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Undergrad Adventures: 20th Century American Literature
I graduated on Saturday (!) but I couldn’t forget to blog one last time about my undergrad adventures. The last class to cover this quarter is my last upper-division English class, 20th Century American Literature. There were two main takeaways for me from this class. The class text selection was one of the best I’ve ever had. …
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Undergrad Adventures: Reporting III
To finish out my journalism minor, I decided to take Reporting III this quarter. This particular class is centered around how to be a beat reporter for a city, and what kinds of stories you should be looking for. You know that I’m into the arts and cultural criticism side of the business, so this was…
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Undergrad Adventures: Stress Management
I’m down to my last two general education classes (scary, I know), and the stress management class I’m taking might be one of the most informative classes I’ve ever taken. Identifying the types of stress in your life can be a very powerful experience. There are two types of stress in your life: eustress (the good…
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Undergrad Adventures: Fall 2014
I’m finishing a final draft of my second capstone essay this week (more on that later) but my three academic classes for fall quarter are finally over! In all three years and a quarter of college, fall 2014 was the toughest, busiest and most stressful academic terms I’ve had. But despite all of the meltdowns and existential crises, the…
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Undergrad Adventures: Communications Law
Besides Structure of Language, one of the other classes I’m taking is Communications Law. I’m not going to lie to you: It isn’t my favorite class. It’s at 8 a.m. three days a week, and we’re lucky if we have 15 people show up out of 50-something. And unfortunately, the entire class has consisted of lecture, the…