HUGHES AUDITORIUM – M1 Clayton Sowinski gives credit to recent bacteriology lectures for his success in finally beating Oregon Trail, the computer game made popular in the early 90s.

Sowinski recounted, “When I was a kid I would spend all my time hunting and all my people would eventually die of some infectious disease, usually somewhere around mid-Wyoming. I never actually made it to Oregon.”

He went on to explain the benefit of recent SM lectures. “The most useful part of med school so far has been the bacteria lectures. I can handle typhoid, diphtheria, and cholera, and finally get my family to Oregon. Gram positive, gram negative, aerobe, anaerobe? Bring it on.”

When asked what he will do with his time now that he’s triumphed the long trans-America trek, Sowinski reflected, “I’ll probably just spend more time hunting, everyone knows that’s the best part of the game anyway.”