Margin Tianya Zheng 郑天涯

Veterans Day or Armistice Day? Reconciling the past and present meanings of Nov. 11th

Margin — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 01:43:52 +0000

Today, Nov. 11th, is the U.S. federal holiday that is currently known as Veterans Day. In contrast with Memorial Day, which is celebrated on the last Monday of May and honors those Americans who have died in military service, Veterans Day honors all those who have served in the military and in particular those who …

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My Mathematical Journey

Margin — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 22:42:46 +0000

This is a writing assignment that I was given in my Combinatorics class this semester, which is at Swarthmore College. I was only asked to write 1-2 pages, but I wrote more because I wanted to write out my story. There are definitely important experiences that I did not mention in this essay, including my …

A point of passage, told through tarot

Margin — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 14:02:33 +0000

Earlier this month, I bought myself a tarot card deck, as I had been long intrigued by intuitive practices of magic, revelation, and healing. There are very many tarot decks available, some of them perhaps more “faddish” than others, but as I follow adrienne maree brown on Instagram (@adriennemareebrown) and read some of her tarot …

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Lieber Beethoven: The Revolution is On

Margin — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:13:19 +0000

2020 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. All over the world, and especially in Germany and Austria, huge plans were made for momentous performances of that esteemed composer’s works as well as other commemorative events this year. Then the coronavirus pandemic turned everything upside down, and events had to be …

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On coronavirus and emotional care

Margin — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:10:48 +0000

I am writing this from home, having returned from the Haverford campus this morning and participated in a backpacking trip to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia from Friday to Tuesday (yesterday). It was my first time backpacking, both challenging and fun, and I thought that a few days in the wilderness followed by some relaxing …

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My first semester

Margin — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 13:48:00 +0000

Wow, how time has flown by. And how I have flown! Or am beginning to fly, that is...

It is now winter break, which means I am one-eighth of the way through my term as a college student. And I only have just gotten around creating this site.

But that doesn't matter. Allow me to reflect upon the happenings of the Fall 2019 semester, my first at Haverford College...

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