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Last weekend, I went to a farm museum with my friend. We went to the Queens County Farm Museum. Although I was dragged there, surprisingly, I quite enjoyed myself. Seeing all the animals made me happy. There was such an abundance of farm animals! From alpacas to goats and rabbits, the farm offered such a variety in their feeding pens. Aside from the feeding pen, which was my favorite part of the trip, the farm museum offered many, many other activities. For instance, there was an activity called The Amazing Maize Maze, which was basically a corn maze and my comrades and I had to find our way out of a three acre corn field. Before the maze, a couple of the farm museum workers introduced us to the maze in what they called a “Stalk Talk”. This discussion was essentially the rules and objectives of the maze, in addition to how to find clues within the maze to find the exit. Because my friends were so amazing and bright, they found the exit without my help (because I’m so useless). Even though I didn’t put any work into finding the exit, I still had a good time. Besides The Amazing Maize Maze, the farm museum also offered a tour during my visit there. During the tour, the farm workers basically took us around the farm and taught us about their composing areas, growing fields, and green houses. I feel like I learned a lot during my visit and have decided to take up composting, as I enjoyed it so much. Being able to not waste any food while putting food scraps to use is really neat thing to do. It is also really good for the environment! I like making a difference, so can you!

Since the semester has started, a couple of friends and I have visited the Museum of Sex multiple times. The first time we were just strolling around during club hours and we happened to stumble upon it. I was nervous because the sign outside said that you must be eighteen years or older. Since I am still seventeen-I am always the youngest in my group of friends- I was scared that they would kick us out. We walked in and I was shocked. There were dildos, condoms, sex toys, and sex books everywhere. I was completely shocked. I found myself acting like a kid in a candy store, wondering what each item was and its purpose. About 2 weeks later we brought more two friends with us to the museum. Their reaction was priceless. We realized that there was another part of the of the museum and to enter the museum was $18.50 for students, so we plan on going back soon to see that exhibit. The fact that there is a whole museum dedicated to sex showed me that most of the society views sex as an art. I was surprised about the number of people inside. People of all sexualities.

Walking into a business frat at Baruch was as bit as surprising as I had thought it’d be. They welcomed us with chicken wings, legs, and thighs from the local popeyes and you could already smell it from down the hall. When business frat pops up into my mind, I think of tall people with suits and ties looking very stern and people without a sense of humor. What I found were lots of people who shared laughs and a huge diversity of people. Although during the day of the meeting I had to leave early because of my freshmen seminar class, I met some very nice people. The reason I am interested in joining a business frat is because of the connections. Having connections for free food, drinks, and other small things are nice, but when you are trying to look for internships or a lucky job that is vacant then a business frat can help a lot. My impression of the frat is that it has a nice environment and safe for anyone who is a little shy because people will talk to you because they want you to join. Compared to a social frat, this frat is a bit more serious and the connections made are on two different levels. My plan to get more involved with the frat would be to join more of their meetings and to join the frat the end if i can. During my short visit to the business frat, I learned that the only way to have an opportunity to do something, you need to make the first step and check things out yourself. If you’re too shy to find out what you do not like or what you do like, you will never get to know.

Journalism has always been an interest of mine, and what will most likely be what my major is. I enjoy writing in general, I feel as though it is my most effective way in communicating because written communication can be revised, whereas verbal communication cannot be undone. Also, In high school I wrote for my school newspaper for some time, so once I began classes at Baruch I thought it would be a good idea to join The Ticker.

On the first day of school, I went to their “table” and got a feel for what The Ticker was and what the staff was like. What interests me most about The Ticker and Journalism itself, is that it’s an intense field. After signing up to join the staff mailing list, it reminded me how news is always happening. For days I was constantly receiving emails from different editors about what stories we should write about, and what’s currently going on that should be reported about.

Although I haven’t produced any articles yet, I’m excited to start contributing at some point once I get adjusted to college life. I feel as though now, more than ever, honest reporting is necessary in order for our society to function. But until then, I’ll just keep checking my email and reading up on the new ideas for stories.

So as a premed student I have to face the thing I hate the most–which is math. Unfortunately for me, I probably should pass these math courses too, which is something I struggle greatly with. So luckily the SACC offers free lessons to help you out, so you don’t spend $40 an hour for a lesson in someone’s creepy house. Even though I’m doing ok so far in math (fingers crossed), I really wanted to ensure I was understanding everything well and getting as much practice as possible, so I attended a SACC class made specifically for my math course. One thing thats scary about college is the fact that a lot of the times you don’t have a personal relationship with your teacher, but in the SACC you are with, at most, 3 other students, so you get a personalized experience and can feel comfortable asking the stupidest of questions. The people that teach at the SACC are all students that got really good grades in the course or subject they are teaching, so you can trust them a lot more than private tutors that you pay boatloads of money for. The best part for me though, is the fact that its right in the vertical campus building! I commute from New Jersey every day and then run from work to school back to work every day, so having something so convenient is fantastic for me! And, the great part is that you can work at the SACC too!

For my enrichment workshop I attended one of the Latino heritage month events. The event was during the day in front of the student life offices. It was just everyone dancing to the Latino music and everyone enjoying themselves. I really enjoyed being there and especially the music.

As soon as I became an official student at Baruch College, it presented multiple opportunities and responsibilities. I have to say, the first couple of days was chaotic, however I became accustomed to the Baruch life. I observed many different fraternities and the one that stood out the the most was Delta Sigma Pi. There were no incentives that made DSP special, however I learned that the members in DSP were people I’ve met before in the past.

I am still unsure whether rushing a frat is advised, however I consider myself an opportunist and I would like to take advantage of this to make new friends.

On Thursday September 7th, I walked in on some of the clubs set up in booths encouraging people to sign up. I just happened to come across a booth for the school newspaper called The Ticker. I thought that this would be something good for me to join because of my love of current events and writing. I spoke with two girls and signed up for an email list using a google form. In this form I put what I what be interested in doing be it editing or contributing to articles or pictures. I found it really easy and I even had the choice between what types of articles I would write. There where categories such as science, the arts, opinion etc. The possibilities were really endless and I found that comforting. I didn’t have to feel stuck doing one particular thing all the time or feeling that I had a small selection of topics that I could talk about. The girls there were really nice and seemed really interested in getting others to participate in writing for the newspaper. They clearly explained to me what the newspaper was about and how to actually contribute. I thought that was pretty cool and I look forward to learning more in the emails that I will receive and the different things I could choose to write about in articles. They even gave me a wristband and a lanyard. I look forward to receiving emails and possibly working on articles for the school. I had no idea that it would be this easy to join a student program in the school. However, in the future I would like to join a club that allowed me to meet up and be social with others. I am excited to see the rest of the clubs this month on the 28th.