On Thursday, a couple of us attended a workshop on what we though would be resume building. When we arrived we were in the right workshop, but we hadn’t been informed that it was only for the Baruch’s Honor Society “Sigma Alpha Delta”. As me and AJ tried to figure out why we had been handed the flier inviting us in, one of their speakers was trying to get rid of us until we asked who was running it. Once Ricky Weitzan arrived she actually said we could stay since it would really interfere with anybody. The workshops helped me to strengthen my resume and I learned a lot of new key terms and do’s/don’t’s. Throughout the resume building and skill worksop it was only our 6 member FRO group who participated the most and made the class interesting. To anyone who hasnt already I would recommend going to the STARR office and being helped with resume building. I will certainly be back to use all of their other services.
Author: STAN
Blog #2-Academic Style
Today AJ, Immanuel and I decided to take a stroll on our break to the the Sidney Mishkin Gallery 10 minutes away (walking distance) from the Baruch campus. Being an avid fan of independent art work I thought I’d be going into an exhibition with a tour lasting a minimum of 30 minutes. To our surprise when we got there, there was no docents or much of a collection at all. What we did see was some morbid frame work with depictions of skulls done by Patricia Olynyk. The second section contained a set of 3 or 4 paintings done by Elen K. Levy which captured my attention a lot more (as seen above :D). This type of style as described by the wall panel said that it was a combination of nature and colors within the urban world. For further notice, I would recommend a curator to be present to better understand the artists’ perspective in a more meaningful manner.
P.S.- They should add a more expansive gallery. One that doesn’t take 2 minutes to finish. kthxbye.
Blog Post #1: Student Life
This past week I attended the first live basketball game of my life. No, it wasn’t the Knicks or the Nets, it was the so called “Baruch Bearcats”. If we look at current records of the animal itself, its not doing too well in the real world. When the female basketball team got on the court they seemed really enthusiastic about winning the game. We are on home turf, had a presentation from many different clubs cheering before the game even started but none of it worked out at the end. The girls were down throughout every single quarter of the game. The closest they got to the Brooklyn Bulldogs was 7 points behind, but they ultimately lost 45-67 to a well structured team. The halftime show was actually entertaining with some of today’s music hits where people got on the court and had a dance off. I also stayed and waited 45 mins for the Men’s basketball team to play. I could say their performance was a lot better than those of the women’s team, but they also managed to lose against Brooklyn by 15 points with the game ending at 58-73. The sport itself was enjoyable, but what was annoying is the “free shots” every time a player falls on the court. Hopefully both teams improve and make Baruch students proud of being a bearcat. Til next time!
