Baldwin-Wallace Blog

Back, and more brutal than ever!

Dryden — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:31:38 +0000

Before I got to BW this fall I had something akin to a laundry list of things I had to do:

•Memorize Colline’s part in La Boheme
•Choose, practice, and memorize 2 songs for Rent auditions
• Transcribe one of them into a readable piano part, because no sheet music for Radiohead’s
“Just” exists.
•Choose, practice, memorize, and type out 2 monologues
•Memorize a scene for Candice Perdan’s directing final
•Choose and practice two songs for classical guitar lessons
•Arrange to buy an acoustic guitar on Craigslist (tomorrow, in Kent)

So it’s been a little overwhelming and not all of it is… done. Rent auditions are tonight, which will be a load off, but other than that, most things are still pending. At least they couldn’t make me do all of it today…. right?

The Samster’s Back

Sam — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:02:29 +0000

What can I say? I miss the daily grind of B-Dubs. That’s why I blog. Wanted to mention a thing or two for those coming to the school for the first time this year.
1) Read all my blogs. They may not be 100% informative 100% of the time, but they will always be at least 75% entertaining 45% of the time.
2) For you vegans and vegetarians out there, live at the salad bar during lunch hours. The selection is extensive. Meat-lovers, don’t be afraid to grab a day-long roasted hot dog out of the ballpark-like hot dog cookers. Your stomach may not love you for it, but your brain will.
3) Grow near and dear to your advisor. No joke in this one. If you have Susan Oldreive, it’ll be a non-issue.
4) Do whatever feels comfortable for you. The year will be memorable whether you try to make it memorable or not. That’s the greatest and worse thing about our brains. They remember.
5) If you buy a parking pass, beware the meter-man. (see other blogs for details)
-Sam

Just Checkin’ In!

Dryden — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:01:56 +0000

So my shows at Nebraska Shakespeare Festival just closed, so I thought I’d blog again for fun!

Overall, it was a great experience and I definitely have BW to thank for being able to do it. It was a 7 week process with actors and directors from all over America (and a Juliet from the Philippines, who was totally awesome). And it’s always nice to be paid for something you used to do just for fun.

Now I’m just relaxing at home, planning road trips, sleeping a lot, and enjoying myself! I’m kind of excited to get back to school, but I’m enjoying my free time too.

Schools Almost HERE!!!!!

David — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:48:35 +0000

GUESS WHAT EVERYONE!!! SCHOOL IS ALMOST IN!!!
Yes, I am that type of loser that is overly excited for school. But then again, break has gone by quick.

So what have I been up to?

Glad you asked?

1) Work
Thanks to my awesome resume, I landed a job at the Social Security Administration Office in Lakewood Ohio. It’s a fab place. I get to deal with people and learn the ins and outs of federal government from a public social service side. I’ve been making good money and networking with several people. I’ve got to meet several co-workers who just also happen to be B-W Alum. It’s really cool to chat about the school and hear their stories about back in the day.

2) Lady Gaga Concert
My Lovely GF bought me a ticket to the Lady Gaga Concert in Cleveland which just happened to be on our 2 year anniversary. I like the music, but I’m not a hardcore fan like some. Anyways, THE CONCERT WAS AWESOME!!! One of the best concerts I have been to. Not only can she (Lady Gaga…, Lady Gaga) can sing, but she can perform as well. So that was a blast!

3) GRE Studying and School Shopping
So I’m a Senior and I’m losing my mind as bad as I did when I was a Junior in Highschool who was undergraduate shopping (This is similar to my freshie and soph readers). Well folks, Grad school shopping is far worse. It’s not as “easy” as undergrad was. I am looking at three schools so far. I am looking at Mercyhurst in Erie,PA for their Masters in Intelligence Studies program. I am looking at Kent State for thier Masters of Justice Studies program. Lastly, I am looking at CSU for their Masters of Public Administration program. To top it all off… I have to study the GRE. Think of the ACT and SAT, now think of it about 6 years later when the material has evaporated from your brain… Welcome to my world. I’ve spent some nights pounding my head into the computer desk (figuratively, not literally). This just is painful

4) Internship/RA’ing/Greek Life Planning
Well Ladies and Gents, I’ll be working at an Internship when School starts. I’ve got my paperwork mostly done, worked with my faculty advisor, and met with the place I will be interning at. EXCITING!!!! Also, as some may or may not remember. I will be one of the two RAs on the Third floor of North Hall. So watch out kiddos, there’s a new sheriff in town ;p I also have been working hard with the Greek Life Recruitment Team. The team as a whole have been planning on recruitment activities, guidelines, and other random things. It’s been a lot of work, but it’s been fun as well.

