So my weekends are totally devoted to Phi Mu lately. This is how my schedule went for the weekend. Friday, recruitment practice from 7 to 9 and then "Dante's Inferno" (the biggest party of the school year) from 11 to 1. There so much dirty stuff going on. It really was like stuff you see on TV.
Saturday was recruitment practice from 9 to 9. We actually got out at 5 that day, but I am in the skit, so we stayed until 7 and then I went to "Atomic Waste" from 10 to 11, then "Going for the Gold" from 11 to 11:45 and "Kummanawana" from 11:45 to 12:30. All of those were parties as well. There wasn't as much dirty stuff going on here, but that's b/c there were three parties for everyone to spread out around instead of the entire campus going to one frat house for a party. :-P After that my roommate Amanda and I came back here to get ready to go celebrate a friend's 21st birthday at LA Grill (a local sports bar). The reason we had to get ready is because at these parties, we have to wear our letters so we can show that we are out and about. And we're not allowed to drink in letters so we had to change.
Then today we had skit practice from 11 to 1 and then recruitment practice from 1 to 9. Now it's homework time, you know, the stuff I've been putting off since Wednesday. As crazy as this weekend was... it was a lot of fun just to go out and have some fun with my sisters, I think I might go out a little more this year instead of chilling in my room watching movies like I usually do. :)
College life is such a blast, but it is so tiring... go figure. Next up this evening is reading for Basic reporting. then I have to submit 5 article ideas... I have no idea what to submit. What a great way to start off the year, turning nothing in! Tomorrow I have audio production though... and the labor day picnic. :-D
Oh P.S. for you lucky ones *cough* everyone *cough* who have tomorrow off... enjoy your three-day weekend. I'll be in class. :-P
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
School begins
So I have officially started my first year of school. I started yesterday and have had 4 of my 6 classes. This year I'm taking Basic Reporting, Media Theory and Research, Second World War, Strategic Public Relations, Audio Production and Voice. So far, all of my classes have proved to be nothing like I thought they would be. It's weird how things you imagine one way, always seem to turn out a different way.
Basic reporting was my first class yesterday. I was going to take it last spring but was encouraged by many people (including my adviser) to wait until the fall since we would have a new professor (and when your adviser suggests it, you listen). So I went to class yesterday, and was informed that we would be reverting back to middle school in that class. We would be taking spelling and geography quizzes every Friday, in addition to our AP style quizzes. I was very shocked at that. I haven't had a spelling test since elementary school I think. We also have to read the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, New York Times, and Evansville Courier and Press like every day. Oh joy. What is it with teachers and making students read the newspaper?
My Media Theory and Research class is taught by my adviser, who was also my web production teacher, so at least I'm already used to his style of teaching. It turns out that this class is a repeat of a class I took spring semester of my freshman year, but instead of working in a group for a research proposal, I get to do it on my own. So woohoo for more work.
Today I had my Second World War class with Dr. James Macleod, he's Scottish. :) I'm really looking forward to this class, because I've always loved learning about World War II. This year is going to be way interesting. I have a group presentation over the propaganda in WWII and a term paper comparing and contrasting how prison camps in different countries treated their prisoners. And of course, there's his accent to enjoy when he's lecturing. :-D
I also had PR today, and we were informed that we get to be the guinea pig class this year. Over the summer, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences went to a bunch of conferences where they were emphasizing distance learning, and Evansville is very traditional in their teaching methods for the most part, but the wanted to try and adapt this new style of learning for some classes and see if it would work, so my PR class, was one that got volunteered to do it. So instead of meeting every Tuesday and Thursday, we will only meet on Tuesdays. I was pretty intrigued by this, which means I only have one class on Thursdays... another woo hoo please. :)
I haven't had the other two yet, but it's ok, because I've had sorority things to keep me busy. We have recruitment coming up September 10 - 14. Which means I moved in a week before everyone else so we could begin practicing. We practice conversation, cheering, rotating, name song, other songs, and skits. I think it will be a lot of fun. There's a lot of things that go into recruitment, but I will save that for another day.
Feels good to be blogging again, it's been about two years since I did it in Harlaxton. Should be fun. Now it's off to discipline. Oh geez.
Basic reporting was my first class yesterday. I was going to take it last spring but was encouraged by many people (including my adviser) to wait until the fall since we would have a new professor (and when your adviser suggests it, you listen). So I went to class yesterday, and was informed that we would be reverting back to middle school in that class. We would be taking spelling and geography quizzes every Friday, in addition to our AP style quizzes. I was very shocked at that. I haven't had a spelling test since elementary school I think. We also have to read the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, New York Times, and Evansville Courier and Press like every day. Oh joy. What is it with teachers and making students read the newspaper?
My Media Theory and Research class is taught by my adviser, who was also my web production teacher, so at least I'm already used to his style of teaching. It turns out that this class is a repeat of a class I took spring semester of my freshman year, but instead of working in a group for a research proposal, I get to do it on my own. So woohoo for more work.
Today I had my Second World War class with Dr. James Macleod, he's Scottish. :) I'm really looking forward to this class, because I've always loved learning about World War II. This year is going to be way interesting. I have a group presentation over the propaganda in WWII and a term paper comparing and contrasting how prison camps in different countries treated their prisoners. And of course, there's his accent to enjoy when he's lecturing. :-D
I also had PR today, and we were informed that we get to be the guinea pig class this year. Over the summer, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences went to a bunch of conferences where they were emphasizing distance learning, and Evansville is very traditional in their teaching methods for the most part, but the wanted to try and adapt this new style of learning for some classes and see if it would work, so my PR class, was one that got volunteered to do it. So instead of meeting every Tuesday and Thursday, we will only meet on Tuesdays. I was pretty intrigued by this, which means I only have one class on Thursdays... another woo hoo please. :)
I haven't had the other two yet, but it's ok, because I've had sorority things to keep me busy. We have recruitment coming up September 10 - 14. Which means I moved in a week before everyone else so we could begin practicing. We practice conversation, cheering, rotating, name song, other songs, and skits. I think it will be a lot of fun. There's a lot of things that go into recruitment, but I will save that for another day.
Feels good to be blogging again, it's been about two years since I did it in Harlaxton. Should be fun. Now it's off to discipline. Oh geez.
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