So my friend Rufio recently received an ODU deck of playing cards of which I a extremely jealous, because I have been searching for these cards for forever. Some upperclassmen had decks of the ODU playing cards back when I was a freshman here, but I guess they stopped producing them sadly. This is something I would love to see ODU bring back though. They were really cool (in my own humble opinion at least). These cards were a regular deck of playing cards,but they had a panther on them (our mascot) and each card had a different thing to do at ODU for a total of 52 things to do at ODU. Basically, they are super awesome and Rufio better appreciate the rare treasure he has just been gifted.
Many of the things listed on these cards can't be done anymore based on changes in the university, so I would like to make my very own list here for all who are interested :).
1. Visit every building on campus (even Guzman, Las Casas, and the Public Safety house)
2. Visit the sisters at Saint Mary of the Springs
3. Go on a walk near the baseball fields
4. Ride the elevator in Wehrle
5. Try on costumes in the theater
6. Take a Sister Fatula class
7. Read a book from the library for leisure
8. Buy yourself an item of clothing from the Bookstore
9. Go to Mass in Christ the King Chapel
10. Play a game of pool in the Student Center
11. Play sand volleyball
12. Take a picture with Saint Dominick
13. Jump around on the cushioned stairs in Panther Plaza
14. Go on a retreat with Campus Ministry
15. Have a dance party in the Dance and Fitness Room
16. Play the arcade video games in the Griff
17. Run up the baseball stairs as fast as you can without taking a break
18. Make sweet videos to show people how awesome ODU is :)
19. Have lunch or coffee with a staff or faculty member
20. Go to sporting events on campus
21. Lay on the oval and look at the clouds with a friend
22. Do your homework outside
23. Have breakfast in Hamilton Hall
24. Have lunch at Zest
25. Shower in one of the community showers (Sansbury or Fitzpatrick)
26. Watch a movie on a projection screen in the Student Center
27. Play basketball (outdoor court or in the gym)
28. Have a game night (there are board games in most of the residence halls and the student center)
29. Pull an all-nighter with a good friend
30. Go on a moonlit walk around campus with a friend and have a deep conversation
31. Go to a free fitness class
32. Travel with ODU (mission trip, study abroad, sports trips, etc.)
33. Join a club
34. Join a sports team
35. Dress Up on Wednesdays!
36. Start your own ODU tradition
37. Workout in the fitness center
38. Try out for a play or musical
39. Get an on-campus job
40. If you are 21 or older, buy an alcoholic beverage from the Panther Grill
41. Help out at Panther Pride Pitch-In (and clean up the campus whenever else you can as well)
42. Attend ODU Day
43. Go to Homecoming events (pep rally, football game, parade, dance, tail gating)
44. Submit something to Gesture (essays, poems, stories, pictures, etc.)
45. Enjoy the unlimited yogurt and granola in Hamilton Hall.. yum :)
46. Have a coffee date in the student center (the fireside lounge is a fantastic place for this!)
47. Bring your little siblings to Little Sibs Weekend
48. Make a sincere effort to get to know as many people as possible
49. Walk to Dairy Queen for 15% off a cold treat :)
50. Take the shuttle to Easton (go grab food, shop, go ice skating, see a movie, wander around, etc.!)
51. Start your own club
52. Attend ODU events and programs on campus (there's usually free food and ODU stuff and new people to meet)
Mkay, coming up with 52 things was a little harder than I imagined it would be. Kudos to the people who made those playing cards! I realize some of these are kind of lame, but it's hard to think up 52 things on the spot! I will add/remove things if I come up with some better ideas. Basically, ODU is really awesome though and has a lot to offer, so check out MyODU and find events and programs that interest you. Make your four years here really count. They can be really amazing if you let them be :)
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
On Spring Break!
I am about halfway through my Spring break and have really enjoyed my relaxation time. I've gotten well over 8 hours of sleep each night and have had a lot of time to journal and blog which is fantastic! I should actually be working on homework and my Track workouts a lot more though :/ but there's still time for that! As much as I love being at home, I miss ODU more than I can put into words corny as that sounds. I wish I had gone on one of the Spring Break trips to Detroit or El Salvador or Columbus to do some service work. That would have been a much better way to spend my time. I could've been helping make the world a better place while spending time with ODU folks and growing in my faith and becoming a better person. One of my favorite friends is on the El Salvador trip and even though I miss him dearly, I am extremely jealous of the experiences he is having over there right now. I have been following their blog and reading about all the amazing things they're doing and being a part of and it just touches my heart and makes me want to cry, it's so beautiful! I really wish I had taken advantage now of all the wonderful travel opportunities ODU offers to its students. If you are a student or are going to be a student, I highly recommend that you at least look into the programs through the International office and see if there are any trips you might be interested in. And if you want to join me in following the El Salvador trip to learn a little bit more about the mission trip and our students over there now, here's a link to the blog: http://oduelsalvador.blogspot.com/
Friday, March 2, 2012
bOwl-D-U!
