I am delayed big time on my blog. There was been absolutely no time to update you with my good news. Well, I will just have to make time. Let me backtrack to about two weeks ago where there is a lot of events I did.
After recovering from Mid-Semester Break and grades, I decided to have a little fun. Practically, the week was dedicated to getting away and really enjoying what life in general has to offer. I went to a Corn Maze in Plain City, Ohio with one of my newer organizations, CLEAR. I have never been to a corn field before. I had seen quite a bit of movies that depicted the corn field as the area of danger and the point of no return. There were about 20 of us braving cold weather and the company of being alone in the field. I have passed Plain City before but I knew that the name of the city was the exact nature of the city- a small town with a small population based on rural economy. Upon arriving in Plain City, I was expecting an eerie feeling to creep inside my body. CLEAR members stepped out into the cold, frightful weather and purchased the tickets to enter the festivities. I kept hearing something like a chainsaw in the distance; I was wondering if there are actually a chain-wielding maniac on the run. Personally, I knew that was not the case- I guess I need to stop thinking about Resident Evil 4. Anyway, me and a group of people tested the Corn Maze first. The first part of the course seemed to get people turned around in circles. I think that area took us 15 minutes to figure out the way to get to the next station. Once that area was passed, I flew through the next 5 stations without much action. On station 5, we found a bridge that helped trace me back to the beginning and to the end. I had a glow stick with me so I would not be completely in the dark. Around station 6, my team was split in half. The path branched off into a loop or a somewhat obscure area in which the path disappeared into a mesh of foliage. Me and two other people went through the foliage and quickly navigated through the labyrinth. I knew that I was getting closer to the end because there was a lot more activities. People tried to scare me with their being hidden in the foliage or making themselves camouflaged into the ground. There were three areas that got my adrenaline pumping, though. The first area was when the psychedelic area I was entering became increasingly small until I had to crawl my way out. That is a surprise. Next is the haunted bus, where you can't see 6 inches in front of you and a ghoul pops out of nowhere as a final greeter. I was about to go into self-defense mode. Finally, there was another psychedelic room near the finish near a guy who is lying on the ground in spots matching the floor springs up and catches your attention. Personally, I was glad to get out. The Corn Maze was not that scary but travelling in there makes you conscious of time, especially since we needed to leave the Corn Maze facility by 9:00 p.m. (which did not happen, but I will tell you later).
I enjoyed the rest of the day in the area by watching people attempt to climb a greasy pole (good luck with that in the cold night), feeding goats, and playing old games with just a little competition such as racing and pumping water in a tube to see whose duck will reach the end first. Once again, my camera in absentia but someone took a couple of pictures of me. As I waited for the people who got lost in the corn field to emerge from the darkness, I grabbed some kettle corn and apple cider, along with a picture souvenir. The picture souvenir turns out to be the overview for the corn field- of Rascal Flatts. Now I know why I got turned around so many times. I left Plain City happy and ready to face the weekend.
Saturday morning. Rise and shine: I helped with a Habitat Build Day nearby the OWU campus. That is right: the project started at 8 in the morning. Now for people who are not accustomed to waking up in the morning this may have been a problem. Since I am a morning person usually, I accepted the conditions and put on a jacket to walk over to the site. The task that had to be done during the 4 hour build day was sandblasting (which I did not get a chance to do), digging holes for future construction areas (e.g. steps and sewage disposal), and lining up the amount of gravel so construction could easily smooth cement over the area. This was fun! There were 4 Habitaters but we worked together to get the job completed. Git'er Done!! Reeling from the energy I developed at the Build site, I saw some OWU Volleyball action against Denison. I think this was my first one of the year as I did not have time to stop by at a earlier date.
