Author Archives: McKenzie Davidson

My favorite workshop that we attended this semester with our freshman seminar class was the LGBTQIA workshop. I am personally very accepting in al senses. I am friends with people of all sexualities, races, religions, etc. After this workshop though I realized that some things I say as jokes are actually offensive. Of course I do not mean them in an offensive way but my works can be hurtful still. I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable or feel like I am judging them. The workshop made me realize that I really need to be careful of my words even if I am just joking and also to stand up for people if someone else is making comments, jokingly or intentionally.

It’s pretty easy for me to find a picture that represents my first few months here at Baruch. Looking back at the first semester, all I see is volleyball. This is a picture taken seconds after we won the championship on November 2nd, against our rival school, Hunter. This picture describes my experience at Baruch, because being a part of the volleyball team made my transition into college so much easier. Coming across the country, into a new city, where I didn’t know anybody could have ended very badly. It can be really hard to meet people and do things in situations like that. But coming into a team before school even started, ensured that I already had 14 automatic friends and about 15 from the boys’ team. If I wasn’t playing volleyball at Baruch, not only would the transition have been hard, but I actually wouldn’t have ended up here. There is no possible way I could have survived this semester and the semesters to come without volleyball.

I like to consider myself a bit of a music fanatic. I listen to all genres of music, and really like them all. For me, it would be hard to describe myself through songs because I know too many, and it might as well be impossible to pick just ten that describe who I am. Most of the songs that I would consider part of my top selections are more songs that bring back good memories or have good vibes than songs that I can necessarily relate to lyrically. This isn’t necessarily true for all music, but when I am happy it is the music that I love; but when I am sad is when I really listen to the lyrics. And since I’d rather be happy more than I am sad my playlist is made up of mostly upbeat/pump-up songs.

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Hey I’m McKenzie. Since I’ve moved here it seems that there are two things about me that people seem to find interest in, and if you are in any of my other classes you probably already know them both because they are two of the things I love most.

First off, I play volleyball. I’ve played for 6 years and I have been lucky enough to be a part of the team here at Baruch. Playing volleyball is one of those things that can make or break my day. Well, if i don’t have volleyball it is automatically a bad day. It can always make my day better though. It is always able to help me clear my head and if not clear it, at least keep my mind off of any outside problems while I’m on the court. When I’m playing nothing else really matters except my game and my team. To those of you in my other classes… sorry for talking about volleyball all the time, but I’m obsessed.

The other “interesting” thing about me is that I am from California. Southern California. Orange County. Disneyland. The “OC.” Laguna Beach. Whatever name you may recognize. I think that the reason people are so interested in my being from Orange County, California is because they are so surprised that I would choose to move 3,000 miles across the country from my very “stereotypical Californian” home. It is impossible to say that I don’t love and miss the beach, the weather, taco tuesdays, weekly Disneyland trips, top-notch Mexican food, surfers, palm trees, driving with the windows down and all the other small things that make Califonria, California for me. And when people ask me why I chose to move all the way to New York, I don’t really know what to tell them. Even now I have no clue what I was thinking, moving 3,000 miles away from my family, friends, and all the things I love. But I can say that I’m glad I did. Wouldn’t give this experience up for anything, except maybe an In-N-Out burger…