Ambi: Sounds of students talking in the background within the confines of a classroom.
Host Intro: Entering another year at Baruch, I caught up with a fellow student here entering his third year at Baruch College to discuss his experiences on campus, and online during the pandemic, as well as his overall background and lifestyle. I am now here with Daniel Andrade
Act: Daniel: My name is Daniel Andrade, I am majoring in Management of Musical Enterprises. This is my third year, but I am a senior and going to be finishing early.
Track: Although this is his third year at Baruch, Daniel has not been able to spend much time on campus due to the pandemic just like many other students that also spent most of their college life behind the cameras of their devices from their homes.
Act: Daniel: It’s been great, now being back in person, virtual wasn’t the best, I kinda disregarded everything and was just on my phone and didn’t really care, and now being back in person it’s great to be back for sure.
Track: He then continues on to explain his college experience now living in New York, after moving down here from upstate New York.
Act: Daniel: I am currently in the Bronx, up by 225th. Commute’s not bad, it’s around 45 minutes, it’s just taking one train down transferring at 42nd street, then taking the R/W to 23rd.
I grew up upstate through high school. I moved to the city right before the pandemic, which kind of sucked because I moved to the city to be around more people, and then the pandemic started.
Track: For Daniel, he is now grown fond of living in New York City, and finds the lifestyle here to be very different from the one he had lived upstate. Aiming to graduate this coming year with a degree in Management of Musical Enterprises, Daniel looks toward the future as he continues his studies at Baruch College. For Baruch College, I am Norbu Sherpa.