by Lauren Weiner

other people who have the same interests and majors as you, you learn much more about your subject and can really help others in understanding the material as well."
      Ted Argo chose the "Design Your Own" option, focusing on linear algebra and differential equations, or what he refers to as "useful math."  In addition to receiving a degree in math, Ted will graduate with a B.S. in physics and a minor in music.  After graduation, Ted is taking a trip to Denver, Colorado for the Drum Corps International Finals, and this fall he starts at the University of Texas at Austin, studying Acoustics/Mechanical Engineering and most likely doing research on water-saturated sediment.  In his time spent taking and teaching classes at the UO, Ted has learned that "those who are the obnoxious people asking all the question are those who tend to do better in classes."  So his advice is to "be obnoxious, it will help you be successful."
      Shawn Foster, whose fond memories of math at the UO include "chalk dust on [his] finger tips [and] the eerie silence that falls over Hilbert Space on homework due days," is graduating under the secondary education option with minors in English and business.  Next year Shawn is going to be taking non-matriculate classes at the University of Washington, due to missed grad school application deadlines.  When asked how he was going to celebrate graduation, he replied, "In accordance with my religious adherence to procrastination I plan to make no plans for graduation, relying instead upon the whims of anyone else who feels obligated to make plans for celebration."  So if anyone has big plans . . .
      Tammy Louie is another senior graduating under the secondary education option, but as she begins her career search, she hopes to enter the business world more so than teaching, as she had originally planned. Tammy's "keeping [her] fingers crossed for a job with the Intel Corp in Hillsboro," but before work begins, she will travel to California and Las Vegas and celebrate graduation with "the basic family/friends gathering of about 50+ people who . . . have no idea what math majors do… I just let them believe it's all about balancing checkbooks."  One of Tammy's fond memories of

      With only a few weeks left of school, finals looming ever closer, and registration for next fall's classes already taking place, most of us are just waiting for the three months of vacation summer offers. For those seniors graduating this spring, however, there's life after undergraduate studies to look forward to.  Here's a look at what some of the seniors in the math department are going to be doing after graduation.
      Jason Zaklan, who was brave enough (crazy enough?) to tackle the Big Three all at once, will be rewarded for his efforts with an assistantship at Purdue University next year.  He's "happy to have the opportunity to move on and continue learning math."  Jason will receive his degree in pure mathematics at the end of this term and looks forward to catching up on sleep after graduation. 
      Whitney Montgomery also will be receiving her degree in pure mathematics, in addition to minoring in Italian and graduating with honors.  Congratulations!  Whitney is going to attend graduate school at the U of O  Her advice for other aspiring mathematicians at the UO: "Push yourself as far as you can.  You won't know what you can do until you try."
      Cassandra Aanderud will be graduating under the secondary education option, with a minor in special education and a certificate in substance abuse prevention.  Beginning this June, Cassandra will attend graduate school at Pacific University in Forest Grove until she takes a break and sets off for Auckland, New Zealand where she will have the opportunity to research middle and high school education thanks to a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship.  When she returns in November 2005, she will begin teaching middle or high school math. Some parting thoughts from Cassandra: "Math pick-up lines are rarely used, but also so rarely understood," and "mathematicians can solve complex problems but they can play softball, too." And some parting advice: get involved!  "By becoming a tutor or peer advisor or even hanging out with