SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANTS

Seedless vascular plants include the phylum Lycophyta (club mosses, spike mosses, and quillworts) and phylum Pterophyta (true fern, horsetails, and whisk ferns).

Club moss

Spike moss

Spike moss

Ferns

Ferns

Horsetail

Whisk Fern

There is great diversity within these groups. There are 1,200 Lycophytes and 12,000 Pterophytes! That's a lot!

BRYOPHYTES

Bryophytes are non-vascular plants which consist of 3 phyla. Phykum Hepatophyta are the liverworts, phylum Anthocerophyta are the hornworts and phylum bryophyta are the mosses which everyone is most familiar with. These organisms are really interesting. They don't have vascular tissue, but each cell absorbs water and minerals. I could not get hold of pictures of the liwerworts and the hornworts, but here are some mosses. They are really cool! Natural carpet!

Orchestra Concert

Today we had our first concert. I play 2nd violin in the University Symphony Orchestra. It was really amazing1 I love playing in orchestra! It's such an amazing experience! Something that balances my science filled life. We played 2 pieces: one with 4 piano solos! and one symphony. We played Bach's concerto for 4 pianos and it was really great! Can you imagine 4 piano solos and an orchestra accompaniment? It was really great!
We also played Brahms Symphony No. 4. It was really great too. Some wind solos, which were amazing of course! All in all, it was a good night!


My stand partner Hannah and I.


Luke and Erik, my buddies. They walk me home from every practice (I make them - kind of) and they're just cool.




My parents! My mom has not missed a performance yet. My dad always comes when he's home. Today, he came from his trip at 6pm and was at my concert at 8. He's a truck driver, so he's not home all the time.



My dad and I. Do I look like my dad or my mom?

Chemistry is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was working in the stockroom today (when am I NOT working at the stockroom?) and I was bored and tired. Lillya was working with me, so she started washing dishes and I was siting at the window. We have this cool calendar on the bulletin board next to the window that has all kinds of cool chemistry application stuff on it. This month it was Chinese Lantern Blossoms on the cover and beneath it there was a molecular structure of Physali E, a chemical that is in the flower. it looked REALLY cool. So I got two molecule kits and I started building a 3-D model of this molecule. IT WAS SOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT TURNED OUT AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The red and blue parts are all representing oxygen. I ran out of red, so I used blue too.
The black and gray are all carbons.



It looks even cooler in real life!!!!!!!!


Isn't this amazing??!!!!!!! I LOVE CHEMISTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After I took apart this molecule, I started building Chlorophyll b, but there are a LOT of double C-C (carbon to carbon) bonds and I didn't have enough double bonds. I didn't want to open another molecule kit, so I just gave up. BUT, in the near future, I WILL build Chlorophyll b.

My room

My newly decorated room!

Welcome Weekend

Here are pictures from welcome weekend. I know they are very late, but my computer was being fixed and then I had too much stuff to do. Better late than never! Enjoy!






RHC president Krista Sparks!






RHC hard at work finishing the decorations before freshman show up!

Girls of the RHC . . . folding t-shirts to sell.


Isabel Kim . . . RHC Spiritual Activities Coordinator


ME! Lee Palosh . . . RHC Finance Director (Treasurer) . . . Doing what I do best . . . Make money!


WOW! I wish all of this was mine!

Izzy . . . giving t-shirts (to those who bought them of course)

Football guys helping people move in. . .



3rd Floor RA . . . Allison Parks . . . in her natural habitat. . .



I don't think this one needs an explanation . . .


RHC, RAs and Sarah, the RD (residential director)


Chemistry department's faculty for this school year. I know most of them since I practically live in Reike and the chemistry stockroom is my home away from home away from home (Harstad is my home away from home!)


Freshmen on Foss field


RHC officers in the RHC closet

First All-Hall meeting


People from RHA and ASPLU came to talk a little bit