Friday, October 30, 2009

Writing Center

I have been to the writing center 4 times and it is very helpful. The people there are very good with writing and they are very helpful when it comes to helping students. They do not tell you what to write, they just give you good ideas and help you understand the assignment better. I would request the writing center to anyone. Even if you very good at writing papers, they will still show you new things and help you out.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Halloween

I realized that Halloween is a season that is very fun for all ages. Being a college student is a lot of fun. Two nights ago I dressed up as Wendy of the restaurant Wendy's. I was wearing a red wig and a red dress. I think everyone laughed and it was a good time. Saturday is going to be very embarrassing for me. My room ate is dressing as a pimp and I am going to be his slut. I think I will have a good time and hopefully not get made fun of to bad.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

A Guy That Dances Around Campus

I have been walking to class on several occasions and I have noticed this guy that dances. This guy dances his every step. I have seen him almost 7 times and every time I see him he is wearing a black jump suit with a black hat. I wanted to talk about this because I want to see how many people have seen him. I am sure I will get some comments about this. If you have not seen him I am sure you will before the end of the year.

Food at Ball State

Talking to my friends at other colleges has been very interesting. They talk to me about their roomates, parties, girls, classes and most of all food. I have a lot of friends that go to Indiana and Purdue. All of them have complained about how they are sick and tired of the same food. They only have certain food courts that are a short walking distance. When I tell them that I am able to walk a short distance to all of the food courts they say that I am lucky. As I thought about it I think that all of us are very lucky to have a variety of food courts within a short walking distance.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Article For Paper

Trajectories of smoking among freshmen college students with prior smoking history and risk for future smoking: data from the University Project Tobacco Etiology Research Network (UpTERN) study.

This article talks about college students and gives good information about cigarettes and how it is affecting their current lives and their future. This article talks about how young teenagers are smoking more and more each year. This article also talks about how college students start to have more freedom this is why students start to smoke or smoke more on a daily basis rather than trying to sneak it from their parents.

This article gives good information about cigarettes and how they affect young people.


Citation:

Addiction; Sep2008, Vol. 103 Issue 9, p1534-1543, 10p, 2 charts, 1 diagram, 2 graphs

Midterms

These last few weeks I think a lot of us has students have realized how difficult college can be. I have had 3 exams in 2 days and I am pretty sure I only got a B on one of them. In high school I did not have to take any midterms so I have to adjust to them, which sucks. Now I know I should probably start study a few days before rather than the night before. I am sure I am not the only that has had trouble on their midterms.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

The Weather

This weather sucks really bad. My favorite seasons are spring and summer. I hate fall because of how chilly it gets. The only reason why I like the winter is because its basketball season. I hate when it is cold especially when it is snowing and raining.I hope it does not snow to bad this winter because it is going to suck when we have to walk to classes.

Peer Review Question that was most helpful to me

Is there too much abstraction? Too much "telling" the audience a moral or lesson? Or so much abstraction that its not clear what the song actually says? Point out where you would like more concrete examples from the song and less explanation.


This question helped me realize that I was telling more of a moral lesson rather than writing about what the song really means. When my paper was proofread I learned that I needed more concrete examples too. I did not have enough examples for my song. This is why this question helped me a lot.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

The analysis paper

This paper is going to be a little difficult for me. I am going to have a little trouble getting four pages. I think I am going to the writing center so I think they will give me some ideas to make it a little longer. I do like this assignment because it is actually interesting to study a song that we like and relate it to a book like "A Long Way Gone". I hope everyone is not stressing out to bad about this paper.

The cold weather

The weather the past week has been a little chilly. I do not mind it during the afternoon, but the mornings are very cold. If the wind would not blow it would not be to bad. One benefit from this weather is the temperature in the dorms are perfect. My dorm is not to hot or to cold it is perfect. During the winter it is going to be very cold walking around on campus. I never really thought about it until now. Winter is my least favorite season. The only reason why I enjoy winter is because that means its basketball season.