Sunday: Today was the big day for CLEAR. It was time for our annual FearFest day at Kings Island. I was one of 5 members represented there for CLEAR and of course, we had a good time. I remembered last year's trip and I used that as my inspiration for this year's. We rented a tour bus to accommodate the participants. We used the T.V. on the bus- I took my books and used the time of travel for some valuable study time. Once at Kings Island, we easily retrieved the tickets and let the good times roll. Most of the wait times for rides were either non-existent or a minute amount of time in line. I believe the longest time I had to wait to get on a ride at Kings Island was about 30 minutes. That was awesome; I was not expecting that at all. I had shrimp and fish for my food there, by the way. The CLEAR guys stuck together for the entire 8 hours we were there. We all bonded. Some of the rides we got to ride because of the emptiness of the lines. We were stoked. I got a picture of one of our many expression on the ride. My picture is taken from the newest ride at Kings Island, the Firehawk. You are made to lay down and fly like a eagle once you are in the air. Awesome ride, worth the 30 minute wait. We all left the park at closing time- around 8:00 p.m.
The weekend went off with out a hitch or a serious problem. I am happy and am blessed to enjoy the many events in my life away from OWU. I am overjoyed to be close to catching up to where I should be in posts. Good news for my readers: I am not finished for this event. Expect me to post something about Homecoming 2007 within the next 2-3 days. This serves as my mental note that I publicly said that here. I feel that I am on a roll. Now, I have to get back at a specialization of mine called studying.
Performing service and doing fun things with alcohol respect,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
I feel like I am in a quandary right now
I don't know. There are some days where I think that I can handle anything. I want to go into my classes and answer every question even if it is wrong so I will be able to learn the right answer. I want to go into my organizations and get everyone pumped up about upcoming events. I want to be a force in the community, no matter where it is.
Today is NOT one of those days. The strain of beginning school after Mid-Semester Break and my mid-term reports is starting to wear on me. At times, I feel like I have to be a machine to keep up with the rigorous level of my courses. All of the reading, all of the problem-solving. I know that is all required but sometimes, I get the feeling that some of the courses that I am taking are only going to be used in rare situations. I am not complaining, I am just venting my thoughts. Whenever I do get finished with my work, more work get piled on to me. Well, I guess if I am having a problem with the workload now, then I might be digging my own course if I decide to attend graduate school for higher learning. I realize that grinding through the work and learning the concepts will help me in the long run. All I am saying is that the class scene (unless it is a specialized class like a seminar class) becomes boring to me now that I have experienced the corporate world.
Truthfully, I miss working eight to five, learning about the exquisite ways of Parker-Hannifin. I like having control of the situation and learning how to implement concepts of my class into my work. I miss the interaction between management and myself, the conversations I had with my co-workers, and all of the other experiences I had while I was there in the summer. Don't get me work, I like college life; however, I think that the corporate world may be a better fit for me. The corporate world requires me to be active in my work; moving from area to area was a daily thing for me. The physical and the engineering portions of the problem worked hand in hand together. I felt comfortable taking risks and being unapologetic in making them. Now, I am back at OWU and I feel different in my sophomore than I did in my freshman year. I have experience under my belt, which I think is the most important thing a person can have on their resume.
With the stress of being a full-time student in full effect, I know that academics come first. You may not see me a lot but that does not mean that I am not working and trying to understand the concepts. I know that it is important but I need the social in my life as well. Without the social part of OWU, I would probably not be at OWU right now, typing this blog to you. I need a balance in my life. Working on my majors takes time, but I rather be cheering on the Men's or the Women's Soccer Team, planning Homecoming events, or being a voice on WSCA at a drop of a hat. If you would have asked the high-school version of myself, I probably would have told you otherwise (yes, I was that kind of kid when I was younger). I still am that way- to an extent. Right now, I am going to enjoy life- even if that means I will have to compromise some study time to do so. This may seem selfish in a way but if I don't enjoy life now, I may not get the opportunity to do it later. Try to understand my point of view of how things should be for an individual in college.
