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I heard the new Alice in Wonderland isn’t any good and that the Disney cartoon was better, even if the new version is animated and in 3 D. How can one remake a movie worse? It’s the same movie haha. Wouldn’t it make sense to think that people only go to the remake of a movie because they liked the old one? I hear the characters in the new version don’t have the same impact as they did in the original movie.
We finished reading Oedipus in English and have now moved on to the story of Hamlet. Hamlet is a good story, but when reading Hamlet things can get confusing and/or boring. To solve this problem I’ve started watching the movie as I follow along in my book. It works too! I read the first few lines of a scene and then watch the rest of the scene from the movie. This way I can just replay the rest of the scene in my head. It’s hard to describe. In biology we have a huge test coming up. There is so much to understand and know. I know that out of all the information we’re supposed to know the test will only have about a fourth of the information on it. Otherwise, it would take more than 2 class periods two finish. I was in the library until close studying, and I’m still not as confident as I would like to be. In my piano class I was assigned to learn a few songs, which I did, but I also did more. I think my teacher will be very pleased.
Our intramural team finally lost. It was our last game before the playoffs. We played poorly, we were missing a few guys, and I was extremely sore because the day before the game I worked out my legs in the weight room. Then after lifting I played basketball for a few hours. On the day of our game, most of the skill players on the football team went to the Hudson center (where the Green Bay Packers practice) to brush off the cob webs. I ended up running way to many routes because when it came time for the basketball game my legs weren’t up to speed. Our intramural team went 5-1 on the season, which isn’t 6-0, but we should still get a good seed for playoffs. That good seed will make it easier to get to the championship.
This week in English we are reading the tragedy of Oedipus. I have come to find out that is a messed up story. It is definitely a tragedy. In biology lab we are starting to dissect organisms, which is much better than looking through a microscope because my eyes always hurt after an hour or so. In math I have a test tomorrow, which I hope to get a hundred on. I am going to have to study until I go to bed, although studying gets very hard after doing it so much. Even if I take a break, I still have trouble. On a brighter note, spring break starts at the end of next week. Taking a break from studying for a few days should really help. If I could study what I want to, I would study all day. But when it is things that don’t catch my attention I have to find motivation to study, which makes studying a lot harder.
I have piano as a class! Music is a great form of art that allows me to express my emotions in so many ways. I can play a few instruments, but I never really learned how to play the piano. Reading music written for the piano is much different than the saxophone. The sax has a few keys, the piano has a lot! Since I started I have found out that piano is much easier than I thought. I love playing it too, I could practice all day. It’s a way to get away that makes you feel better. I want to switch my major to music, but I know music will always be with me and bio/pre-med provides more opportunities for a future.
My intramural team is 4-0, and the soul food dinner was delicious and comforting. I didn’t feel as out of place.
First semester the multicultural student services office set up a new room on the second floor of the campus center that has a giant flat screen TV, three computers, and some comfy couches. It’s a great place to socialize, and if no one is in there, do some school work. The room I’m talking about had never been given a name, so this past week it was decided that the room would be named in honor of Chuck Holton, the first African American graduate of St. Norbert College. He graduated in 1952, which is remarkable because those where racially conflicting times. It was before Rosa Parks stood up for equality and Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech. To add to it, he was a starting player on the St. Norbert basketball team, ran a 10 flat in the 100 meter dash, and went on to play for the Harlem Globetrotters. The best part of all was that he came and spoke at the dedication. They couldn’t have picked anyone better to name the room after.
Since it is Black History Month (soul power) there is a soul food dinner coming up, which will be delicious. To keep everything organized and flowing smoothly there is a facility/student committee set up, and I am one of the students. Although I have the small role of ushering people in, I still am honored.
As for class, it is getting a little more difficult, and even more interesting. In English we have been going over poetry since the semester started, and this Friday we have a test. I never knew there could be so much to learn about poetry.
My intramural basketball team is 3-0. I have been getting a little off track because of all of the free time I have now that it is the Football offseason. I’ve been hanging out with my friends all day, watching TV, playing video games, and being very lazy. This won’t last for long, however, because I want to be successful, and being lazy doesn’t work, especially at St. Norbert College.
In my math class this week we are working on word problems. Trust me, they don’t get any easier after High School, they are still very confusing. I think it is just cruel to mix math with English. Other than that, math is much better than I anticipated.
In the campus center there is a multicultural student study lounge that is open to everyone on campus. The lounge is new, so it needs a name. It has been decided that it will be named after the first African American graduate of St. Norbert College. The best part is that he is coming for the dedication.
Since it is the beginning of the semester, classes seem to be going slow. But sooner or later the professors will bring on all the fun at once. Speaking of professors, my biology teacher is a hilarious genius. In lab the other day we were working with protista, so he went and grabbed a live termite and dissected it to look at its protista. The protista is what allow termites to digest wood. It was really cool. The best part was when he said that he could look at protista for hours. They’re microscopic organisms. No wonder he is a doctor.
