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Right above it – lil wayne

Man on the moon – kid cudi

Dat new new – kid cudi

Embrace me – Dirty South

City of Dreams – Alesso

All of the lights (remix)- kayne west

Runaway (mashup) – big z remixes

Float on – modest mouse

This plane – wiz khalifa

Calling – Sebastian ingrosso

The following is a random selection from my “recently played” playlist on my itunes account. For those people that do not know me, I am a HUGE music fan. To me music is much more than an art expression; I consider music to be one of the biggest aspects of my daily life. I am one of those people that must absolutely, without question, have some sort of music enabling device with me at all times. I sometimes think to myself, if there is something wrong with me. I can’t see myself going to the gym unless I have an ipod, I cant see myself walking to school unless I have an ipod, its soo crazy that I even look for my ipod when I walk downstairs my home to retrieve the mail. Music is truly one of my greatest joys. I consider every song in my music library to be a representation of myself. Whether im happy, energetic, or relaxing all the songs in my ipod provide a unique peace of mind. I especially like kid cudi and electric because they either have lyrics I can relate to and melodies that keep me going.

The following is an imagine that represents one of my current feeling towards my first semester at Baruch College. Like everyone else, entering their freshman year of college, this is a new experience. I came into Baruch just a few months ago, seeking to learn and meet new people. High school was an experience in itself, I made great friends, created treasured memories, however I eagerly anticipated the fall semester because it brought the chance of change. Unlike most I do not mind changes in my life, as a matter of fact I find it interesting and exciting. What a better way to bring change into my life than to start school in the city, in a very diverse school atmosphere. To bring about change would require me to be outgoing, try new things, and not be afraid to leave my comfort zone. But how to bring about change? I originally envisioned this to be an easy tasks, I thought “oh I’ll meet new classmates and they’ll be my new friends” or “oh I’ll work less and join clubs to try new things.” As idealistic as these thoughts sound, I failed to do most of them this semester. With work and school work, I find myself nowadays with little to no time for social activities. As people often tell me, my ambition to be the best always gets in the way of my social life. Whether I’m witting a paper or present at work, being the best is essential to me, I more than often sacrifice social time to achieve my goals. So back to my picture “I have no idea what I’m doing” I see myself in a slump when it comes to balancing my personal and academic life. Well it is really my personal, work, and academic life. I thought it would all be easy but although I excel in certain aspects of my life I fail to meet up to the expectations of the other. I really seem to have no idea what I am doing haha

Ashley Ward and a friend resolved to bring “Occupy Wall Street” to college campuses. They printed fliers, set up a Web site and blasted out e-mails. They told as many people as they could about their action plan. Occupy protests rapidly sprouted at other campuses: hundreds nationwide currently have or had some sort of Occupy-related activity going on. At Yale, a traditional feeder school for investment banks and hedge funds, students noisily protested a Morgan Stanley information session in the fall. Recruiting visits to Harvard, Princeton and Cornell have been similarly disrupted. Many of today’s new graduates find themselves heavily indebted, and to the same institutions that received multibillion-dollar bailouts in the financial crash. Median income is stagnant. Their public universities are underfinanced, and class sizes growing. College activists have linked these issues to broad critiques of the financial-political complex. Acts of protest have occurred nationwide for example Seattle Central Community Colleges found itself hosting not just protesting students but also Occupy Seattle campers who had been rousted from a downtown park. The problems that had riddled urban encampments found their way to the college site. Garbage accumulated. For their part, faculty members have largely supported the movement, participating in teach-ins and staging walkouts. After campus police at the University of California, Davis, doused students at a sit-in with pepper spray, it was the faculty association that called on the chancellor to resign. As Ericka Hoffman, 26, a junior at California State University, Bakersfield, and one of the organizers of Occupy Colleges mentioned, occupy protests at colleges provided a giddying sense of possibility. But the hardest battle, she believes, will be getting the political and financial masters of the universe to listen. I believe this article inspires leadership initiative, as students we should be supporting movements like these. A college diploma nowadays has become an expensive achievement to obtain, we are socialized to go to college, acquire loans, and try to prosper in an inflated economy, while there is economic inequality in society. As I student in high school I took leadership in a similar manner. In one of my groups, our budget was heavily cut; the group was called midnight run which feeds homeless people in Manhattan. In the previous years the school district would provide cans and food to donate but that year the school budget was focused on our new stadium. The funds to obtain food for the homeless were severely cut and we were told to find other means to feed people. As protest some friends and I placed posters all over campus highlighting this injustice and wrote to our board of directors until they listen. Our schools newspaper even wrote an article on our protest showing how bias the budget was being spent. With no option left the school provided more money to our club and a sense of pride emerged from all of us who spoke out to these injustices. Sometimes it really does take a small group of individuals to change an institution.

An average day

Today I woke up with the realization that my days had become repetitive. An average day now primarily consisted of school and work. I sat in my bed wondering where all the fun times had gone. Last summer alone I was traveling throughout Europe with all my closet friends. We didn’t have a care in a world other than figuring out how to get back after an excessive night of drinking. Just thinking about past memories I decided to change things up a bit, because well …. life is to short.

Normally I wake up at 6 am to make the long commute to school, it has taken some getting use to but almost mid way into the semester I can now wake up on time without cursing at my alarm clock. Since today was the day I was going to try new things I decided “ehh what the hell I’ll wake up at 7and be a little late to class. I figured I earned a small break. To my misfortune I woke up very late, but still to start the morning in a positive manner I didn’t let it bother me, I could always copy a classmates notes.

Once I arrived at Grand Central I figured “its not to cold outside”, maybe I should walk, after all I had already missed my first class. As I was walking down Lexington Avenue a homeless man began to follow me, trying to tell me about his love for bagels. ….. ok so maybe walking wasn’t the best idea. Still like my friend, Katie, says it’s at least a story you can tell, … a story huh? I just think she has really bad luck and maybe after years of friendship it’s starting to rub off on me. I finally make it class after a fast walk in order to lose the homeless loving bagel man.

Once I make it to campus I decide its best I study for my math test, I studied the night before but a little extra never hurt anyone. I look into my bag and I realize I forgot my notebook at home. Great. Normally I double check I have everything but since today was the day I would try new things I took my bag and went downstairs to enjoy a bowl of cereal as opposed to my usual on the go yogurt. The only redeeming aspect of this part of my day is that I’m very good at math, so no harm done I still A’s the test.

It’s not even noon and already things are going array. I’m now sitting in the library, laughing quietly to myself at how a small change in routine caused all this. This never happens to me, I’m always very organized … perhaps too organized; I seem to always have a plan even back up plans. Still like Katie says at least now I have a story to tell.