Top 7 January 2000
Well, the first week of Module 3 is now over. A very short week to be sure, but also a busy one. Three solid days of lectures on remote sensing and image interpretation. Which is not to say it was not fun- "images" translates to "cool pictures." And on Wednesday, myself and another were being "ethnic" which drove some of our classmates crazy. Granted, it was Jessica's dreidel that made noise when it was spun that was bugging people, but some didn't even know what it was!

Top 10 January 2000
This weekend I spent a lot of time working on the Geneology & Scottish sections. I added a descendency chart for my great-grandfather Lyon, and a page of some clan tartans. Granted, neither of these are complete yet, but I am in need of more information. I have also gotten more of my adventures in Scotland transcribed. Sunday dinner I was invited, along with the missionaries, to eat with one of the English families in the ward. It was a "girl's night out" because the father and brother of the family were both out of town.

Top 15 January 2000
This week, the MSS class was split into two groups. It was nice not having all 40 of us in one room for the whole day. But I feel like I have missed out on some opprotunities becuase the two groups were studying two different topics & I could only do one. About half of the class, including myself, has been fighting the flu. Finally, on Friday we got our grades on the second module exams. I passed everything, thankfully.

Top 23 January 2000
There were two different group presentations this week. For the second one we were in the same groups as for the scavanger hunt at the beginning of the year. Once again, group 4 won. Yeah! We Rule! Didn't get anything for it this time, though. It was a business plan presentation on providing maps to insurance companies using satellite data so that they could figure out what kinds of rates they should set along the Rhine for flood insurance. We did it in 5 hours, all at once, and it was quite fun.

Top 1 February 2000
This last weekend was kind of weird. Half the class had to go to Paris on Friday for visa interviews for placement, but i stayed in Strasbourg. With nothing to do. So I slept most of the day, then was supposed to meet with the sister missionaries at four. There was a strike, though, and the trams were screwed up, so they were late & I missed them 'cause I had to go grocery shopping. In the evening there was supposed to be a concert at the church, but it was cancelled. I didn't find this out until after I got there, but at least I was able to practice the hymns for Relief Society. And I got to meet the new sister- there are now 3 here. Saturday I was in the IS library, & when I checked my e-mail, I found out about an on-line Con, so I stayed up for it. I won a book! On Sunday, RS & priesthood were combined, so we edned up only singing one song- the one I had learned just this week!

Top 5 February 2000
I discoverd that tuna fish and lemonade do NOT go together! This week we spent a lot of time working on the team project. We had to both get the literature survey ready for the symposium that will be after placement, and choose the specific topic we want to work on during module five. Actually, we've only managed to narrow it down to 3 so far, from 9. Not bad, I guess. But for some reason, all those who have come up with ideas seam to think our product needs to be a business plan. I can see wanting to do something besides just another report, but we're a bunch of students, not a business, so why would we want to write up a business plan. I'm confused. I also finally got my pictures from my trip to Scotland developed, though only a handful are up yet. Check back to see more.

Top 12 February 2000
This was the last week of classes. Which makes for a very strange feeling, as there's still five+ months left. But I finally was able to go on splits with the sister missionaries. One of the first things they had said to me when I first arrived in Strasbourg was that we should do splits sometime, & it has taken this long to do so. But now I have to go study for finals.

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Top 27 Mai 2000
The first week of Session 5 began with the Groundbreaking of the new ISU campus on Monday. It was cold & cloudy, and the heavy machinary had already been working for several days. After the groundbreaking, there were a bunch of speeches inside, and a reception. On Tuesday we had a careers workshop, and Wednesday through Friday consisted of the ISU Symposium. The topic was "Space Transportation for the 21^st Century: Evolution or Revolution?" The first day was pretty good, but on Thursday I had a really bad allergy attack and ended up missing most of it, first because I was miserable, then because I left to get some allergy medice, and then because the medicine put me to sleep! Friday morning was on "what is the proper role of government in space transportation," and I was one of the rapporteurs. So I had to pay very close attention, especially to the panel discussion afterwards. The discussion was really good: it had a good chairperson, and was the first one to actually be a discussion. Today myself & Christoph (the other rapporteur) wrote our report. We were told to keep it short, and it took us less than an hour to turn our notes into a report.

Top 5 June 2000
I gave my placment presentation today. I think it went very well. My advisor and mentor had asked me several questions beforehand that were fairly hard, and so I had prepared for them, but nobody asked those questions today. Now it is time for my class to start working on the Team Project. We had picked a topic - space tug - before leaving for placement. Now most of the class wants to change it, but there is still disagreement on whether we should look at the next 15 years or the whole century. The original topic was "Space Transportation for the 21^st Century," so I am of the opinion that we should look at the whole coming century.

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