What kind of animal would you be and why? Andrew would be a peregrine falcon, a bird of prey. This is because he is an aerospace engineer and he thinks “flight seems fun”. The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on Earth in a dive. Kaavya would be a dolphin, because she loves swimming a lot! Peter would be a hawk, because he’s an aerospace engineer and he loves to fly. Danny would be a Nile crocodile, and Scott would be the tiny bird that cleans the crocodile’s teeth. The

Next semester is probably the thing everybody is least concerned about right now; however, course request for Fall 2019 will soon open, allowing students to articulate to the different academic departments which classes they wish to take. Course requesting classes that are required for your major is very important, as it gives the respective departments an idea of how many students need to take that class; this translates into the number of sections that will be offered, and

I know the thought of doing work over spring break is as terrible a thought as losing a game to UVA, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Some really popular options on how people spend spring break can be listed as: going home, going on a trip somewhere, and staying in Blacksburg twiddling your thumbs until school starts back up again. During my freshman year, I went back home and I found it to be a much needed break from the stress of school and the constant social

Unlike most universities, Virginia Tech has not one but three rocketry design teams. Rocketry at VT and Orbital Launch are open to anyone in Engineering, but Lee Hall plays host to its own exclusive team - inVenTs Rocketry. This is one of only two CEED Affiliated design teams, with the other being Team ASTRA. inVenTs Rocketry operates out of Lee Hall's own inVenTs Studio, and builds rockets on a scale only slightly smaller than the other mentioned rocketry teams, utilizing so

College is a lot different from high school, and one major difference that I noticed my first year was availability of professors. A high school teacher was usually able to stay after school, which was a common time that all students usually had, unless they have extra-curriculars. College differs in the fact that professors don’t always have time to talk right after class, or might not be available during the times most convenient to students. Office hours are very unique an