
I have all of my homework done for the rest of the semester, save for the Final Report in Methods of Experimental Physics (MXP). That paper is due on Friday, a rapidly approaching deadline!
However, I should be mostly home free [...]
Flickr Pro
Sunday, May 1st, 2005I bought a Flickr Pro account a few days ago and went nuts uploading files, maxing out my 2GB limit for the month of April and using 10% of May’s allowance while uploading over 1700 pictures.
If you aren’t a friend or family, some 400 of those won’t be initially visible to you. If [...]
Scorekeeping
Sunday, April 17th, 2005 Softball: 1
Brad: 0
Ankle Sprain
Saturday, April 16th, 2005On Thursday I managed to sprain my ankle with some severity (Class II, most likely) while playing softball. I slid into third base, but did so too late so I hit the bag while still going pretty fast. I must have rolled my ankle right underneath me.
At the time it wasn’t very painful. [...]
Blood Donation
Wednesday, March 30th, 2005I donated blood today.
Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Monday, March 28th, 2005The 2005 Recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship were released last week. There were 4 recipients from the University of Minnesota which is impressive because each institution can only nominate 4 students per year.
The 2005 Recipients from the U of M are:
Bradley M. Froehle (That’s me!)
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Major(s): Physics/Mathematics
Career Goal: Ph.D. in [...]
Durham & Boston
Monday, March 28th, 2005I just got back from the Women’s Hockey Frozen Four tournament held at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH. The Gophers won the national championship for the second consecutive year by beating Harvard 4-3.
I uploaded some pictures of Boston and Durham to Flickr. Enjoy.
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Putnam
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005The 2004 William Lowell Putnam was held on December 4, 2004. This year 3733 undergraduates representing 515 institutions participated. The test contains 12 problems and is given in two 3 hour segments. Each problem is worth a maximum of 10 points, resulting in 120 possible points. Most years the median score [...]