I went to the E-Sports Club on Thursday. It was really interesting and fun. They gave a very brief introduction to the club, then split us up into the games we play. I like playing CS:GO and Overwatch so was in that group. Crazy enough an overwhelming number of the people at the General Interest Meeting were League of Legends players. The people in my group were cool and we spoke about the things we liked or disliked about Overwatch. They gave us pizza and coke so I was satisfied. Overall I think the Club is really interesting. Even though I told myself i wouldn’t join a club this semester, I am seriously debating whether or not I should join. Seems like a lot of fun to me at least.
Month: September 2017
At the MET
I went to the Metropolitan museum of art a few days ago for my Freshman Seminar academic blog assignment. The museum is only a few blocks from my residence hall so it wasn’t too difficult to find. I paid $5 for my ticket because I would feel bad only paying $1, it felt beneath me even though I’m a poor college student.
The first exhibit I went to was the World War One exhibit. I went there because I can get extra credit in history for writing a short paper on the exhibit so that was a plus of the experience. The exhibit provided an interesting look into the changing art forms and takes on war during the course of the ordeal.
Next, I needed pictures for my art class so I went to the contemporary and European sections for pictures. First I took pictures of some of the abstract Jackson Pollock pieces they had; it was interesting seeing them in person for the first time. I then took a photo of an Edward Hopper painting and, my personal favorite, Van Gogh. I took a lot of photos of his art and was most excited to see his paintings because he’s always been my favorite painter. Plus I needed to do an enrichment workshop for this class so all around it was a pretty productive experience.
All in all, this was a helpful experience for my freshman integration into college. Besides getting a lot of work done for classes I also got some valuable experience outside of my dorm and classroom. This was especially good for me as I didn’t grow up in New York and it was nice to have some time to explore the city a bit more. I’ll most likely end up going to the museum at least one more time my freshman year as I enjoy art and history and would like to spend some more time exploring.
Sidenote: The only reason this is getting submitted right before class is that it was done yesterday but this website deleted it the last time I submitted it so I had to rewrite it.
American Museum of Natural History
On September 4th 2017, I went to American Museum of Natural History, which is one of the largest history museum in the world located in upper west side of Manhattan. I like spending my free time on museum because every time that I come here, there is always a new discovery awaiting for me. This picture is from in front of the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, which is my favorite place in this museum. I could enjoy dioramas of various marine organisms in an atmosphere like being inside of ocean. The scale of blue wheal which being exhibited in the middle is especially overwhelming. The primarily reason I am interested in ocean life is because the world of deep ocean might be the most mysterious and relatively unknown area that the human race has not reached on earth. There might be new species haven’t been discovered yet or might be some clue remained for solving mystery of birth of the Earth. Going to museum broaden my perspective and world. American museum of natural history’s one of the missions is “To discover, interpret, and disseminate—through scientific research and education—knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe. ” I highly recommend to visit this Museum for people who haven’t been there yet. Thank you for reading! 
The MET
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has always been a place that I wanted to visit, but for some reason, haven’t. With this blog assignment, I found the perfect excuse to go visit. Just standing in front of the famous museum, I was very excited. Definitely more excited than I thought I would be.
When I realized that the MET had an Ancient Egypt Exhibition, I knew that was where I wanted to go first. Being Egyptian, and not knowing much about the culture, I really wanted to see what they had. I wasn’t disappointed. The exhibit had pretty much everything from hieroglyphics to statues to gold. It was amazing to me how much actual stuff from Egypt they had that was in the museum. Walking through the exhibit, truly made me feel like I was walking through Ancient Egypt.
The last time I been to Egypt was about three years ago when I had actually went to visit the Museum of Cairo. The exhibit in the MET reminded me of a mini version of the Museum of Cairo. They had many similarities such as having a room filled with jewelry and gold, which is one of my favorite sections. Although the MET did not have mummies like the Museum of Cairo, it had plenty to remind me of my Egyptian culture. I had a great time and definitely see myself visiting again.
CLUB with CCF
The first week on Thursday I went to UCLA’s GIM and found out that it was not as what I expected, except for their food.
So the second week during club hours I went to the Alpha Kappa Psi’s GIM. It’s definitely a amazing club for those who has a intended major in business-related field. Although it will be a must-join club for me when I become a junior or senior, I felt so nervous there as a freshmen since it’s such a professional club. I want something fun and interesting. So I left in the middle and finally went to CCF under my friend’s recommendation.
