Ivan here from the life-sciences cluster 31!  This group has a busy schedule with their cluster courses (BIOL 171 w/ lab, CHEM 161 2 w/lab) along with their own tough classes and busy lives.  Our group is composed of students from all over the place.  We have undergraduates coming from  places like Kauai, Big Island and California making it a great chance to meet new people.  Many are interested in becoming our future doctors, optometrists, marine biologist, and pharmacists. All very awesome.

The dynamics in cluster 31 is great and perhaps one of things that got the wheels rolling was our memorable ice-breakers. I think we all remember “what our least favorite chore was…” – If you’re curious, ask around .  I still have a vivid image of a headless chicken in my memory.  We found out from our “6 degrees of separation” ice-breaker that we actually have a lot in common.  From another ice-breaker, I realized that I draw pretty badly on people’s back; what I thought was a nice house turned out to feel more like a sunrise with beaming rays to others.  I am a biology major – not an art major!

The big thing with our cluster so far was perhaps our outing to a wahine volleyball game which happened to land on Dave Shoji’s 1000^th win!  Unfortunately, not everyone could make it but we were all there in spirit!  With play by play narration from Kao and some weird kid that heckled the players…. it was a pretty memorable night.  I think we all know our fight song a little better so we can sing loud and proud the next time it comes up .

Too bad that ACE has only a few classes left.  I always look forward to kicking off Fridays in the dungeon with all of us and that same monotonous playlist of mines. Luckily, we have our in-class DJ’s Matt & JP playing some tunes to give us something new to listen to.

I see great qualities in our class from people taking the initiative to form study groups, utilizing help sessions as well as everyone making friends with each other. I know these valuable skills will extend past fall semester and be an integral part of everyone’s success in college.

Below are pictures of cluster 31 as well as YouTube clips of some choice songs!