Thursday, November 17, 2011

B-I-N-G-O!!!

Now when I say B-I-N-G-O I know a lot of people thing about a bunch of older people all sitting around with there dotting markers as a guys with a monotone voice calls out the letters and number, but UNC B-I-N-G-O is like nothing you have ever experienced. Its takes place in the big ballrooms at the University Center right in the middle of campus. Tons of UNC student show up pumped and excited to be at B-I-N-G-O. Plus if your one of the first 50 people there you get a free t-shirt. This year the shirt is black with a bright pink B... Is for B-I-N-G-O and every semester they change the shirt and the color. Then you go inside and they actually have UNC student radio there so its like we have our very own d.j. Then when B-I-N-G-O starts they have a very funny announcer who is a UNC student. I guarantee he will make you laugh. There are 5 rounds that spell out U-N-C-O and then an X. They have really cool prizes like gift cards, hoodies and tickets to sport games. Last time I was there the grand prize was a pair of Avalanche tickets. Let me tell you, when you are one number away from calling B-I-N-G-O your adrenalin is pumping. Even if you don't win its still a great time with friends and sometimes you even make new friends. So before you judge me about going to B-I-N-G-O give it a try and you will see just how much it can be.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Choosing My Destiny

When I first came to UNC I actually wanted to go into theatre and be a theatre major. Unfortunately after my audition my dreams were crushed cause I found out I was pretty bad at acting. So I came to UNC as an undeclared freshman. I loved my first semester cause I got to take a ton of fun classes that sounded interesting. I took classes like world archeology, contemporary Germany, and The Cosmos. I actually didn't end up choosing my major until my second year of college when my mom told me that I should look into journalism cause I have always been told that I was a talented writer. So I ended up taking an intro class and declare myself a Pre-Journalism major. The journalism major at UNC has three emphasis: telecommunications, news editorial, and public relations and advertising media. When starting on my path I was pretty set on going into a news editorial  emphasis and writing for some sort of newspaper or something like that. So I ended up taking news writing this semester. I did not like it at all. I found out that news writing was NOT for me but luckily I was also taking a intro to marketing class that I loved. For some reason the information I was learning was so interesting to me. The problem was that at UNC the marketing degree is a business degree and I knew that wasn't for me either. Luckily something amazing happened and I realized that an emphasis in public relations and advertising media was very similar to marketing and all of a sudden I became very excited. Now I love to tell people what my major is even if they don't ask. I'm so excited for my future and I can't wait for my classes next semester. Hi my name is Maegan and I am a Journalism major with an emphasis in Public Relations and Advertising media. Now I just have to decide on my minor.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Snow Day!!!

Hey everyone I don't know if you heard but UNC had a snow day last week. That never happens! In my 2 years here I have never had a snow day at UNC. I had no classes so I stayed inside watched Halloween movies and drank some hot chocolate. Unfortunately the kids on central campus were not as lucky as I was. They ended up losing power so they were stuck in their room with no electricity. The good thing was everyone was out side enjoying their first snow of the year. There was snow men all over the place and snow ball fights were going on left and right. I personally found myself participating but I called it quits after I got an ice cold snow ball right in the face. I tried to savor the day as much as I could because I don't see a snow day happening again. We had snow fall again this last Wednesday and the university snow plows were already out at 7 in the morning clearing the walkways. Halloween is over and the next up is Thanksgiving. Bring on the turkey and stuffing!