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Art

A Summer in Food

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A Summer in Food
by Aquib Jamil, M2, Class of 2022

For me, cooking has always been a form of creative expression. It’s unique in that there are set guidelines that one can and should follow, but variation and combination of these guidelines allow for an almost infinite number of possibilities. As a skill, it provides people the opportunity to grow and create in a very forgiving and approachable way. Since my first year of undergrad, I have used cooking as a way to relieve stress. Alongside its practical function of producing food, I have found that cooking is an incredible way to learn more about culture and history all over the world. There is always some new technique to learn or some new recipe to perfect, and that process is something I really appreciate.

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Art

Sanctuary by Temple Worship

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featuring Connor Stubblefield on cello, M2, Class of 2022
JACINDA GODFIRNON/VIOLIN – BRADEN BEST/PERCUSSION – ALEX ALLEN/DRUMS/VOX/GUITAR – LYDIA POWERS/VOX – LISA CHEADLE/VOX – SETH HARPER/ELECTRIC GUITAR – NATALIE SHUM/FLUTE – DAVID MUOLO/GUITAR – CONNOR STUBBLEFIELD /CELLO – LON AMICK/ACOUSTIC GUITAR – ALI STALLBAUMER/TRUMPET – MELISSA WHARTON/KEYS – URIAH GUENTHER/ACOUSTIC/VOX – HAVILAH GUENTHER/VOX – RIAN STALLBAUMER/PIANO –

Connor Stubblefield is an M2 at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. She is also an accomplished cello player and a member of the band Temple Worship.

“Temple Worship is the praise team for the College and Young Adults Class at Midtown Baptist Temple. A band formed with a heart to respond and obey to the Spirit’s leading. Each of our members is different: some have full time jobs, others are full-time students, some are classically trained musicians while others are self-trained. We are white, black, Hispanic, blue-collar, white-collar…but we are the temple, and we offer our worship. The Lord deserves to be praised, and Temple Worship seeks to invite all who will listen to join.” –C&YA

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Art

Big Sur

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by Katelyn Schumacher, Class of 2022

After taking Step 1, I traveled to California to camp out in Big Sur where there is no phone service. We slept under the redwoods, woke before sunrise, and spent time hiking and taking in all the stunning views. This photo is of the iconic Bixby Creek Bridge, which is one of the most highly photographed places. It was so stunning, so I spent a while trying to capture it the best I could!

Art

A Crowning Achievement

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by Angela Li, M1, Class of 2023
“A Crowning Achievement”
A three dimensional piece made using metal-smithing techniques, and made out of copper and gold leaf. Pictured above is Angela Li modeling her metalwork headpiece.

Having been a cross-disciplinary student studying both biology and visual arts, my undergraduate work sought to combine the two interests, which can be seemingly contradictory but also surprising similar. Most of my work is inspired by nature; the natural world around us is incredibly beautiful, with all the different forms and colors, and it is also scientifically fascinating because every element exists for a purpose and is a specific adaptation. This contrast and tension between rigidity and fluidity is an idea that underlies the pieces I make in the metalsmithing studio, in an effort to find a balance between the two. 

“A Crowning Achievement” truly serves as a culmination of my undergraduate artistic career, twisting together realism and fantasy, and striking a balance between delicate and aggressive. It had always been a dream to make a headpiece and this piece specifically was inspired by the costuming and design of the Lord of the Rings series. The making of crown was a challenge to myself: to make something as flat and lifeless as metal sheets into something that was three-dimensional and organic. So, this crown is made almost entirely of thin copper sheets that has been hammered into hollow branch forms; these branches were soldered, hammered again, cleaned, electroformed, patina-ed, and finally gold-leafed.

— Angela Li, M1

Literature

Advice For the First Years

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Advice For the First Years

In the All-Knowing Wisdom of the M2-M4’s, we’ve put together a compilation of little pieces of advice for the newbies.

“Don’t treat medical school like a race. Treat it like a marathon. Place as high as you can manage, but once you cross the finish line nobody can take that accomplishment away from you.” — Daniel Ortiz, Class of 2020

“ALWAYS have a jacket. The HEB is colder than Antarctica.”– Anonymous, Class of 2021

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Literature

A Respectful Pro-Life View

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A Respectful Pro-Life View
Kelsey

So many of us read opinion pieces about abortion for one of two reasons: to get fired up because we agree, or to get fired up because we disagree. I wish we could have this talk in person, because I don’t want it to be that way. Reading someone else’s writing on a screen can seem impersonal, one-sided. It feels like the writer of the piece gets to continue on with their opinion, that you don’t get a chance to have your say in between each line. I wish we could have this talk in person so we could spend the majority of our time discussing how much we agree on. Instead, it often seems we already have our minds made up, and this unfortunately leaves so little room for discussion, so little room for loving one another. So, I want to start by saying I think we agree on much more than we disagree on. Continue reading “A Respectful Pro-Life View” →

Literature

The Past, Present, and Future of Abortion Legislation in the US

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The Past, Present, and Future of Abortion Legislation in the US
 Kate Dixon, M1, Class of 2023

Kate has worked in Washington D.C. for the past two years in policy.

We forthwith acknowledge our awareness of the sensitive and emotional nature of the abortion controversy, of the vigorous opposing views, even among physicians, and of the deep and seemingly absolute convictions that the subject inspires. One’s philosophy, one’s experiences, one’s exposure to the raw edges of human existence, one’s religious training, one’s attitudes toward life and family and their values, and the moral standards one establishes and seeks to observe, are all likely to influence and to color one’s thinking and conclusions about abortion.

  • Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)

 

The topic has never been an easy one. In the last few months, abortion has taken over the news (and social media feeds) as some states across the nation have passed new laws that greatly restrict abortion access. Alternatively, states such as Maine, New York, Illinois, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Nevada have passed laws to expand abortion access in various ways. Continue reading “The Past, Present, and Future of Abortion Legislation in the US” →

Literature

Female Sterilization: A Dark History, A Bleak Future

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Female Sterilization: A Dark History, A Bleak Future
Fatima Rahman, MPH, M1, Class of 2023

‘Female sterilization’ refers to a procedure that permanently prevents women from becoming pregnant. Historically, sterilization has been used by females and on females to prevent pregnancies, as a form of both female empowerment and a form of oppression. The history of sterilization in America built the foundation for one of the most controversial topics in public health today: reproductive rights. Continue reading “Female Sterilization: A Dark History, A Bleak Future” →

Literature

Miracle-Gro

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Miracle-Gro

 

QeeQee Gao, M2, Class of 2022

As the end of my first year draws near and the sweet taste of summer looms ahead, I am anticipating a confrontation that I have been pushing away for months. For the majority of my first year, I have been battling with a creeping sensation of … nothingness: a null that which I had hoped was joy, an emptiness that which I had hoped was fulfillment, and a void that which I had hoped was curiosity.

Am I happy? Am I enjoying? Am I fulfilled?

No.

No..

No…

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