5) PAINTBALLL!!!!!
Yes, my passion. I love paintball, if you don’t believe me go and read my 300000000 other blog posts. It’s nice to be free from school and other random things. I get to enjoy paintball every other weekend and get to have fun. Paintball to me is something that no matter what is going on, for those few hours you are out there paintballing, all is good in the world. I got to go on my annual trip out to PA for a large paintball event. It was mind melting good. I have gone to this every year since I’ve started College. It allows me to decompress fully and relax really really well before school starts.

So my readers, school is starting. It’s starting soon. Better get your booklist completed, do some reading, and lastly enjoy what is left of this awesome summer.

See you all around!
-David

Enjoy some pics as well

O Hai There End of the Year!

David — Sat, 08 May 2010 20:16:09 +0000

Hey all, it’s been a while. How about that?
Anyways, I’m chilling here at lovely B-Dubs, when everyone is mostly gone. I’m here at extended stay with some other people ushering for graduation. So I get to stay a tad bit longer and see my friends graduate… Two awesome perks of being an usher.

So what has happened since last time?

1) Formal
I had my Fraternity’s spring formal and it’s also the senior send off formal. It’s sad to see some great guys graduate. Guys that you look up to, respect, gain wisdom from, or in my case, annoy them as much as you can. It was a great night to dance, have a meal, and just bro out.

2) Finals
Finals are some very scary things. I had a final everyday, minus Friday of this week. It’s extremely stressful. For the most part, everything went well. So I’m a happy camper.

3)Moving Out
So there are two times of the year where it is mass chaos here at B-W. The first being move-in, the second being move-out. You see so many people who are maniacs moving tons of crap out. People please, don’t bring so much when you move in. A ton more of things will accumulate here on campus and there’s going to be so much junk to take back home. I’m taking a futon that I ended up with back home to use for next semester. So that should be exciting. So for the most part, everything is out of my room. Just minor things here and there to take out for tomorrow.

4) Summer Job/Internship maybe?
I have applied to several places over the summer for employment. I will probably be working a few days in the admissions office, but for the most part I will be job hunting. I have interviewed at several places and so far it all looks good. So wish me the best on that…

5) Summer!
I have some plans for the summer. So let’s list them and see if I complete them.
- Go on a roadtrip
I would like to roadtrip it to Canada with some friends over break and just relax
-Go to EMR Paintball in PA
Every year, some buddies of mine and myself go on a trip to PA for this massive paintball event. It’s a really cool trip to do, so I hope to get that done again.
-Go to Indiana for UIFI (The Undergraduate Fraternity Institute)
I’m scheduled to go to Indiana for UIFI which is a large conference for those who are in the Greek Life community.
-Have fun
It’s summer, no school. Just enjoy life, ya know!

So have a good summer break. To the new B-W’ers who are coming to BW, HOPE TO SEE YOU!!!!

-David

Over Now

Carson — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:49:40 +0000

Well, I’m officially done with my junior year in college, and it feels a little different this time around. First, it’s nice being in a house off campus, and I don’t feel rushed to pack and scram out of here. I’ll probably gradually trickle some of my stuff back to my permanent home over the next week or so, and I’ll basically have a week to be a bum before I start work painting houses over the summer. Even then, I’ll have the luxury of coming back and forth between homes whenever I feel like it until I start my second job as a camp counselor. Also, it’s a weird feeling knowing that next year is my last ever in college… but let’s pretend I never said anything since I’m not trying to think about that.

My finals actually were really really easy–I had two “real” ones, the other classes we just met or turned in some things. Plus, the one test was an essay which isn’t really something you can study for too much, so it’s like I only had to study for one final. Even then that one (for communications) was just our third unit test, so yeah. A real easy week for me, so it’s almost like I’ve been out of school for weeks now. And yes, it’s already boring me… I kind of can’t wait for work to start, then I won’t just be sitting on my hands and will be making some money. I’ve been really pinching pennies and being super cheap with food lately, and while that can sort of be remedied by going home to Pepper Pike, I’m not ready to be moving stuff around and sticking around there yet. So I guess I’ll kick off my summer with nothing too special, but I’d say that’s all you could ask for after two fairly difficult semesters of school. I hope this summer’s an enjoyable one, and of course I look forward to next year at Baldwin Wallace, so until then, I hope everyone has a great summer!

Drawing to a close…

Dryden — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:22:01 +0000

This year is. It’s an interesting feeling, when you get to think about it in between running around in circles screaming your head off about finals. There are some beautiful, beautiful days outside now.

