“It’s a wonderful day for anthropology!”

Every anthropology student at LSU knows these immortal opening words of Dr. Bob Tague, unquestionably one of the greatest teachers I’ve ever had and the inspiration for the title of this blog.

Hi, my name is Sophia Kunen. A New Orleans native and the youngest of three, I was born on April 27^th, 1987 to a graphic design artist and a psychologist. I graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 2005, just months before Hurricane Katrina and poorly engineered levees brought 9 feet of water into my family’s home.  I am now a senior at Louisiana State University majoring in Anthropology.

Originally interested in Psychology and Sociology, I finally found my calling in the holistic field of Anthropology.  Although I haven’t declared a concentration, I anticipate this blog will be a helpful resource. I hope to explore Archaeological, Biological, Cultural, and Linguistic Anthropology to the fullest extent and learn from others who share my passion for the field.

About Science. Why not?

My name is Bryan Perkins and I am here to recruit you.

On August 12, 1986 I was born into an Air Force family living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since then I have lived in Nevada, Arizona, California, Germany, Colorado, and Louisiana. In December of 2008 I graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. Since then I have been working for some company doing quality assurance testing (no, it is not quite like the movie). I would love nothing more than to finally put my degree to proper use and go to graduate school for ecology and evolution, but it is proving to be a much more lengthy and difficult process than I ever imagined.

When I first thought about creating my own science blog I had no idea what to expect, but I jumped right in nonetheless. After devouring every science blog post that I could stomach (especially those by Bora, Greg, and others) I decided there was no better way to learn what science blogging really entailed than by experiencing it for myself. That is when I created Science. Why not? (for the first time) on December 24, 2008. Being out of school, and in a profession with very little to do with biology, I started Science. Why not? to keep my mind sharp for the time when I finally got in to graduate school and really needed to use it again.

Now, five months later, I am here at WordPress attempting to start Science. Why not? anew. I will be continuing some of the installments I began on the old site (The Pseudoscience Chronicles and Margarine of Error: I can’t believe it’s not better), but I hope to make the new Science. Why not? a more complete science blog. In order to achieve this goal I will be reporting more news from local sources, posting photographs of wildlife around Baton Rouge taken by the Science. Why not? authors, and sharing stories from my experiences applying to graduate school.

For the small number of you who actually read the old blog and followed us here (if there are any of you), I would like to apologize to you ahead of time for importing some of the old posts. I am sorry, it has to be done. For everyone else, welcome to the site, I hope you enjoy, and if there is anything you think we should be doing differently just let us know.