The California Biodiversity Center has been pestering Berkeley to add the Field Stations to its on-line e-giving program & it's finally happened. Would-be sponsors can now donate to Sagehen generally, or specifically to the Sagehen Graduate Student Research Fund or the Adventure - Risk - Challenge Fund. 
The ARC Program was recently recognized by the Organization of Biological Field Stations with a nomination for a Human Diversity Award at this year's annual meeting held in Junction, Texas.
...and a little steadfast determination and perseverence, they got to see some amazing views,...
of who they...
really are.
Steadfast, Strong and Smiley.
Nice job to the ARC 2007 Orientation Group on a job well done.
Hope to see you this summer.
I STAND LIKE A TREE
Winds may blow violently at times,
Others, gently whispering cool secrets.
The deluge of the day wears away,
Digging deep around my roots.
My roots hold on. My trunk is solid,
strong, and determined. My skin protects.
The night approaches slowly
Silently like a hunting lion.
Chilled to the core, everything is darkened,
Some find fear here.
I sleep soundly. Dreaming of the light
And the life it helps me make.
Smoke fills the air. Fires burn below.
There is trouble brewing;
From time to time, panic sets in.
The clouds gather and the shadows lurk.
I stand like a tree because I am me.
And that is all I need to be.
john arsenault May 2007.If anyARC graduates or current students have a poem or other writing that you want to submit for publication with the ARC Blog send them to John Arsenault. Submissions must be appropriate and relevant with your ARC experience. Advice, reflections, accounts of post-course service work, or other creative endeavors are most welcome. Happy trails.
Happy Mother’s Day Weekend from us all at ARC.
By John Arsenault, Course Director and English Teacher for the Sagehen Course,
I spent the weekend hiking various areas checking out the melting snow and blossoming spring around the ARC course area. With granola bars and water galore, I headed toward Mt Tallac and Loch Leven Trailheads. Tallac was mostly clear of snow. A few patches of snow remained on shady northern faces but for the most part the trail was not bad.
The views of Tahoe were absolutely stunning. My camera didn’t really do it justice.
The next day I checked out the
There were spots on the
Lizards did push-ups on rocks as they twisted their heads one way and then another.
Checking me checking them out.
Flowers poked out of the rock as if responsible for the widening cracks.
Finally I reached the lakes, took off my pack, and propped it against a tree. I ravaged through my pack for a granola bar, snagged a big old bite and settled into quick break.
I looked out over the Middle Loch Leven and thought, my heart still pounding away, “whoever is going on the 2007 ARC orientation trip is psyched!”
Until later. John