In my theology class, I have Father Mac. He has a great sense of humor, a thick Irish accent, and he is brilliant! He knows how college students think and finds exciting ways to get the whole class involved. He teaches us to think outside the box.
Besides class, almost everyone is back on campus. It’s so nice to see everyone again. It seems like everyone is more comfortable and socializing more. Nobody feels nervous anymore, and it seems like everyone is lightening up. Intramural basketball has started. I had a game last Tuesday that we won, and tonight we have another game that we’ll hopefully win. There are a few teams in the league that are really good, I’m talking about guys that can dunk over other guys. In warm ups, some guys will be putting down off the glass slam dunks, so needless to say there’s some good competition. My team is pretty stacked, so we’ll see how the league pans out.
Until next time…
Its already finals week and it is not hard to notice. So many more students are racing from building to building. I can sense the urgency in everyone. The library is constantly packed, so packed that it is more distracting than useful. I have been studying and writing, in any quiet corner I can find. I only have two finals that are spread out very nicely. One is on Wednesday and my last one is on Friday. That leaves a lot of space to get all my studying in. It sure will be great to go home for a long time.
When I get home I am going to sit around for the first night and do nothing. But after that I have a pretty busy schedule. I’ll spend time with the family, and when my brothers get home from Texas I am sure we will be doing a lot. I want to read ahead in my biology book for next semester, and also read some other books I rented from the library. On top of that, I would like to work out every day for football and track, try to get a job, and I think I am going to visit some friends from school on new years. That’s what I have planned, now I just need to get it all organized.
The past few days have been wicked! I woke up Tuesday morning and the campus was covered in a blanket of snow. It was like a whole new world, a world of excitement and joy. The normal colors that once dominated campus were covered with white, but it was wonderfully perplex and awakening. It seemed to bring liveliness to everyone. As I walked to class I saw joy on everyone’s face. Then, after classes ended, more than 25 of my friends met outside of the Campus Center to play backyard tackle football in the fresh powder. We were like a bunch of wild rambunctious kids at recess; our excitement was so great that classes, homework and worries were forgotten.It was especially fun to watch my friend David who has never experienced snow because he’s from Florida. He was ecstatic and hilarious. I have another friend from Florida who has experienced snow once or twice, but he still acts like he has ever seen the stuff. Alex is my neighbor in Burke, my Res Hall, and all last night I couldn’t help but to notice that he was constantly smiling, so I asked him why he seemed so happy. He briskly replied “Every time I look out the window I get even more excited.” It was by far, the best day I have had since arriving at St. Norbert. Neither David, nor Alex, have been sledding, so me and some friends are hoping to take them sledding today, but it snowed so bad today that class were cancelled (first college snow day!) for a reason. We might go later if things clear up, but if not, we are going to play another game of football, which should relieve some of our sledding anxiety. It’s amazing how the snow can bring people closer together.
Thanksgiving break was great. When I got home on Wednesday my mom had a homemade dinner ready that was obviously delicious because it’s mom’s cooking. My mom even did my laundry, which I am unbelievably thankful for. I am so sick of laundry. When I live on my own, I am going to hire a laundry lady, not a maid to clean and cook, but specifically a laundry lady. Wow, I get so off topic with these blogs, I’m righting a whole paragraph on laundry. Anyway, the rest of the week I visited high school friends, and spent quality time with my Mom and family.
Being on a break then coming back to school and getting back in the flow of things can be quite a challenge. Getting to sleep in and just be really lazy seems like the greatest thing at the moment, but I know that’s not what I want.
Yesterday I did a lot of lifting for the first time since football and then went through some drills with Chase (Our school’s strength and conditioning specialist). Today my legs feel like jello, and my gluteus muscles hurt to sit on. The work out was intense, which is why I am going to be there again today at 3:00 pm! I am going to get my swell on, pump some iron, and get ripped, so buy a ticket to the gun show. Just kidding. Until next time….
It seems that the closer classes get to the end of the semester, the faster they go by. I don’t even have class today because students are picking their classes for next semester. I have final papers due soon in two of my classes, and in my other two classes I basically have one more test and then a final. It is crazy to think that I am already half way through my freshman year. I have learned so much in such short time. In a semester, I have learned more than one year of high school, and it is amazing to see how much I have changed since my first day on campus.
Being a freshman, it’s great to be part of a team. I play on the SNC football team and last week we drove about 8 hours to Monmouth and suffered a devastating loss to a good team, but a beatable team. It is not in a knight’s heart to lose, so throughout this week we have been working to perfection in order to dominate Carroll this Saturday.
As a wide receiver, this week coach continually has us working on or release from the line of scrimmage, because Carroll likes to play a lot of one on one (man coverage), which is very easy to score on as long as you can keep the corners hands off of you and get past them.
I am so excited to play against man corners; I don’t think I have gotten man coverage all year. Man I am pumped, all I have to do is rip the corners hands off my hip, get him to open his hips one way, and then I am going to take off the other way. It is a lot harder than it sounds, but not if you’re a knight!
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