Final Project

With the use of the Flip Cam, Mike and I created this documentary teaching about the advantages of on campus living. with a new policy requring students to be on campus for 3 years, it is able to educate about diverse options and pros to this policy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oviVai4Vt5s

Final Exams

so i just finished my last final exam and i am so relieved. this is the most stressful time of year for all students because we just want to get it done. and as soon as we finish one final, we have to clear our minds and memorize an entire new set f ten weeks of material! this school really is flexible with the finals schedule which is something i really appreciate and think more students should. other things i like are how they open the library for extended hours to accommodate the late night owls. and with things like food for finals and cram jam at egan, it takes some of the stress off of finals and gives you an alternative place and environment to do your studying. i also dont think we realize how great the trimester system is for finals. we have so much less to worry about at a time!!!.... just it happens more often.

PArking

Parking on campus basically just pisses me off. I know, that sounds idiotic, but really sometimes I wish I just didn’t even have a car on campus. First of all, I can’t parallel park to save my life, so getting a spot in the street is a no-go. Secondly, by the time I get home from work at 11 pm, all the spots in my adjacent lot are taken. Therefore I have to go all the way up the street, park in a lot that is wicked far away from my building, and then run in the freezing cold to my apartment, only to go out to my car the next day and find a ticket on my windshield for some ridiculous offense. Not to mention the ridiculous rules and regulations and limitations of the almighty “parking pass”. You can’t park in the circle in front of old main, you can’t park by the library, you can’t park at Baldwin, you can’t park at D’angelo, and you can’t park at Hirt. What is the damn point of even having a parking pass if I can’t come right from work or rehearsal and go to class? Instead I have to repeat the routine I mentioned above before I get to class, which puts me at being about ten minutes late, in turn causing my grades and reputation to suffer. In conclusion, I think there should be reformations made to the parking situation here at Mercyhurst College. What they may be, I’m not quite positive but I’m working on it.

Ambassadors

The concept of “student ambassadors” has always baffled me. I think that overall, it is a great program, but I really just don’t understand why kids have to be put through the ringer just to give tours and memorize some facts. Now that I think about it, I bet that if you gave me some little senior in high school and asked me to give them a tour of the school that I could probably pull it off. I mean who really cares what year the PAC was built anyway? All you need to know is how the school works, where things are, and what services are offered. What really gets me though is what it takes to become an ambassador. It should be a reality television show. Its basically the same thing as Survivor. Except like they’re allowed to eat. And they don’t get bit by mosquitoes. I had a friend who lived in my dorm freshman year that is now an ambassador. I remember all the ridiculous stuff he had to do, like write pretend speeches for pretend people and memorize them. And at the end of the week the ambassador elders vote someone off the ambassador tribe. Its weird. Hm, the lengths some people go to for scholarships

Oh Canada....

Being an Employee of Hollister Co. in the Millcreek Mall, i see allot of interesting things. but i have never witnessed anything like i did Sunday. as i was pulling in to the parking lot at the beginning of my shift, i saw a mall workers worst nightmare... over 15 Canadian Tourism buses. now let me clear something up before i go any further and people think i have something against Canadians or that i am prejudice. i actually love Canadians. its just Canadians come to America to shop for cheaper prices, but the state of PA has no sales tax on clothing, and Erie is the closest place in PA with a decent shopping center, so when they come... they come by the bus loads. and they are here with one purpose and one purpose only... to buy as much as they possibly can at the cheapest price possible while destroying everything in sight. just kidding on that last part(sort of). in the process of working, i got shoved, pushed, elbowed, and hip checked into a table. i felt like i was in a hockey game or something. i also almost started to cry when i was just finishing folding a huge pile of clearance t shirts and a woman with a maple leaf hat said to me "you might as well just stop, because i am absolutely going to destroy that" i could feel my eyes swell up because i understand that its my job to stand there and fold, but i just wish people would be a little more courteous. THANKS!

(your name here) of Love.

Reality TV is such a controversial topic to discuss. either you love it or you hate it. i personally absolutely love it. it is one of the most entertaining forms of entertainment in existence. my favorite part of it though is the editing they do after its all said and done. like the sound effects that stations like VH1 add are absolutely hilarious. but as much as i love it, i feel like EVERYONE has their own reality show. while watching the latest episode of "Rock of Love Charm School with Sharon Osbourne", i saw previews for "Daisy of Love." Where a person who should be a contestant on the show where sharon tries to teach Bret Michael's trashy Exes to be real ladies is having her own show to find "true love". without even thinking about it, i can think of 6 reality stars who got rejected on one, but now are big enough to have their own show. all i have to say is...where can i sign up for my own show?

let it snow

this morning upon waking up and leaving to go to work, as i opened the door i was in shock. i could not believe that there was a full snow on the ground, and it looked like the middle of january. the day before yesterday i was wearing flip flops. i know this is very unoriginal of me...but... What is with Erie Weather???? i just cant believe the extremes we go through here. it is almost depressing because it really comes without warning, reason, rhyme or pattern. there is absolutely no predictions as of what could happen tomorrow. i mean i doubt this wont happen, but there is a chance it could be 80 degrees tomorrow and no one would see it coming!