e.yusupova – Freshman Seminar Fall 17 LC04

STARR

This week I went to the STARR program in order to see what kind of services they provide for college students and what kind of help we would be able to get in case we needed it. I came in and asked about how to get help on building a resume, and a very kind woman at the front informed me that they would be able to sit down and review my resume with me, (if I had a physical copy) or if I did not have a physical copy or even a resume at all they would be able to help me build one. They also discussed the internship opportunities, mentoring, etc, which are very helpful to learn about since being a freshman in college you don’t know a whole lot about these programs that are at your fingertips.

I really enjoyed speaking to the workers at STARR they are very welcoming and extremely helpful when it comes to any questions you have about your college experience. I have not tested out their resume shop yet, however, I did receive their resume workshop hours, which I plan on taking advantage of in order to build a stronger resume.

LGBTQ club

The LBGTQ club was such a warm-hearted and welcoming club, they are extremely inviting. They have an LBGT history month where they do all sorts of things allowing people to be informed about the LBGTQ community and what actions they can do to help or if they need any help. The day that I went, the club actually met up in the lobby and had a march outside the campus which was very interesting and sweet. This club allows you to meet people and allows you to get out of your comfort zone. This club’s history month activities include of, open mic where people are welcome to come sing, do poetry, etc. Aswell as a meet and greet day, exploring the LGBTQ culture, the gay and lesbian corp concert and many more activities. These activities are up around the school if anyone is interested and also is posted on the Baruch student life page.

I don’t usually like clubs and the fact that this club made me feel so welcomed and not overly pressured to be a part of everything they are doing was very new and nice. Most clubs I’ve been to are very pressuring and this club doesn’t really want kids to “Fit in” with the crowd, they like uniqueness and want you to stand out, whether it be in the way you talk, you dress, your personality. This club is very welcoming and you don’t have to be gay, trans, bisexual, or even questioning your sexuality to join, you can simply join to be a part of the LGBTQ family.

The MET

Since the art teacher is always telling us to go to the MET and check out pieces of artwork that we are learning about in class, I decided to go take a look. The pieces of artwork were really nice however I came across the painting “Naked Man” by Lucian Freud, and it was being recreated by an artist, which I found interesting and random because I didn’t know people can do this at a museum. I told her that her recreation looks exactly like the original painting, and she looked at me like I was crazy, she then told me that her painting was her version of how she saw the subject. In the image (I wasn’t able to get a better angle) you can see that her shades are a little different versus the original painting, and that might be what she meant when she said that she wanted to recreate the image in the way that she saw the subject. This was an interesting trip to the MET because of my art history class in my first semester of Baruch, Professor Levin is always showing us recreation of pieces of art work done either in their version of how they interpret the piece, or to sometimes mock the piece of art work/ artist.