So I sit here thinking what I should make my first post about. OBVIOUSLY, it should be something spectacular, right? Well, I am clearly at a loss otherwise I wouldn’t be writing it at 2:30 am. Yet, now I think that it says something to my character. I am someone who sort of hangs onto […]
Month: September 2011
Sexuality. Something to be defined?
Gay. Straight. Lesbian. Bisexual. Pansexual. Transgender. Transsexual. Questioning. Queer. Intersex. Words often used to describe an individual’s sexual orientation, sexuality and desires. Human sexuality is defined on Wikipedia as: “how people experience the erotic and express themselves as sexual beings; the awareness of themselves as males or females; the capacity they have for erotic experiences […]
Cue the “Chaotic” Start
With coffee in hand and arms swinging to the steady pace of an electronic device – you join the army of students marching their way off to academic war – the first classes of the Fall semester. To and fro the freshmen meander – words of ridicule and polite assistance are exchanged. With trendy attire […]
This semester…
This semester at Queens is going to be my personal hardest and the biggest test for me- I’m taking fifteen credits, which I’ve done before but I also have work study-and I have blog meetings-I’m honestly terrified of both. Hopefully I’ll get a job in the library…and my other bloggers won’t be too judgmental… I […]
Konnichi wa!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to immerse yourself in a culture unfamiliar to your everyday life? Gaze at the pretty sunsets on the Verrazano Bridge in Florence, Italy? Take the Shinkansen and experience rush hour in Tokyo, Japan? Well I’m telling you that you can do that. You can, but not […]
Kick-Off
For those of you unfamiliar with the game of soccer, it is a sport full of clichés. Perhaps the most well known of these commonly used phrases would be “take each game as it comes”, or, “It’s a game of two halves”. For myself and my teammates on the men’s team at QC, this week […]
Science Literacy Will Empower You
You have an incredible tool: the ability to ask a question. But how effectively do you use it? Many of us have probably had the experience of wanting to ask a question in class but not doing so in fear of looking “slow” or bothersome. But the best way to understand a complex idea is […]
Attempting to Break My Bubble: Take Two
Last year, when I started college, I had a very clear motive. See, in high school, I was painfully shy and awkward. I was super afraid to try new things and explore all that was offered to me. I wasn’t in any clubs. I wasn’t on any teams. I barely ever raised my hand in […]
Blessed with Less.
Due to the nature of our society, people blindly consume more without seeing the consequences. In my sociology class yesterday, my professor held a class discussion on whether or not less is more (in weddings). Although the majority of the class believed that weddings should be extremely lavish, a few deemed that a wedding should […]
How Science Literacy Will Benefit You
You have an incredible tool: the ability to ask a question. But how effectively do you use it? Many of us have probably had the experience of wanting to ask a question in class but not doing so in fear of looking “slow” or bothersome. But the best way to understand a complex idea is […]