Last night was college bowling night at HP Lanes on Innis. So a whole group of us from ODU went and bowled for $1 per game, $1 shoe rental, and had some drinks which were a really great deal too! I was a little sad that it was my first time at a bowling alley since I turned 21 and I couldn't drink with everyone since I gave up alcohol for Lent, but I still had a blast. Seeing my friends have fun was enough fun for me! And HP does this every Thursday night I guess, so if you go to college in the Columbus area and ever want to get off campus, it's a really good deal and it's super fun! I ended up only spending $4.50 after being at the bowling alley for a little over 2 hours. Not bad.
Also, Easton Town Center does college ID movie nights on Thursdays and I believe tickets are discounted down to $6.50 instead of the usual $9.50, so that's not a bad deal either if you'd rather see a movie.
Basically, going to college in Columbus, Ohio is awesome! There is so much to do in the city and there are sweet deals for college students all the time since it is quite a college-town in general.
Also, Easton Town Center does college ID movie nights on Thursdays and I believe tickets are discounted down to $6.50 instead of the usual $9.50, so that's not a bad deal either if you'd rather see a movie.
Basically, going to college in Columbus, Ohio is awesome! There is so much to do in the city and there are sweet deals for college students all the time since it is quite a college-town in general.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
VideODU
So ODU has had some less-than-favorable commercials made in the last year or so. They got a lot of negative feedback from current students and this eventually lead to an initiative to get more input from students and faculty. After many meetings and surveys and conversations, etc., Student Senate ended up hosting the very first VideODU film festival this year. ODU students and staff were able to make videos to compete for prizes and a film festival was held to show all of the videos. I made a video just as filler and it got 8th place out of 8 submissions haha, but here are some of my favorite videos that were entered: :)
Monday, April 11, 2011
What's Good for the Goose is Good for the Panther
So I just wanted to give a mini shout-out to the adorable geese that have been hanging around ODU's campus for the month or so. I keep seeing them while I'm on tour and they seem to really enjoy hanging around Sansbury Hall where I work and will be an RA next year! (Also where our main chapel, Christ the King, is!) Today though, as I was walking to the library, one was sleeping while the other was walking around the sleeping one honking. In my mind, my first assumption was that the one sleeping was a female and the one honking was her lover making sure she was able to sleep safely while he protected her with intimidating honks circling her little napping spot in the grass. My boyfriend who is an avid bird watcher was with me, and he assured me that I was probably right. I asked if geese mate for life and he said they almost always do. It always makes me so happy when animals have life mates, because it makes all the more sense then for us humans to devote ourselves entirely to one person for the rest of our lives. It was just a really beautiful moment I had thinking about how wonderful these geese are to each other and how much better we would all be if we treated each other like geese lovers do. I hope that I am able to find a good husband who will protect me even if it means walking around in the rain and circling me while I sleep in the grass at ODU and honking at potential predators :)
Friday, March 18, 2011
Busy Busy Busy
One of the perks of living on campus at ODU is that there is a variety of jobs for students right here on campus. One can get job placement through financial aid rewards or get a regular job through various departments on campus. I have taken advantage of these opportunities to both my delight and displeasure. For whatever reason, I decided that having two jobs at the same time on top of being a full-time student was a great idea. I slowly learned that though it is great for my bank account, it is not fun at all.
I originally started my freshman year with a seasonal job working 2-4 nights a week for only a few weeks each semester as a Phonathon caller. This was not a difficult job or a time- consuming one at that, so it was a perfect job for my freshman year. Then, my sophomore year, I decided to take on a job that would last the entire school year, so that my paydays would be more frequent and thus, my financial situation more stable. I got a job working at the Information Desk in our Student Center through Financial Aid in the Work Study program. I made a little more than minimum wage and my boss was very laid back. I was only scheduled to work 3 times a week for 2-3 hours at a time. It was a nice and easy job though it did get really boring, but it was nice being able to basically get paid for sitting at a desk and just working on school work while I waited to assist visitors to our Student Center.
