The first week of costal ecology has been very intense but I enjoyed every moment of it (with the exception of my group’s reliable soil sipper fails). I’m thrilled to finally do some field work out in the marshes, collecting soil samples and doing transects. Professor Beth Boyle is very informative and her style of lecture is engaging. However, the conservation of angular momentum of Beth’s class added to independent study and capstone projects has rotated of the winds of this semester into dizzy and forceful tornado. Hang on tight!