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Students at the University of Oregon hole themselves up in the school’s Science Library to study for midterms. With the current construction happening on campus, study sessions become a tight squeeze amongst the limited-availability rooms.

One student in particular, Hannah Hoban, works diligently to complete a study guide for her BI 320 class on Molecular Genetics. She frequently asks questions to the group, so they can better understand the concepts together.

“Sometimes, I just don’t get it,” she says. “Like I can stare at the page for hours and still not memorize a single thing. It’s impossible. Midterms are brain-friers for sure. I’ll probably be stuck here for another three hours.”

Finally returning home just past 11, Hannah realizes she hasn’t eaten since 1pm. “I’m starving! I haven’t been grocery shopping in a week, though. Oh, I know!” She exclaims while traveling to the pantry. She returns with a box of cereal and settles down.

With a quick break for food done, Hannah finds she still has some work to do. “They force me out of the library, but they can’t stop me in my own home,” she says. She continues to work downstairs in the kitchen until the lighting hurts her eyes.

“I just want to look over one more thing before I fall asleep,” she says. She continues to study until her eyes begin to droop. She ends up dozing, still in her clothes and shoes from the hard day’s work.

With a look at her shelf, it’s no wonder Hannah is so tired. One begins to wonder…is a university student’s class load TOO much? With information about several subjects swimming through their brains at once. How is one supposed to ace midterms and still have fun?

International Student Makes Abroad Experiences Picture Perfect

University of Oregon student tells of her times abroad, taking pictures of things she loves.

“Every time I traveled, I just wanted to record the memories and every good picture I saw,” says University of Oregon Senior, Jue Wang. The 21-year-old may seem young in spirit, but she has a lot of experience under her belt. Traveling to almost every continent, Jue has taken pictures of everything she crosses. “I do like photos for the landscape, but sometimes I like to take pictures of the local people and how they live and how they’re different from us,” Jue explains. “Sometimes that’s hard for me to do that, because I’m kinda shy and embarrassed…sometimes it’s kinda weird…Sometimes they’re like ‘Oh, take photos for me!’ and I’ve met some cool guys.”

Getting started, Jue played with a Nikon D90 camera that was a gift from her father. But more recently, she’s been shooting with a Nikon D800 that was her 18^th birthday gift, again from her father. Family is very close to Jue’s heart. Being an only child, she travels with her mother and father and takes pictures of their journeys. It’s become a tradition of sorts, she explains to me, that her family sets out to a new destination 2 to 3 times a year. She loves the warm weather, so in choosing to study abroad in America, she quite literally is chasing the sun, much like she’s chasing her dreams.

For the future, Jue is almost set with a degree in Advertising and minors in Economics and Digital Art. When asked if being a photographer is her dream job, Jue responds “That may have been my dream in high school…but then after several years, it’s…I don’t know. I want to do more. I want to do videotaping and advertising…I just want to give different things a try and not just limit photography.” She is excited to see where photography and travel can take her for the future, for she is not done exploring just yet.

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