At the end of my Sophomore year, the school got rid of the Concierge position in the Student Center and so my boss offered me a job as an ambassador which would still be through the Admissions department and could still qualify as a work-study position and would pay a little more money as a level 3 position. I was hired as soon as I said 'yes' without applying or anything. My boss also encourage me to apply to be a student blogger which I did and so again, I had two jobs, but these two jobs required a lot more of me than the phonathon and information desk. I had to be trained for both and they each required a tight shedule and a lot of committment. It was a good way to start off my Junior year though. It kept me busy so I wasn't bored and helped me prepare for the kinds of jobs I might have when I graduate and go out into the real world.
The blogger position was eliminated after only one semester of me working as a blogger. I was worried that I wouldn't be making as much money as I had gotten used to with two pretty well-paying jobs, so I applied at the library and got that position, but for the first time, I was not working between 2 and 4 days a week varying by week, but rather, I was working every single morning Monday-Friday for the entire semester. It was the shift the library most desperately needed a worker for and I would be getting a decent amount of hours, so I took it in addition to my ambassador position and since they are both level 3 jobs, I am making a really decent amount of money, but I am exhausted from working so often without any large amount of time in between to recooperate. At least my Saturday class is over now and tomorrow is the last Visitation Day of the year, so I will have my Saturdays free to rest now and my Cofirmation class should be over after Sunday, so my Sundays will be freed up pretty soon as well which will be a big help especially when finals roll around in just a month and a half!
I think that having a job and pushing yourself to build a good work ethic and self-motivation is a really big part of growing up and I think college is a great time to begin working on skills like this that will help you in the future especially in your career. ODU definitely makes it easy for students to find their own spot in the workplace right here on campus. I think every student should try to take advantage of the good fortune of ODU and make that transition into the workforce right here on campus if possible, but remember not to overwork yourself or take on more than you can handle.
I originally started my freshman year with a seasonal job working 2-4 nights a week for only a few weeks each semester as a Phonathon caller. This was not a difficult job or a time- consuming one at that, so it was a perfect job for my freshman year. Then, my sophomore year, I decided to take on a job that would last the entire school year, so that my paydays would be more frequent and thus, my financial situation more stable. I got a job working at the Information Desk in our Student Center through Financial Aid in the Work Study program. I made a little more than minimum wage and my boss was very laid back. I was only scheduled to work 3 times a week for 2-3 hours at a time. It was a nice and easy job though it did get really boring, but it was nice being able to basically get paid for sitting at a desk and just working on school work while I waited to assist visitors to our Student Center.
At the end of my Sophomore year, the school got rid of the Concierge position in the Student Center and so my boss offered me a job as an ambassador which would still be through the Admissions department and could still qualify as a work-study position and would pay a little more money as a level 3 position. I was hired as soon as I said 'yes' without applying or anything. My boss also encourage me to apply to be a student blogger which I did and so again, I had two jobs, but these two jobs required a lot more of me than the phonathon and information desk. I had to be trained for both and they each required a tight shedule and a lot of committment. It was a good way to start off my Junior year though. It kept me busy so I wasn't bored and helped me prepare for the kinds of jobs I might have when I graduate and go out into the real world.
The blogger position was eliminated after only one semester of me working as a blogger. I was worried that I wouldn't be making as much money as I had gotten used to with two pretty well-paying jobs, so I applied at the library and got that position, but for the first time, I was not working between 2 and 4 days a week varying by week, but rather, I was working every single morning Monday-Friday for the entire semester. It was the shift the library most desperately needed a worker for and I would be getting a decent amount of hours, so I took it in addition to my ambassador position and since they are both level 3 jobs, I am making a really decent amount of money, but I am exhausted from working so often without any large amount of time in between to recooperate. At least my Saturday class is over now and tomorrow is the last Visitation Day of the year, so I will have my Saturdays free to rest now and my Cofirmation class should be over after Sunday, so my Sundays will be freed up pretty soon as well which will be a big help especially when finals roll around in just a month and a half!
