Freshman Seminar Fall 17 DTC

The First Baruch ESA Meeting

Last week on Thursday, I attended the General Interest Meeting for Baruch’s ESA Team along with other friends in the photo. ESA which stands for E-Sports Association is a group that is dedicated to competing in video games and attending various events related to competitive gaming. When the meeting started, the room became incredibly crowded and many latecomers had to stand throughout the entire meeting. The ESA club president and other higher ups introduced us to the club and their roles within the group. I personally do not enjoy games when they are being taken seriously but the club actually welcomes everyone as long as they enjoy video gaming as a hobby whether it is serious or not. After the introductions and the explanations about the ESA club, my friends who are also present in the picture, Noah Fleishman and Anthony Zhang, and I met a lot of new friends who had a lot in common with video games for the rest of the meeting. Overall, I really enjoyed attending this club meeting not only because of the video game aspect but because I was able to befriend many people in by conversing with them about gaming.

At the American Museum of Natural History

         On September 9th 2017, I went on a journey into the American Museum of Natural History. In my life, I have visited this place many times, but still every time that I come here I am astonished by the size and the number of people. Surprisingly when I got there, an individual came up to me and said “ here, I have an extra ticket” and I accepted the ticket. The exhibit that I chose was the Dinosaur exhibit. The reason I chose this exhibit was because I watched the Jurassic Park movies and afterwards I was interested to know more about the species. After I arrived at the exhibit, I was welcomed by the species, well, what’s left of them to be exact. I discovered dinosaur nests, bones, beaks, eggs, feathers, etc. There were many types of dinosaurs including the Stegosaurus Stenops, Triceratops Horridus, Apatosaurus Excelsus, etc. At my time at the museum, I’ve also noticed the rich diversity there. If you haven’t been to the museum yet, I recommend that you do because it’s not as boring as people say it is.   

At Alpha Kappa Psi

I actually don’t know what clubs I should go to. There’s a group of us. We are from the same FRO class and we don’t know what clubs we should join. So we decided to walk in this room on the third floor. First, we are hesitant to walk in because the room was crowded with people. They were serving chicken nuggets and French fries. We decided to wait in line to get the food. I got few pieces of chicken nuggets and some French fries. The room was way too crowded so we stood near the corner. One of the RUSH chairs, Sarah come over and introduced herself to us. She seems like a very nice person. She felt bad and sorry that there are no more chairs and that we need to stand. After like 10 minutes or so, the presentation started, introducing what is Alpha Kappa Psi and everything. During the presentation, one thing that they talked about was how to stand out.
Alpha Kappa Psi is a professional business fraternity. The first chapter, the Alpha chapter, was chartered in 1904 at New York University. There are an active 230 student chapters with 240,000 or more members world wide. Alpha Kappa Psi focused on brotherhood, professional and philanthropy. This isn’t like any college organization because it connects students and professionals together.
I am planned to major in Marketing Management at Baruch College. I want to join Alpha Kappa Psi because I think this club will benefit me in the future and this club seems pretty cool.
In order to qualify for an interview, I must attend 3 events like the general interest meeting, one professional event and one social or philanthropy event. So far I just attended one meeting, therefore I must attend two more in order to qualify for the interview.

Aaron at APO

 

Alpha Phi Omega is a service themed fraternity within Baruch. I attended their second general interest meeting, which included some great activities and surprises. In the beginning, I met in the designated room and was greeted with warm faces and friendly smiles. Multiple students in the club greeted me and happily made conversation. In addition, all the members were light hearted and made the experience enjoyable and memorable. My first impressions were positive, and I will continue to attend club meetings. This clubs hosts multiple events and attending these events will grant an interview to be inducted into the club. This clubs helps the community and is part of a larger APO fraternity nation wide. Their main goals are to develop leadership skills in members, share friendship, and to serve others. During the club we played ate pizza and spicy ramen, and played a speed dating game, with a three minute time for each round. During the game, I got to know multiple different members, and I got to learn more about Baruch as well as hear about their experiences. I learned about credits and different pre requisites to Zicklin, as well as experiences from students currently studying my planned major. I plan to attend one more event for APO so I can be considered for their interview, and hopefully become an official member. Anyone looking for a club to join, I recommend checking out Alpha Phi Omega.

Aaron at the MET

For my academic workshop, I chose to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum contains new exhibits including World War I, a picture gallery, and a new fashion collection, all of which were interesting. This trip helped me to complete two assignments, but more so allowed me to enjoy new works of art, and taught me a bigger lesson.

An extra credit assignment for history required me to critique three pieces in the World War I exhibition, and I chose to complete my blog post by critiquing Talking Pictures: Camera-Phone Conversations Between Artists. This exhibit is a picture gallery made by 12 different artists, who were asked by the MET, to communicate with another artist for five months via pictures or videos. The room is white with two text bubbles on one wall as you enter. Pictures were printed and hung up on the wall, although no distinguishable pattern emerged. Even with a short time frame, the many artists coming together told a complete story. Unsurprisingly, the lives of a collective group of people even over a short time was fascinating and beautiful. From two people being pregnant and giving birth in the same month, demonstrated through pictures of their newborns, to protests activist groups, an unintentional but provoking theme emerges; life may move too fast.

This assignment helped me to complete two projects and will influence future papers, but it left a stronger and more meaningful impact on my college career as a whole. Seeing these images of people moving through their daily life made me realize I need to slow down and appreciate what I have. I must, and we should all, take the time to create lasting memories, rather than losing special moments to the routine of life. This activity helps me in my first semester at Baruch by allowing me to enjoy my college experience over chasing my career goals. Lastly, this activity helped me to value in each day, and see the importance of enjoying school.

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