I am Ryan Flat, a senior geology and music composition double major here at CU. I am a drum major in CU鈥檚 Golden Buffalo Marching Band, I sing acapella with the CU Buffoons, and I am doing thesis research on microbialite sediments from the Great Salt Lake. As a Benson Center fellow, I am excited to mingle with and learn from other individuals who have diverse and revolutionary ideas that go beyond the standard rhetoric we hear every day. I am looking forward to attending center programs that showcase interesting and valid ideas that you might not be able to find anywhere else on campus.听