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Students take a road trip to the famous
Lowell Observatory in Arizona to
conduct astronomical research.
By Keriann Collins
On Tuesday of Finals Week last December,
I finished the last of the exams I had crowded into
two days’ span of time and rushed home to pack
with a heavy snow falling. Ironically, although a
linguistics major, my first research trip of any kind
had nothing to do with linguistics. We were
headed for Flagstaff, Ariz., to carry out
astronomical research at Lowell Observatory.
But the weather had other plans, and Kirksville –
the land of snow and ice – was soon blanketed,
delaying our start until the following day.
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