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Enjoying the Halloween Alternatives

Hey there, Prospectives!

Hope you all enjoyed the past week and aren’t too bogged down by schoolwork.  Thankfully, this has been another week with a light workload for me, so I have definitely enjoyed it.

Last weekend actually set the tone for my week.  Friday night was our Ngoma bonding activity, which I know we all enjoyed.  Some of our members cooked and other food was bought, and we just hung out and had a good time together.  After that was Spider Mayhem, which is the annual event where the men and women’s basketball teams are introduced and provide entertainment for the UR students in attendance.  There were contests, prizes, food, and performances, all in the name of school spirit.

Saturday morning I helped out with Trick or Treat Street, a daytime event for children to enjoy on Halloween with games, food, and fun.  That night, I had a phenomenal time at the Spirit Lounge, which is an open mic event for a Christian community.  There was standing room only and an abundance of talent.  I am very much looking forward to the next one. :-)

This weekend will be lots of fun as well because it is homecoming.  I don’t even know which events I will be attending because there are so many going on, but I will be sure to let you all know in my next post.  Until then, relax, release, breathe.

And GO SPIDERS!!! :-D

Amani

Published by Amani on November 6, 2009 in Etc... and School life. 0 Comments

Recuperation

Hey there, Prospectives! 

Getting those applications ready?  Remember, if you want to apply early decision to UR, the fall deadline is November 15 (only a couple weeks away!) and the winter deadline is January 15.  Also, if you wish to be considered by the Richmond Scholars Program, the deadline is December 15.  I encourage you all to try to meet this deadline because you should never pass up an opportunity to be considered for a large sum of scholarship money if you can help it.  I am personally a Richmond Scholar with an Oliver Hill designation, and I think it is great that I don’t really have to worry about paying for college because my tuition is taken care of through my scholarship.  For more information about the UR admission timeline, visit http://admissions.richmond.edu/application/timeline.html

In other news…

I have had a wonderfully relaxing week!  I think it is very necessary to de-stress when you can, and since I had two weeks full of stress, I used this entire one to rest and recuperate.  Don’t worry—I haven’t shirked any of my academic or extra-curricular responsibilities.  I had a very light workload this week, so I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Monday evening I went out with a couple friends to the Byrd Theater (which only costs $2!) to see The Time Traveler’s Wife, and I really liked it.  Tuesday, my godmother was in Richmond, so I took her to a poetry reading on campus (since it was mandatory for me to attend anyway), and then we ate dinner at The Cellar, which is UR’s on-campus restaurant.  We both had a great time for the few hours that we had together.  Wednesday afternoon I took one of my friends downtown to get a haircut, and I spent a little time walking around the city, then my best friend and I went to her room to watch Save the Last Dance, which is always fun.  Thursday consisted of volunteering for a couple hours at Bon Air Elementary with an ESL student as well as Ngoma practice, both of which I always eagerly anticipate.

Today will be great, too, because I get to register for classes for next semester (which is a competitive race in itself), and tonight Ngoma is having our bonding activity, which will be dinner and games at a few of the girls’ apartment.  Tomorrow is the Spirit Lounge, and I am very much looking forward to it because last semester it was an amazing exhibition of talent in an open mic setting and Christian environment.

Looks like this week will be hard to beat.  I really think it might be the most enjoyable week I’ve had all semester.  I’m just trying to enjoy the down time while I can, because it most assuredly will not last forever.

I hope you all are making time for relaxation and fun as well in between all of your college preparation! 

Later…

Amani

Published by Amani on October 30, 2009 in Oliver Hill/Richmond Scholars, Etc... and School life. 0 Comments

The Struggle

Hello hello, Prospectives!

My life at this school has been so busy!  Midterms and papers have been swallowing up my free time and social life.  I’ve been stressed out, and I’m pretty sure that the sentiment is resounding across campus.

The unfortunate events began about a week and a half ago when my teacher posted sources for our term paper due today.  As nice as it would have been to get started on that paper then, I couldn’t because I had a midterm in the class due on the Monday of Fall Break.  Yeah, I know…why would he do that to us?  So much for having a break.  Mind you, the midterm was a paper.

Ok, so after that paper consumed my entire Fall Break last weekend, I had to turn around and get started on my term paper that was due today—6-10 pages on pretty much the stuff covered in the midterm.  The point of it all?  Who knows.  But I can tell you all that I struggled.

I had been highly upset that my teacher would do such a thing as have such a weighty assignment due over our supposed break period, but I was even more disillusioned with this particular professor when I spent my entire past weekend working on this term paper.  Two weekends in a row gone to two papers which both count for large portions of my final grade.

I have never had much trouble writing papers at all, but considering the amount of mental exertion I’ve had to endure with these assignments on top of all of my other classes, I did indeed struggle for the term paper.  Every day I sat on my laptop and tried and tried to work toward my goals, but never quite accomplished them.

It was not until today at 4:45 p.m. that I finished and finally submitted this term paper.  Currently to show for my effort, I have a piercing headache and bags under my eyes.  Hopefully, however, all of my toiling will pay off with a rewarding grade.

We can only hope.

Best wishes to you in all of your current academic endeavors!  Perseverance is key!  :-)

Amani

Published by Amani on October 19, 2009 in School life and Breaks. 0 Comments
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