Intern Blog Postings

Week 4: Breaking the Streak

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Johnny Miri

Ultimately, Jaden and I decided to do some charity work and give someone else a spikeball win. Now we’re 11-1. Charlotte and Reidyn had their lucky moment, but Jaden and I are still Hall of Fame material. I don’t really want to discuss it more than that…

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Week 4: Guilty as Sin?

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Jenna Mastropolo

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”  - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.

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A Playful Summer (Week Three)

Monday, June 17, 2024

Reidyn Wingate

A couple weeks ago, Muji said something funny while the interns were fooling around in the office: “APS must stand for ‘A Playful Summer’”.

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Week 3: The Elfin Skimmer

Monday, June 17, 2024

Maia Chandler

As a child, I would always pick flight as my hypothetical superpower. Quite unfortunately, that is not what the human body is built for. My dreams may have come true, however, if I had been born an insect (though maybe this would have been unpleasant in a variety of other ways).

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Week 3: At Home Intern

Monday, June 17, 2024

Mujtaba Khalid

 

Week 3: At Home Intern

 

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Week 3: Unsettling animals at the National Gallery

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Sonja Boettcher

I conducted an interview and we visited the National Gallery of Art.

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Week 3: Are you sure LEDs should light up?

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Kaden Gammon

With each day in D.C., I learn even more about what the city offers. This week was packed with adventures throughout the city and made me even more eager to keep exploring. Fortunately, Jaden goes to George Washington University, so he shares a lot of things to do in the city in our group chat.

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A Quick™ and Easy™ Recipe™ for Dinner™!!

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Evan Erickson

It was a dark and humid night, the last of my pork carnitas was used up in one final batch of tacos. I was faced with a dilemma, what to eat tomorrow. That's when I remembered this Quick™ and Easy™ Recipe™ that I will get to right now.
 

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Week 3: Let the Bad Times Roll – A Brief Thought Exercise in Resilience

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Piper Malczewski

A catchy song by 90’s punk band The Offspring or helpful advice when things happen that are out of our control? Resilience, noun; the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties.

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Week 3: A Very Full Week

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Charles Wszalek

Hello everyone!

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