Author: s.rafferty

Today before my classes I decided to take a trip over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This was a very exciting and interesting experience for me because I had never been to the MET before. It came to my attention that as a CUNY Baruch College student I had the option to donate as much money as I was willing to give to the museum and so I decided to donate five dollars. I looked at many different sculptures, artifacts, paintings and murals most of which were very old and dated back to much earlier time periods. One of the paintings in the museum that really caught the attention of my eye was the Hercules taming the bull painting which dated back to the early 17th century created by artist “manner of Giambologna”. This is a french painting which was a very compelling piece of work.

Along with such a tremendous variety of different historical artifacts in the museum I came upon a Christmas tree which really brightened up my day and brought me into the true feelings of the holiday season. The museum wasn’t too busy and I had all the time in the world to speak to staff members working at the museum on different paintings that I really liked.  Interestingly enough I learned about some different styles of paintings, Italian renaissance was very impressive and gothic paintings of old imagery. The section of the museum that I felt was very impressive was the Carrol and Milton Petrie European Sculpture court. This part of the museum consisted of old sculptures dating back to roman times and marble sculpting which i thought was very striking and intriguing.  I even seen some students from different colleges that were drawing a few of the sculptures and I thought that was very stimulating and I would definitely try that in the future.

 

So I recently went to the baruch soccer club meeting on Tuesday and although I am already on the Baruch soccer team, I learned that I can still play indoor Intramural soccer in the winter through the club.  I had a great time at the club meeting as some of my friends from class were already there and I even met some of my soccer teammates as well. They offered pizza and cookies at the meeting so it was nice to not have to buy lunch in the city for once. Everyone in the classroom that was interested in joining the club talked about themselves and mentioned their favorite soccer teams and what intended major they were going for at Baruch. It was really nice to get together at this club meeting especially since it was a club topic that Im so passionate about. I would definitely attend another club meeting because it was an interesting way to open up to others and talk about what you desire most.

On Friday, the fifteenth of September I attended the career fair at baruch in the gym. I went to a number of companies and spoke with a number of representatives at the tables in the gym. This was a great experience as I worked on my social communication skills, worked on my resume before I attended the career fair, and met some representatives that provided me with very useful information. I would definitely take part in this event next semester as it was a great learning experience for me. I would also recommend this to other students as it is a great way to get your name out there and get noticed on campus. I really had a great time seeing some of my classmates at the fair and even meeting some of the teammates from my soccer team. I hope they have a career fair next semester because I would be happy to go again!