Bio-Curious Student Registers for Genetics Class
By Morgan Pantuck
Feb. 18, 2016
Second-year and self-described “bio-curious” student Jenny Anderson was seen earlier this week registering for BIOS 11128, an introductory biology course for non-majors. Anderson, 19, told the Dealer that she always thought of herself as “a humanities gal.”
“If you had asked me a few years ago,
While Anderson maintains that the class is “nothing serious” and that she’ll “probably take it pass-fail,” her friends are less convinced. Third-year Robert McMillan, for example, noted that Anderson seems increasingly unsatisfied by her social studies readings.
“Last year, you couldn’t tear Jen away from Marx or Freud for ten minutes,” he commented
Other students shared similar observations. “When I came home yesterday, I caught Jenny looking at genetic pedigrees on her computer,” confessed roommate Lena Osborne
When confronted about her fluid academic interests, Anderson rapidly became defensive. “Look, it’s not like I’m going to turn into a pre-med or something,” she allegedly yelled at her mother while talking on the phone
While Jenny’s friends and family remain uncertain, other STEM majors seem excited for Jenny to take the class. When questioned about her registration, biochemistry/biology double