For my final blog, I decided to attend a workshop that discusses sexual harassment and what to do when witnessing sexual harassment. Although I already learned much of the information from Haven, this workshop was much more interesting and went into more detail about dealing with sexual harassment. For example, Jean (the leader of this workshop) presented a New Zealand advertisement that follows the night of an adult woman at a bar and shows her being abused by another man that is trying to get her drunk and take advantage of her. The video then rewinds and shows all the moments that night that somebody could have stepped in and prevented any of the future events from happening. This was a very hard video to watch as it directly addressed the issue of sexual assault but it was effective at teaching me the ways I can intervene in that kind of situation. The workshop also discussed gender norms and stereotypes which also contribute to the problem of sexual assault and was not really mentioned in the Haven training. Overall, the workshop turned out to be more interesting than I had anticipated and I learned a lot from it.
Author: d.veras
Baruch Voices
For my second blog post, I decided to attend Baruch Voices to acquaint myself with the amount of diversity Baruch College has. Baruch Voices was certainly a unique and entertaining experience because the ideas shared differed greatly from one another. Also, you never know what tone or message each presenter is going to deliver so it made it more surprising and exciting. One of my favorite presentations was about the story of how Squidward was able to form a band in one of the Spongebob episodes. The presenter described the story in a way which made it seem like a personal, realistic event but towards the end of the presentation, it is revealed that he was actually describing a Spongebob episode. I was so surprised that I was actually fooled by this and it gave me a good laugh. Overall, Baruch Voices taught me about the different life experiences students go through and also showcased the amount of talent these students possess.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
On October 10th, I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I had never been to this museum before and at first glance, I noticed how grand and well kept the museum looked. The interior was modern looking and spent about an hour just walking around and observing all the interesting pieces on display. My favorite display that I observed there was an ancient Greek sculpture of the goddess Athena because it looked so detailed and made me question how the Greeks were able to create these masterpieces hundreds of years ago. I learned about several Roman sculptures as well and how a lot of them are reworks of Greek sculptures.