Author Archives: lhoo

So, I got the soldier some nice soda-flavored jelly beans, which looked exceedingly scrumptious. It was quite hard not to open the bag during the delivery. Crush orange soda flavored, root beer flavored, Dr. Pepper flavored, Mountain Dew flavored — … Continue reading →

On November 10th, I went to my last and, arguably, most useful workshop: Internship and Goal Setting. I could tell it’d be a good workshop from the moment we had to line up in front of the doors, sign in … Continue reading →

The freshman seminar definitely helped me in getting acclimated to college life. There were mentors there to guide us and help us when we needed it. As a learning community, it truly felt like we were all there for each … Continue reading →

Professor Mindy Engle-Friedman of Ombuds provided us some information about mediating conflicts (and resolving disputes…). An Ombuds is a person who helps students of Baruch with any problems they may have. Whether it be a personal issue (i.e., family issues, … Continue reading →

One of my biggest concerns coming into college was choosing classes. Really. The whole idea of it being your own personal responsibility to make sure you have all the credits to graduate. It’s pretty daunting. What if you don’t have … Continue reading →

This small gallery tour was my first time being in the Sidney Mishkin Gallery. The photographs there are beautiful — some even breathtaking. The tour was a bit short, but we were able to roam around ourselves after the speaker … Continue reading →

As I was headed towards the Club Fair, I feared that it would be a repeat of Freshman Reception: the wait to get in was insanely long, and the line wasn’t much of a line at all. Thankfully, though, after … Continue reading →

The workshop on Sonia Sotomayor opened my eyes to the whole issue of sex and race. Why is it that, still today, society shows its sexism and racism? Although it’s a breakthrough having Sotomayor as the first female Hispanic (“Latina”) … Continue reading →

After waiting on a ridiculously long line to get in to the actual workshop, we heard a short speech about declaring minors, required classes for each tier, and the like. Although this was very helpful information, it was all stated … Continue reading →