Bleeding Blue

            This saturday Southern had its second home game. With their track record of 0 and 4 the Owls did not let that hold them back. The opposing team Saint Anselm College surprising has the same record of  0 and 4 so the steaks were very high to not make an mistake. In the first half Southern dominated the game with their high energy and determination to win. As the game went on, our home team began to let the advantage get to them and began lacking in what needed to be done to dominate the game although Saint Aselm played very well Owls over came and came out with the win. Fans show their support in the stands by cheering loudly and passionately. I believe that was what helped our team pull through with the win. Leaving the score to be 45 to 34. GO OWLS!!

What To Expect In My Video..

                

                In my video I plan to talk about a topic that relates to all first year students. So I decided to put together a survival guide on how to make it through college with all the distractions going on around you. Coming into to school the first thing everyone wants to know is where all the parties are. Unfortunately they get so caught up in all of the partying they forget to keep up with their classes. So by creating this guide it can help freshmen to not get too sidetracked.

                The first question that I plan to ask is, where is a good place to go and study and do homework? I felt that this was a good question to ask because there are people everywhere that tend to always talk to you so you can’t concentrate on your work. By finding a place where it is easy to focus may help keep a freshman on the right path.

                The second question I plan to ask is, how do you properly balance your social and academic life? I feel like this is a major problem with incoming students. They have a hard time learning how to balance the two and end up failing in their classes.

                The third question I plan to ask is, what can you do if you do fall behind on your classes? How can you get back on track? This question is a great one in my opinion because at this point I believe students will decide to give up if they are too behind in their classes.

                These questions will help make my video interesting, because these are questions I’m sure every freshmen at least thinks about once when they first start school. In the video I can have the upperclassman answer these questions truthfully because they have already lived through their freshman year. Professor would be able to answer them because they have witnessed it. And the freshman can gather information they have learned so far to answer the question. In the end the video will end up being very helpful for all incoming students in the future.

New Findings About Myself..

                  By recording myself for the whole week I found out a lot about myself and how I spend my time. Prior to making this schedule I believed that I spent most of my time in classes and doing homework. But in actuality I don’t.

                  Judging by my routine I spent 11 hours of my week napping, which is a lot of sleep, compared to the 9 hours of Homework I did in that week. This balance is not okay, if anything it should be switched around. Looking back I could have not took so many naps and focused more on getting my work done. If I begin my homework early enough I would be able to save myself some time to get it done and then I can nap later.

                  In the Future I will plan out my week so that I can spend less time napping and more time doing homework and getting what I need to get done. It is very hard to cut out taking a nap considering I’m always tired for the simple fact that I’m always driving. Even though while driving the only thing you do is put your foot on the gas an hands on the steering wheel. The concentration takes a lot out of a person.

                  I can take what I have found through this study and apply it to college by making sure that my values on making school a priority stays in affect. By starting my homework earlier and making less time for naps, I will be on the right track. I just have to stay organize and stay confident and I will be successful. College is not an easy thing if that was the case everyone would be here. If you balance your time wisely you will be surprised. 

Explore What the School has to offer!

               Have you ever wondered what clubs are out there for you to join here at Southern? Well this week there was a club fair where all the clubs that are here at the school showcased what they were about at informational booths. I found it very helpful because I was able to find clubs that were for me like the NAACP. Where minorities get together and discuss issues about what is going on in their cultures. For students who are undecided about their majors, the cub fair is a good way to find yourself and find out what you are interested in. The club fair was definitely a success in my book.

Movie Night!

               Do you enjoy watching movies? And free popcorn? Well at the Adanti Student center this week they were having a showing of the Hunger Games, with free popcorn. Yes free popcorn. Other than the free popcorn, it was a great experience for residence and commuters to get together and watch a great movie. Even if you already saw the movie or did not like the movie it was a fun time with a large portion of the student body. I have never saw the Hunger Games and I felt like I was at the premiere and it was the first showing. I believe every student should experience at least on movie night.   

Three Claps For Alyson!!

                  Looking through all of the freshmen blogs one that I was able to relate to the most was by Alyson Battista. Her blogs are well written and I feel like they speak to the college age crowd. They are easy to relate to and keep the read intrigued as to what she has to say.

                  The blog that really kept my attention that she had written was called One Big Happy Family. It was about the Convocation Ceremony for the class of 2016. It was a ceremony where it welcomed all of the incoming freshmen with a big gathering, almost like a graduation, but the complete opposite. During the ceremony they spoke about how important our class is to Southern. Also they spoke about us as a class being a strong force to do whatever it is that we want to do. All in all it was a very nice ceremony and it was a great welcome from some of the staff that participated in it.

                  In Alyson’s blog she did a great job writing about what happened in the ceremony, in a way where others our age can identify and enjoy her writing. I enjoyed the way that she used comparisons to Legally Blonde and Harry Potter. I had a similar comparison to her except mine was Harry Potter and the Dead Poets Society. Her summary of what took place did not drag on or ramble about random things. It was short and straight to the point but just in way where young adults can relate to what she is saying.

                  Grading Alyson’s blog I would give her an `A’. All of her blogs are relatable and she is great at explaining her point without making her readers loose interest in what she’s writing about. And that is a key quality to have in a blogger because that is how you keep an audience.

Learning New Tips

Now that we are a few weeks into my first semester as a freshmen here at Southern, I have picked up a lot of tips along the way to keep me on track and organized. I have noticed that there are many distractions here. Between the activities that the school provides, the extracurricular activities like sports or clubs, and then of course the parties; it is very easy to get side tracked. There is always someone in your ear trying to make you stray away from your goal.

I’m not going to lie at first I was the most organized person you could have ever met. But as the days of school progressed and I started to realize what the campus of Southern had to offer and I was instantly taken off my path. I started to involve myself into more activities the school had to offer instead of doing what I needed to do to be successful academically. I began waiting till the last minute to do my homework, whereas I used to do my home early so I didn’t have to worry about it when it came closer to the due date. I also began forgetting assignments and falling behind on work. I can’t even blame it on partying because I’m not that type of person; I just had spread myself too thin.

I quickly learned my lesson and began to get my work and college life on track. Some tips I picked on the way were, to always at least start or complete homework that is assigned early. Reason being is because if something comes up last minute it will be easier to handle considering you finished most of your work. Second I learned that being organized is key when it comes to staying on track. Make sure to keep a planner at all times and to follow up with your syllabus so that your always up to date with assignments.