Freshman year has just flown by. It seems like yesterday that I was meeting Natalia, Joe, and Ciara at orientation, and my first classes started, and I can still remember getting lost in the midst of all the unfamiliar buildings with names I didn’t know yet, and climbing the steps of Dietsch last semester to get to English. It all feels like it was yesterday. But doesn’t everything in retrospect?

Last Day… of a Lot of Things

Carson — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:59:43 +0000

Today was the last day of regular classes at BW, and it’s a breath of relief for a lot of people, I’m sure. I only had my Literature of Rock and Roll today, and I admit that it’s in a way sad to have such a cool class come and go like that. I wish all classes were as interesting as that, but not to say I’m bored by other ones. I liked my communication class a lot, and that’s increasingly become a field I’m interested in. Oh, also, today was the last day of my student teaching, something I’ve failed to mention until now. I was placed in a middle school over in Elyria a half hour away, and that was a nice experience. I had 8th grade language arts, and the kids and teachers were all goo to me there. The best part of the whole experience there was the teaching of George Orwell’s Animal Farm I did. I mean, I like Animal Farm and all, but just the fact that I taught a book was really great to me. That’s essentially what I’ll be doing as a teacher someday, so it was really nice to get my feet wet with the teaching of literature. I led a class discussion, going over the events and interpretations of the novel, just like back in high school and even some college classes. I thought it went well, even if I was a little pressed for time that day… but managing time is something I’ll continue to improve at as a teacher, so again it’s good to get this practice. So overall I’ve had a good experience there, and overall a pretty good semester. I think that academically this should end up as one of my better semesters, so there’s always that. And my finals aren’t looking too difficult… so I’d say a studious-yet-not-over-stressful (aka 1 hour of sleep a night) weekends is in store as I prepare for the last of my junior year.

8 Days

Brooke — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:52:11 +0000

So part of me wanted to put “Mile” as the second word in my title, but I fought the urge. I just thought I should share that with you.

Only a few more days until finals, and I can easily say I don’t feel horrendously stressed out. Yes, I have three finals, a paper, and a portfolio due, but either I think it’s going to be easy or my mind is deceiving me. But I’m gonna start preparing studying stuff tonight after I go to dinner at my boyfriend’s house and help him back up his computer because he’s a dork and messed it up. But I digress. I think that I have one of the more manageable schedules this semester despite the fact that I am taking a full credit load.

We just had a hall meeting last night about check out procedures, which is kind of scary. I’ve already taken a great majority of clothes home that I won’t be wearing in the next two weeks and my parents will be coming next week to take all of my stuff home. Oh. My. Goodness. It’s so weird. I don’t know what to expect going home for the summer. I hope it’s not as bad as I think it will be.

Oh… and random fact! I finally got Pokemon. So in addition to my semi-lack of motivation for studying, I have Pokemon Soul Silver to distract me. And this whole Pokewalker thing is ridiculously fun! Lol. XD

Alright….I will probably post again next week before it’s time to leave.

Good luck to everyone on finals!

Post-Reign, Year Closing

Carson — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:20:17 +0000

My god, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged… sorry about that, but the end of the year can be pretty busy as I’m sure any student could tell you. But let’s get right down to business: April Reign, first off, was fun as always. I went to all the events but chariot this year (I’ve yet to do that), and they were as entertaining as ever. One of my roommates and a few friends did the obstacle course. They didn’t do so hot, but it was all out of fun. The down side of this year was that it was ridiculously rainy, as opposed to the last two years where it was like 80 degrees and sunny, but you can’t win them all. And of course, now it’s been like 40 the past few days and I’ve had to break the winter comforter back out for my bed. Other than that, classes and schoolwork haven’t been too bad lately since all my work got dumped on me the previous week. I mentioned those 10-pagers, a research paper and all my work from then, and yes, the whole doing work ahead of time actually helped a lot (imagine that!). I think I’m onto something there. As far as the year closing, I have mixed feelings. I never like when school ends because a lot of friends leave for the summer, but on the other hand I don’t have any schoolwork to do. I have work of course, but I’m hoping to make some big bucks this summer, since lord knows my wallet is aching from use right now. Rent’s been a real killer for me, as well as car payments, food… Actually, I’ve been eating off my Jacket Express a lot lately since I overcompensated at the beginning of the semester, so it hasn’t been that bad. Plus, only three more months on the lease at the ol’ house… and I haven’t QUITE figured out next year’s living arrangements, but no worries there. The rest of the year should sail smoothly, since I’ve already smartly taken measures to prepare for finals and don’t have that much left these days. I’d say I’m getting pretty good at being a college student, so bring on finals next week.