Sophomore Sarah Purdy was sitting on a bench in the arboretum on July 30 after her summer session organic chemistry class. "I heard it was easier in the summer, but that's not really the case," Purdy said. "I guess I took it in the summer so that I wouldn't have the distractions of the school year with it." Purdy plans to graduate with a degree in biology, she said. "I would like to practice medicine overseas, maybe somewhere in Africa or South America, hopefully," Purdy said. "This summer I went to Africa on a mission trip to Swaziland where we worked with HIV patients. Working in the hospitals there was really cool because it's just so different than the ones here, and you can really make a difference in their lives. I really liked the culture there and how everyone was so friendly and warm. It was beautiful seeing all the big animals in their natural habitat that you don't really see around here." Purdy hopes to move to Africa one day to continue her work, she said. "I would move to Africa after I graduate in a heartbeat," Purdy said. "I would like to go back to Swaziland if I went to medical school and could specialize in tropical medicine or HIV so I could continue to help their efforts. It would be really hard to leave my family and friends but I think it would be worth it because you know that you are making a difference in the world." Samantha Starr and Samantha Starr