There is a great museum in the Upper East Side, not far from my residence called the Museum of the City of New York. It is one of my favorite museums in the city and everyone under the age of 19 can get in for free. One of my favorite exhibits is the one on the right side of the first floor. It has a bunch of information about the history of the city as well as some very old artifacts from when people first began settling there. The museum overall has 3 floors and it would take someone days to explore the whole place adequately.
Author: j.ambler
The Museum of the City of New York
I believe visiting a museum is something that we are allowed to blog about for this class. One of my favorite museums in NYC is the Museum of the City of New York. It is located at 1220 5th Avenue in the Upper East Side, not far from the building in which I live in. Every one under the age of 19 can get in for free. The museum has a bunch of exhibits about the city and has a grand total of 3 floors. One of my favorite is the first room on the right of the first floor that has a bunch of information on the history of the city, as well as some artifacts from hundreds of years ago. You could spend hours in this museum and not even make a dent.
Roller Hockey Club
Sports have always been an important part of my life. I started playing hockey at the age of 5 and started playing lacrosse in 3rd grade. In high school I started football, and proceeded to play for the remaining 4 years. I knew Baruch was my top school because it had my major and was in the perfect location. Unfortunately, they did not have any of the three sports that I played. I decided to go anyway, however, since I really liked the school, and was betting that they would have some club sport and I was right! When I was going to class at Baruch in the summer time, I saw signs in the hallway for the roller hockey club. This was perfect because I had just received roller skates from my dad as my high school graduation and could the same equipment that I used for ice hockey. I got in contact with the Captain, Pete, and he is a really great guy. He is a senior at Baruch and helped me get to tryouts in Long Island back on September 25th. At the first tournament last weekend in Feasterville, PA, we were short guys and only got two play two games. I scored 3 goals in the first game and 1 in the second for a total of 4. We are having troubles with our funding from USG right now and might not have the money by the leagues due date on November 1st. It’s a really complicated situation, but I hope we can still play for the rest of the year. I plan on becoming the club president next year since Pete, and a majority of guys on the team are graduating.
Career Fair
In freshman seminar last week, I became aware that there was a career fair the upcoming Friday fro 12-4. I usually work all day on Fridays, but I have a lunch break from 12:30-1:30, so I decided to go then. When 12:30 came around on Friday, I rushed to the 4/5 stop at Wall street to take the next uptown train. When I arrived to Baruch, I quickly walk down the two flights os stairs and arrived at the fair! I knew I did not have much time to waste, so I was moving as fast as possible. Getting into the fair was not as easy as I thought it was going to be. I first had to go to the sign in desk to sign in and supposedly give my resume. Unfortunately, I was not aware that I was supposed to bring my resume, but luckily they let me past and told me to bring it next time. Even if I did, I was not there to seriously look for a job anyway. I remember someone saying that you had to wear formal attire to the event, and I thought that the nice slacks, dress shirt, and dress shoes that I wear everyday to work would be adequate. Apparently not. They would not even let me into the door until I gave them my CUNY card to rent out a suit jacket. Remind you, I’m still in a rush to get back to work and wanted to actually have some time in the event to look around and possibly talk to employers. I find a jacket in my size and that matches my pants and rush away as some lady is asking me if I also wanted a tie. Finally, I was in! Not long after I entered, I started to notice a trend. Every table I went to was for an accounting firm! I went up to this one table with a prize wheel and confirmed my hypothesis. The whole event was for accountants. Considering I’m a real estate major, there was nothing for me to do there, so I spun the prize wheel, got a free highlighter, and went back to work.