I think that having a job and pushing yourself to build a good work ethic and self-motivation is a really big part of growing up and I think college is a great time to begin working on skills like this that will help you in the future especially in your career. ODU definitely makes it easy for students to find their own spot in the workplace right here on campus. I think every student should try to take advantage of the good fortune of ODU and make that transition into the workforce right here on campus if possible, but remember not to overwork yourself or take on more than you can handle.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Little Sibs Weekend 2011
As some of you may have noticed, I was able to finally cross out one of my goals for this semester: to have my little siblings come to ODU for Little Sibs Weekend! It was even more fun than I imagined it would be. I am so very blessed to have such wonderful little siblings! I was more than excited to show off my sweet little sibs to all of my friends :) and everyone seemed to love them as much as I do! My little sister (who is 7) made so many new friends and she was so excited to go home and tell everyone how awesome her weekend with her favorite sister was!
For those of you readers who are not familiar with ODU's Little Sibs Weekend, I am very happy to tell you all about it. In a nutshell, this is a weekend where students get to have their little siblings stay in the dorms with them and participate in a bunch of different and fun activities around campus including an indoor carnival, a movie night, a pancake breakfast, and many other super fun events. Every year, there are different events and everyone seems to have a lot of fun.
This year was my first Little Sibs Weekend on campus, so I was really excited that my siblings were able to come down for it. This year, Student Activities had a Kinect video game session right after registration followed by a Karaoke night the first night. Then, on Saturday, Little Sibs were invited to go see a Children's musician, but since I was in class, one of my wonderful suitemates took my sibs with hers to see the musician and apparently, they loved it! After that, I had my siblings come to my class to meet my teacher and have some snacks at our last day of class party. Sister Fatula was so happy to have them! Then, we all went to lunch together and headed to the Carnival in the student center. The carnival was probably the best part of the whole weekend especially for the kids. There was so much free stuff! My brother must have eaten at least 4 or 5 cotton candys! They had face-painting, an inflatable obstacle course, balloon animals, sand art, decorate-yourself cookies and coffee mugs, free popcorn, candy jewelry making, a raffle, cupcakes, musical chairs, snow cones, a caricature artist, and a free photo booth! My little sister won a huge pack of plato in the raffle and I won a shirt that I gave to my 17yearold sister who didn't make it to ODU this weekend since she had work and a test and whatnot.
There was also an ice cream social, a comedic juggler, and a movie night. We ended up watching a movie in my friend Katie's room though instead of going to the official movie night, but we did get to see the juggler and he was really talented and hilarious! My little siblings definitely loved his act a lot! My sister even got to go up and perform a trick with him!
Even though it was really exhausting babysitting for an entire weekend, I was really happy to get to see my siblings and I had a lot of fun with them. I am really glad that ODU has such fun events for our wonderful little sibs and I cannot wait for next year! :)
For those of you readers who are not familiar with ODU's Little Sibs Weekend, I am very happy to tell you all about it. In a nutshell, this is a weekend where students get to have their little siblings stay in the dorms with them and participate in a bunch of different and fun activities around campus including an indoor carnival, a movie night, a pancake breakfast, and many other super fun events. Every year, there are different events and everyone seems to have a lot of fun.
This year was my first Little Sibs Weekend on campus, so I was really excited that my siblings were able to come down for it. This year, Student Activities had a Kinect video game session right after registration followed by a Karaoke night the first night. Then, on Saturday, Little Sibs were invited to go see a Children's musician, but since I was in class, one of my wonderful suitemates took my sibs with hers to see the musician and apparently, they loved it! After that, I had my siblings come to my class to meet my teacher and have some snacks at our last day of class party. Sister Fatula was so happy to have them! Then, we all went to lunch together and headed to the Carnival in the student center. The carnival was probably the best part of the whole weekend especially for the kids. There was so much free stuff! My brother must have eaten at least 4 or 5 cotton candys! They had face-painting, an inflatable obstacle course, balloon animals, sand art, decorate-yourself cookies and coffee mugs, free popcorn, candy jewelry making, a raffle, cupcakes, musical chairs, snow cones, a caricature artist, and a free photo booth! My little sister won a huge pack of plato in the raffle and I won a shirt that I gave to my 17yearold sister who didn't make it to ODU this weekend since she had work and a test and whatnot.
There was also an ice cream social, a comedic juggler, and a movie night. We ended up watching a movie in my friend Katie's room though instead of going to the official movie night, but we did get to see the juggler and he was really talented and hilarious! My little siblings definitely loved his act a lot! My sister even got to go up and perform a trick with him!
Even though it was really exhausting babysitting for an entire weekend, I was really happy to get to see my siblings and I had a lot of fun with them. I am really glad that ODU has such fun events for our wonderful little sibs and I cannot wait for next year! :)
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