I unfortunately had covid this week, so I had a hard time keeping up with work in general for all of my classes since the illness hit me harder than I had expected. However, I was actually impressed with how much I was able to do and get done for this research project—perhaps the most work during my entire time in isolation. I worked on the presentation during the weekend and earlier in the week with Sarah, of course, since we were supposed to go on Wednesday before the misfortune hit, But I was additionally able to conduct an interview with a white FGLI student whose cultural background is just American! This was very exciting because this is what I was looking for this whole time. They were born in raised in the south (Georgia) and are actually Questbridge scholars on a full-ride here at Bowdoin. Interestingly enough, their experience with health and wellness while at Bowdoin was different and varied from the past interviews; they demonstrated a confident awareness of health and wellness culture at Bowdoin as well as easy accessibility to various resources, yet there was less of an inclination towards capitalizing off of them. This wasn’t entirely contrasting, given that a past interviewee had a similar testimony of being less experiences with the resources, but that case was ostensibly warranted given that they are a) an underclassmen (sophomore) who only had one semester on campus before this year and b) admitted they were merely unfamiliar and uneducated and look forward to learning more as they become more accustomed to Bowdoin. This student I interviewed this week, however, is a senior who explicitly demonstrated an awareness and nevertheless chooses not to prioritize opting into these resources and opportunities. For example, when I asked them if they take care of themselves, she admitted she does not in both diet and exercise. When speaking on diet, she mentioned that the food at Bowdoin is much more healthy and available, but she simply ignores it and “won’t even look at the salad bar” because they simply prefer the taste of meat and starches and were so deeply conditioned to this lifestyle of eating growing up, due to the lack of money for fresh produce and so forth, that it has become second nature. Additionally, they mentioned a hesitation towards adopting thes healthy eating habits and eating better food because they recognize it is temporary—that this will probably not be their reality post-Bowdoin, so why bother changing it now. Whenever they do eat better foods, it’s usually due to their friends’ or peers’ input. This struck me very had; it contrasted the assumption Sarah and I had about all FGLI student jumping at the opportunity of eating healthy foods one they’re available at “no cost,” and instead introduced socialization versus acculturation into our analysis rather than just acculturation.