Month: October 2017

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.