CCF is shorted for Chinese Christian Fellowship. Members there were all Chinese and they spoke Chinese during the meeting as well. During the GIM, the core members not only gave a brief introduction of the club, but also gave out useful tips regarding Baruch college life to benefit all the first-year students, like where and how we can get discounted but delicious food, where and how we can get access to Baruch’s resource(music center, library study room, gym), etc. To be honest, I am neither a Christian nor a Catholic so I don’t believe in what they believe. However, I had lots of fun there and the people there are funny and friendly. So I decided to stay. I asked the president whether I can stay in the club if I am not a Christian. “Of course!” is the answer I got. The president told me that the main purpose of the club is to provide a platform for Baruch students to meet friends and feeling connected while members, which they called “brothers and sisters”, can study bible at the same time. That really impressed me.
I think I am going to stick with CCF until I can find a club which I can play pokers and Mahjong. 
MET
Four years. It has been four years since I last went to a museum. I never paid much interest in museums because I thought they are boring. Whenever I went to a museum, it was always with a class, and the teacher would assign us work, which ruins the experience for me. Also, all there is to do is walk around, right? But after my recent trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, I realized how wrong I was. I have been quite stressed recently, so walking around the museum was like an escape for me because it eased my worries. I was able to temporarily forget my problems and focus on absorbing in all the art and learning new information. I am glad I decided to visit a museum because now I know another place I can go to if I want to destress.
Vic Nizzo
Between school and work it was hard to find an event at Baruch that lined up with my schedule so I found the time to visit one of the museums. At first I tried to go to the Visual Arts Museum on 23rd street, but when I got there I was told I just missed it. I went between classes so the next closest museum was the Museum of Sex. It was a $20 entrance fee and not at all what I expected it to be. When I think of a museum I think of a place where you can find the history of a certain period of time, culture, art, or pretty much anything. This museum was small and mostly on sexual taboos, which is interesting and all, but it lacked the historical perspective of sexuality.
At CCF
I went to CCF last Thursday.The full name of CCF is Chinese Christian Fellowship.This club serve Christian students and faculty to explore the relevance of the Christian faith to every aspect of their lives. And they also help freshmen get into the big “society” of Baruch quickly.
Before I went to this club,I had no idea about where I supposed to go.So I just looked around the whole school for searching some special clubs.After a while,I passed by their general meeting room with my friends and getting attracted to their amazing activities.The members there are so nice and hearty.So my friends and I just walked into the room and took a look.
We did some interesting games at first.That was a game called “trees and squirrels”，which is game that I never heard about.After all members knew a little bit of each others,we started singing hymns.At that moment,the whole classroom was very peaceful.Then president and some old members shared some useful tips and their opinion for this club.The most impressive sentence they said was “It’s okay if you believe this religion or not,we can just be a good family here without any purposes.”
At the end of the class,we took a big family photo which is at the top of this blog.The reason why I post this photo instead of my selfie is that this photo really explain the word “family” perfectly.Hope all of us here could keep this word in mind from now on.
At Alpha Kappa PSI with “brothers”
On September 7th, I went to the AKPSI club, which is Alpha Kappa Psi. I heard that the club is a professional business fraternity that they help us to extensive network of alumni. The member of AKPSI will be able have greater opportunities at some profitable companies. I am very interesting about that, because my major is accounting.
There were a lot of “brothers” in the overcrowded room. By the way, they call members brothers that make me more familiar with them. I went there with my friend and classmate of FRO class. Before the presentation begin, we can get some chicken nuggets, french fries and sodas that they offer. Sarah is Hwang is the rush chairs of AKPSI. She apologized to us, because there was no enough for us. At first sight, I felt that she is very kind and considerate. Maybe, that is how AKPSI is.
I hope I can join to this AKPSI family. At last, I took photo with Linda, Kimi and two “brothers” we just met.
At ESA
I attended the general interest meeting for the ESA in Baruch’s vertical campus. The meeting was full of laughs and good times talking about video games. There were discussion of roles in games and people’s mains in Overwatch and League of Legends. I was able to go with Marcus, Anthony, and Alex. The people who ran the meeting seemed to enjoy what they do in the club and talked about the success of the club including the CSGO team which won a major tournament last year with a huge prize pool. They also talked about the committees that people could join and I was interested in joining the marketing committee. I enjoyed the meeting and the good times.