Reasons for Albino Squirrels

So you may have noticed that the title of this blog is the Albino Squirrels. This name was chosen for a few reasons. Firstly, at UT Austin, seeing the albino squirrel is a sign of good luck, which we realized is something that we really needed for this trip to work out. Another reason is that the word "squirrel" is apparently difficult for many Germans to say, and there are many funny youtube videos of their attempts. Also, the word for "squirrel" in German is "eichhörnchen", which is a fun word to us to say! We took a while trying to come up with a group name, and discarded ideas such as "gemütlichkeit", which is the German word meaning "a situation that induces a cheerful mood, peace of mind, with connotation of belonging and social acceptance, coziness and unhurry." We finally were able to agree on "The Albino Squirrels" for the reasons above, and since we're physicists we ended up with a fancy squirrel writing physics on a chalkboard as our logo! So know you know, (and as my calculus teacher used to say) and knowing is half the battle! (the other half is doing!)