Author: d.pando

Some day last week Iris and I decided to go visit the STARR, the career center at Baruch. Iris wrote a much better description of our experience there so I highly recommend you to stop reading mine and scroll down until you reach hers. Im not going to lie, the only reason I went was for this blog post. After we walked in a guy approached us and asked if we needed his help. After explaining to him that we were just here to check it out, he kindly explained to us that there are certain office hours where we can just walk in and certain hours where we have to set up appointments. After we left I thought to myself how I will never go into that room ever again and that it was a waste of time. During our last freshman seminar class Ronni and Ambar were explaining the benefits and great things STARR offers. After Ronnie gave a whole speech about how many kids get jobs through STARR and after Ambar spoke about how many students during their junior year get internships, I decided that I will go to STARR and stop acting like an idiot. The whole point of college is to get a job and if there is a program at Baruch that is specifically designated to help us reach our dream job, why would I not use it? I will definitely be visiting STARR soon thanks to our FRO class and especially to Ronnie and Ambar.

On October 1oth, I decided to go visit the Writing Center. As you can all tell by my face I was super excited to go. I have a five page essay due this Monday and decided it would be a good idea to get some professional eyes on my work, until I realized I havent started it. Unfortunately, I forgot the name of the kind lady that helped me, but she really helpful and gave me an idea of how to present my ideas and in what order of sequence I should do it in. Instead of dreading this paper, I am looking forward to starting it. Okay thats not true, but I have much more positive feelings towards this essay. If I have any future problems with essays, primary source responses or really anything that has to do with writing, I will for sure consider going back to the amazing Writing Center that Baruch College has to offer. Anyone that has doubts about going, just go. I promise no one will bite you there (hopefully). Just go and see what the professionals can help you with, if you don’t like it, which is highly unlikely, just don’t go again.

On Wednseday, October 4th I went to go visit the Hillel at Baruch. Ive been there in the past, but I never took a selfie there, because why would I until I realized I needed one for my Freshman Seminar blog post. My first time there they were extremely friendly and were very welcoming. Why did I take a selfie near the menorah,a sacred candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple in Jerusalem, originally that made by the craftsman Bezalel and placed in the sanctuary of the Tabernacle (Exod. 37:17–24), you might ask? One of the points of the Hillel is that Jews can feel comfortable with expressing there Judaism in a safe environment. Every year during December time Jews celebrate the holiday of Hanukkah, a lesser Jewish festival, lasting eight days from the 25th day of Kislev (in December) and commemorating the rededication of the Temple in 165 BC by the Maccabees after its desecration by the Syrians that is marked by the successive kindling of eight lights. Im looking forward to revisiting the Hillel during December time and lighting the candles during the festival of lights. I cant wait to check out more clubs and activities here at Baruch College.