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Professor Esther Iglich describes the class assignment in
"Thoreauvian Science."
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When Mike Habegger '08 enrolled in "Thoreauvian Science," he never dreamed he'd be nibbling on the leaf of a conifer tree outside Elderdice Hall.
"It tastes like a Christmas tree," Habegger said.
The students in "Thoreauvian Science," one of a growing number of interdisciplinary courses at McDaniel, are challenged to learn the ecology behind the foliage they encounter, while noticing the emotional solace nature provides. In
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addition to scientific texts, the students are also reading and applying the works of Henry David Thoreau, philosopher and author famous for living in the woods near Walden Pond.
The course, described as interdisciplinary for its combination of two or more different bodies of knowledge, is team-taught by Biology Professor Esther Iglich and English Lecturer Jennie Wollenweber.
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