Freshman Seminar Spring 2011: F6A

From start to finish I enjoyed watching each piece being acted out. The actors were great and so were the written pieces. Like they had mentioned that day, if it wasn’t for the outstanding monologues written with pure honesty and feeling, the actors had nothing to work on. I think that it was great how each actor had certain types of pieces that they acted out. As a result, once one actor would step up, you would have a sense of what type of monologue was up next. I think that it was really exciting to wait and see how each monologue would be presented because it was quite different to how the writer presented it. Although the actors re arranged the presentation of each monologue, they were able to still keep the meaning behind each piece, which is a great thing that they managed to achieve throughout the whole presentation. So overall, I had a good time listening to the different types of situations going on in other peoples’ minds.

https://dgw.baruch.cuny.edu/ (to figure out what requirements you may have to take, check out the pre-business like the one I showed you in class.)

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bulletin/documents/ug_bulletin_2007_2010.pdf ( page 53)( you may follow the suggested schedules)

http://student.cuny.edu/cgi-bin/SectionMeeting/SectMeetColleges.pl?COLLEGECODE=02 ( to start looking now for classes and get two or three possible schedules) Sometimes this link does not work. You will have to log in www.cuny.edu Log-in into the portal. Scroll down to the Headline: Student Applications. Under there you will find eSched (Course Schedule). Click on Baruch College and for Semester click on Summer 2011/Fall 2011.

http://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/programs/undergrad/core.html (the core curriculum for all three schools!)

http://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/programs/undergrad/degrees/entrance.html (entrance to Zicklin)

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/academics/undergraduate.htm (Weissman School requirements)

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/spa/academics/undergraduateprograms/admissionrequirements.php
(Public Affairs Requirements)

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/ugradprograms/ ( check out the undergraduate programs for more info.)

I think that is it for now! If you have any questions, make an appointment with the Center for Academic Advisement and here is their contact information: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/advisement/contact.html . They are very busy around registration time so I suggest if you are confused in any way, they should be able to explain things more clearly.

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/advisementsession/

and review L.U.C.Y.’s on-line advisement session.

Voices was a really nice way to give life to the freewrites that we did in class.

In a way the actors really embodied some of the monologue’s authors that were selected to be performed.

For example the girl that did Jenny’s monologue, talked like Jenny, stand up against the wall like Jenny, and came across just like Jenny does when she talks to you.

Also , for the girl who performed Shana’s monologue, she used the tone of voice and spice that Shana gave while she did her monologue in class.

It was really nice to hear the Voices of all the other authors who put together their personal experiences into their monologues.

The Enrichment Workshop definetely provided useful tools to be applied while putting together your resume and while having an interview.

The presentation did answer some doubts and questions that I personally had. The presentation was very informative .

As soon as I have the chance I would like to go to the career center for advice on the resume that I currently have and also to mock an interview, this way I can be better prepared.

As soon as I walked in the museum and walked upstairs I sensed and loved the incence scent that was in the air. For some reason incence has a very calming effect on me, thus I felt very calm and comfortable while experiencing the museum, in particular, the 3rd. floor. 

The third floor displayed images and objects of worship and prayer. There was a big red box on top of a pedestal and inside, it had a rotating piece of wood with scriptures. According to Elizabeth, a classmate of mine, the scriptures inside were prayers and when you would pull the handle and then the piece of wood would come to stop, that would be the prayer that you need to make for that day. That , for me was new piece of information about Himallayan Tranditions and Culture that I didn’t know, but that I learned on that day.

What I take with me , from the visit to the museum, is definetely , a better knowledge and understanding about the culture. A great appreciation to their art and their meaning. And the incredible attention to detail that the artists expressed through their art. Even though some of the pieces were done by hand. Simply amazaing.

Use these questions to guide you in your reflection on career enrichment:

What were your thoughts on the enrichment workshop?

What career goals do you have and what do you plan on doing to attain them?

Did the presentation answer any questions you had about career development?

If not, what are some other concerns you have?

Did the workshop answer any questions you had about the Starr Career Development Center?

What services provided by the career center would you be interested in using?

The Rubin Museum, i can now say was a fascinating trip. The Buddha ice sculpture was captivating from the onset, and was just about the only thing i found interesting till after i toured the whole museum. i really didn’t understand, any of it, the paintings were very colorful, engaged with so much activities, and really seemed too cultural and religious for me to identify with. i spent so much time at each painting, trying to understand just exactly what it was trying to express. i drew blank on each picture, untill i saw the display where they explained several stances and gestures. after looking over the explanations, i ran back to where i had seen many complex sculptures and began trying to interpret the whole setup. things kind of started to make sense – the trantic deities, Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, all of them. Everything when i got to the fourth floor, the first thing that left an impression on me was a quote sayin “form is emptiness and emptiness is form” and it said something else further. i couldn’t disagree more, but it sounded so philosophical and tranquil that i just allowed it to sit around in my head. i started looking at the paintings and eventually came across one that was very blurry. i was caught in a mirage just staring at it. i started stepping back and then it gradually started coming to focus. “form is emptiness” i still don’t know. Then i found this book which was like a mini explanation of all the various works that were on the floor. i started reading and i then i got the whole gist of the “emptiness in form.” the artist of the blurry painting explained how everything solid and tangible that we see will eventually fizzle away and cease from existing thereby creating an emptiness. to prove it, he subjected a tadpole or some creature of the sort to a steady capture on film. after many months, the camera was only capturing a scene in which the tadpole was not present. the tadpole had ceased from existing, it had become emptiness, its very composition is no where to be seen, but amist that emptiness, you can find its form. “form is emptiness, emptiness is form, all is emptiness.”