Greek Life

One of the great things about UNC is Greek life. This semester I am joining a professional business fraternity called Alpha Kappa Psi. It's a co-ed fraternity open to all majors that helps you prepair for life in the professional business world. For rush week they are doing water pong with root beer floats, a interview workshop, and then a special surprise event for students who are wanting to pledge. I am so excited to rush. Alpha Kappa Psi does community service, leadership development, and professional training. They put on events with alumni, hear from guest speakers, they put on social events and every year they have a fun retreat for Alpha Kappa Psi's in Colorado. At UNC we have so many different types of Greek life. There are fraternities for majors, one for honor students, multi-cultural sororities, and there is even a marching band fraternity. We also have the social fraternities and sororities. Greek life is one of the great things you can get involved in on campus. It's a great way to make friends and connections that you will have for the rest of your life. Plus they could look really good on a resume when your out in the world looking for a job. So no matter what walks of life you come from there is definitely a way you can get involved on campus. Whether that be a club, organization, sport, or Greek life. My advice to you is to just get involved.

Getting in Shape

One of my new years resolutions this year was to get in shape and I am on my way. I signed up for group classes at the UNC rec center and so far I have attended three classes. I have done a yoga class, a zumba class, and a TNT class (tummy and thighs). I never thought that working out could be so much fun. One thing I really like about a group fitness class is that your not alone, you have people all around you looking just as silly as you. Yoga was very relaxing but don't be fooled its some hard stuff. It takes strength and flexibility. Zumba is a blast, it's dancing while you work out. So not only did I learn so new moves but I was also getting in shape. Today I attended the TNT work out, which stands for tummy and thighs. You spend and entire 45 minutes working only on your stomach and thighs. That means lots of crunches, lunges, and pain. The work out was at 3 pm and I still feel the burn in my thighs. I'm just worried that when I wake up tomorrow I wont be able to move my tummy or thighs. Even though it was hard I cant wait to try some of the other classes that the UNC rec center has. They have kick boxing, cycling, hard core, lethal legs, step energy, dance fusion, and so much more. Its my goal to try all of the classes offered and by the end of this semester I think I might look like the Hulk, just without the green.

First Day!

Today was my first day of classes for spring semester. I always love the first day of classes. There is something refreshing about starting a new semester. I love my Mondays and Fridays. I only have two classes and in done by noon. I will admit that I am a little nervous for tomorrow. I have a day full of classes and start my first 300 level class tomorrow. A 300 level class means that its a junior level class, so it's intimidating for a sophomore like me. I have too 300 level classes this year. I have advertising and public relations, which as you know is my major so they should be tons of fun for me. I really don't know what I want to do with my major when I graduate so I'm looking forward to finding out all the career possibilities out there for me. The cool thing about college is that once you get here you can be whatever you want to be. So far I love my classes for this semester. All the teachers I have meet so far are awesome. So many teachers here are outgoing and just plain fun. Its makes going to class that much more exciting when you have a fun professor. I would also like to mention that I have a bowling class tomorrow. That right you heard me right a bowling class. How awesome is that?!

Dorm Life

Happy New Year! As winter break comes to an end, I am in the process of moving back to Greeley. I have to pack everything and get ready for my classes. One thing I do miss about college life is living on campus in the residence halls. There are 17 residence halls on campus and they are all different. There is suite style and community living, there's big residence halls and small residence halls, and we have them on both central campus and west campus. All freshman students are required to live on campus for their first year and after that you can choose to stay or move into a house or an apartment. I chose to live in the residence halls for my sophomore year, and I love it. Moving to college gives you more freedom but you also have more responsibilities. There is no one there to tell you what to do. You are in charge, for some of us this is a good thing and a bad thing. For me it was a good thing. My first year of college taught me so much. I had to learn to manage my time, my money, and I had to learn to be independent. It sounds hard but the process of growing up is so much fun and you learn so much about yourself. That's one of the amazing things about college.

Winter Break

Happy Holidays! I had a wonderful Christmas and I can't wait till the new year. One thing that's cool about UNC is that I get a whole month off for winter break. Finals ended on the 9th and the first day of spring semester starts on January 9th. I remember my first semester of college and I had no idea that classes were only one semester. Unlike high school where classes are a year long and you dreaded going back to school after winter break. At UNC you get a whole new set of classes each semester. I get excited to go back after winter break because it's like a whole new school year for me. I am enjoying my break but I am also looking forward to next semester. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year.

Finals Week!!!

This is the time of year that I start pulling out my hair. It's finals week at UNC. It is the most stressful time of the semester. It's when everything is due and when you have to study for all of your classes finals. This semester I have 4 finals, one everyday, Monday through Thursday. I just finished my last final today and it feels awesome. The nice thing is that the university tries and to make this time of the year less stressful. They have chair massages at the library and study breaks at the dinning halls. Each night they have a different snack for the study break. My favorite so far has been the chilie cheese fries and tonight it's soft pretzels. The end of semester is a bitter sweet time. It's a stressful, happy, and sad time. I'm excited to be on break, I'm stressed from my finals, and I'm sad because I have had some classes this semester that I will miss. But I am excited to start next semester. I get to take my Public Relations and Advertising classes, which is my major, so you can see why I'm excited. But for now let the holiday season begin.  I hope you all have a wonderful start to your Christmas Season!

Drag Show

I recently attended a drag show here at UNC. It was put on by Spectrum which is the LGBTA community here at UNC. They had drag queens from all over come and perform to raise money for Rainbow Alley. They are an organization that is a resource for gay, bisexual, or confused teens. They had veteran performers and they had others that were performing for the first time. They had two acts of the show and served brownies at intermission. The hosts of the show were really funny. One of the host was a drag queen named Cascade Phoenix and the other was a young lady that is a part of the spectrum community here at UNC.
I have never been to a drag show before so I didn't know what to expect. I was quite surprised when the show started. Many of the performers danced in lingerie and lip sync to the songs they choose. All together the show was very entertaining and they raised more than $200 for Rainbow Alley. Personally, I'm heading into my last week of this semester and getting ready for finals next week. Wish me luck!