So here you are. And here we are. With everything you ever wanted to know about college, and then some. So whatever it is you’re curious about (school-related, please) ask away. Or search for it. Because here, you’ll hear it all first-hand from a group of us just living the dream. Welcome.
Although I cannot claim to be good at it, I love to swim. So I was very excited to hear when I was a prospective student that Lyon has an Olympic-sized pool. When I arrived on campus, however, I was astounded to figure out that there was no swim team.
It’s about time for the Lyon website to get a little makeover. I’m on a committee that’s evaluating the current website and considering different proposals for the re-design. Here’s a few questions for you: What do you think of the current website, http://www.lyon.edu/? What aspects do you like? Are there things that you absolutely hate? What types of elements would you enjoy seeing incorporated into the re-design?
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SendThis week is recruitment (also known as “rush” at other schools) week for the Greek women’s organizations. This means that we have three parties on school nights and then by the end of the week there are new members in each organization. I’m having a lot of fun helping out my sorority so far. Tonight is the party that everyone always remembers, and it is going to be super. I’m very excited about all the girls that are going through and cannot wait to see who joins us. Since all this takes place during everything else “normal” going on like class and such, I’m beginning to get a little frenzied. But I think I’ll be able to catch up on sleep and homework. Greek life is so fun on this campus, in spite of its small stature! I hope everyone gets what they want this week…Ciao!
2 Comments | SendWinter break has been very good this year. As I am planning to go on a Nichols trip to Spain in May, I decided to get a job over the break to save some money. I’ve been working at El Chico Cafe waiting tables in my hometown, and I’ve done pretty decent on tips. My last day is this coming Wednesday, and although I have enjoyed my job, I will certainly be glad to be rid of the “taco” aroma my clothes obtain and the blisters my shoes have given me. Yay! Another reason my break has been so good is that I’ve seen all my friends that I don’t go to school with, and my family that isn’t always around. So, as I prepare to once again venture back to school, I am confident that this upcoming semester will be a pretty good one. Ciao!
As some of you may know, I am a senior this year. And here at the end of my learning career, I’ve come to realize that I love passive learning. In all my classes this year, we (the students) have had to present most of the information learned. We have to dig around in our books and find important info, group it all together, find other information to clarify things, and then pull together some kind of presentation to give in front of our class. Because of this semester, it has occurred to me that this is not my favorite way of having class. I would much rather hear someone talk about something and me sit there and soak it in. One of the clubs I am in, Alphi Chi, meets to discuss various topics of interest to someone. Each week we go in and hear about some big project that someone has been working on in their classes. I absolutely love these meetings because it is so cool to hear what they have to say. I am going to miss the passive learning that is associated with school. After next semester I will be leaving school and pushed into the active learning - the part where I have to do something in order to learn things. Maybe that makes me a lazy learner. What do yall think?
This is the part of the semester that makes me very anxious. It’s like I see the end, but at the same time it seems like it will never get here. I’m talking about finals week and the long-awaited winter break. All of my classes are winding down, and the big projects and papers and whatnot are becoming due. Why is it that every professor thinks it’s better to keep the big stuff until the end of semester? Whatever…I have to do them and turn them in to get the grade - which is going to be good, by the way. The good news is that one of my classes does not have a final…at least I hope that is good news! Oh well…ciao!
So this is my first ever time to write in a blog. Yay! I’m sure it’ll be fun…I just haven’t ever done it before. But I guess that’s what college is all about: new experiences and learning to do things you wouldn’t have thought of before. I wonder what else is going to come my way that I’m not expecting to learn…who knows! So I’m sure that in the future I will have much more interesting things to write about other than being unexeperienced, but for now, this will have to do. Ciao!
When the whole Facebook epidemic hit a few years ago, everyone warned me that if I got it, I’d be addicted. I’m sad to say that they were right. Yet, the creators of Facebook just couldn’t leave good enough alone; they had to make it “better”. First came the Mini-Feed, which created tons of controversy as it showed practically every detail about changes made to “friends” pages, displayed wall-to-walls, etc. And now, there are all of these crazy applications that can be added to your profile page. When I go to look at a friend’s wall, I have to scroll down for practically two minutes because of all the applications they’ve added to their page. Some of the applications are fun…..the SuperPoke!, Graffiti Wall, Greek Family Tree….and others just seem a little strange. I keep getting invitations to add the Zombie and Vampire Slayer apps….to me, that qualifies as strange. But hey, maybe I’m completely alone in these opinions…comments, anyone?
4 Comments | SendNo not really. I actually hate mohawk haircuts, and it seems that a lot of people are starting to get them again. I say a lot, but just a few of them seems like a lot. So just because I had never had one before and wanted to officially be able to say that I didn’t really like them, I got one. Yep…see I have had a buzzed hair cut pretty reguarly lately, so it didn’t start out weird, but then there is the fin thing that sticks up. It was just gonna be a joke, but I’ve gotten some pretty funny reactions to it. The first response from one of my professors was, “What? Are you getting ready for your debut in the World Wrestling Federation?” Don’t ask me what that means, it’s just funny to hear a professor say this. So actually, it is kinda fun to have a mohawk, but I would only caution one per lifetime. It’s fun for maybe a week, but for some reason people just get really uncomfortable around them.
6 Comments | SendThis coming weekend will be one of the busiest weekends of the year, second only to Scottish Fest in the spring; it’s Homecoming here at Lyon! The actual Homecoming activities don’t begin until Friday afternoon, but we’ve had Homecoming stuff going on all week. The annual Window Painting Contest in Ed’s went well as usual….if you haven’t checked it out, you definitely should. Today at lunch, I caught a glimpse of the ogre from Shrek and the pumpkin carriage from Cinderella…very interesting stuff. Also, the ever-popular “Hoop Dreams” will be held tonight in the gym. The Scots and Pipers Basketball team will play some scrimmage games; there are drawings for all sorts of prizes and opportunities for quite a bit of audience participation.
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