I am still in a quandary. On this very rainy Thursday, my day is not the usual Thursday. This is the schedule for today:
8-10 a.m. (right now) - Working at Student Involvement
12 p.m.- President's Council for Racial and Cultural Diversity meeting
1-3 p.m.- Making of Britain (fortunately, my prospectus is delayed to next Tuesday)
3-4 p.m.- Selling Demetri Martin tickets
6-12 p.m.- Pizza Delivery for Black Men of the Future (can you say massive Study Session?)
Luckily, my 10-11:30 a.m. Environmental Alteration class got canceled (although I am bummed that I will not get my paper or my test back until next Tuesday; I actually want to see the final results on both of them). Still, this is my TYPICAL kind of day. Classes, lots of study time while doing organizational stuff, and meetings. Honestly, this week is easy; next week is going to be brutal with tons of reading, work to turn in, and to top it all off, the week of Homecoming is here. This is what I was anticipating. The question now is what will happen to me in the next week and a half. I am tired of the same routine, I think everyone is at this point. Bring on the new classes and activities!
Stay tuned,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10
Today is NOT one of those days. The strain of beginning school after Mid-Semester Break and my mid-term reports is starting to wear on me. At times, I feel like I have to be a machine to keep up with the rigorous level of my courses. All of the reading, all of the problem-solving. I know that is all required but sometimes, I get the feeling that some of the courses that I am taking are only going to be used in rare situations. I am not complaining, I am just venting my thoughts. Whenever I do get finished with my work, more work get piled on to me. Well, I guess if I am having a problem with the workload now, then I might be digging my own course if I decide to attend graduate school for higher learning. I realize that grinding through the work and learning the concepts will help me in the long run. All I am saying is that the class scene (unless it is a specialized class like a seminar class) becomes boring to me now that I have experienced the corporate world.
Truthfully, I miss working eight to five, learning about the exquisite ways of Parker-Hannifin. I like having control of the situation and learning how to implement concepts of my class into my work. I miss the interaction between management and myself, the conversations I had with my co-workers, and all of the other experiences I had while I was there in the summer. Don't get me work, I like college life; however, I think that the corporate world may be a better fit for me. The corporate world requires me to be active in my work; moving from area to area was a daily thing for me. The physical and the engineering portions of the problem worked hand in hand together. I felt comfortable taking risks and being unapologetic in making them. Now, I am back at OWU and I feel different in my sophomore than I did in my freshman year. I have experience under my belt, which I think is the most important thing a person can have on their resume.
With the stress of being a full-time student in full effect, I know that academics come first. You may not see me a lot but that does not mean that I am not working and trying to understand the concepts. I know that it is important but I need the social in my life as well. Without the social part of OWU, I would probably not be at OWU right now, typing this blog to you. I need a balance in my life. Working on my majors takes time, but I rather be cheering on the Men's or the Women's Soccer Team, planning Homecoming events, or being a voice on WSCA at a drop of a hat. If you would have asked the high-school version of myself, I probably would have told you otherwise (yes, I was that kind of kid when I was younger). I still am that way- to an extent. Right now, I am going to enjoy life- even if that means I will have to compromise some study time to do so. This may seem selfish in a way but if I don't enjoy life now, I may not get the opportunity to do it later. Try to understand my point of view of how things should be for an individual in college.
I am still in a quandary. On this very rainy Thursday, my day is not the usual Thursday. This is the schedule for today:
8-10 a.m. (right now) - Working at Student Involvement
12 p.m.- President's Council for Racial and Cultural Diversity meeting
1-3 p.m.- Making of Britain (fortunately, my prospectus is delayed to next Tuesday)
3-4 p.m.- Selling Demetri Martin tickets
6-12 p.m.- Pizza Delivery for Black Men of the Future (can you say massive Study Session?)
Luckily, my 10-11:30 a.m. Environmental Alteration class got canceled (although I am bummed that I will not get my paper or my test back until next Tuesday; I actually want to see the final results on both of them). Still, this is my TYPICAL kind of day. Classes, lots of study time while doing organizational stuff, and meetings. Honestly, this week is easy; next week is going to be brutal with tons of reading, work to turn in, and to top it all off, the week of Homecoming is here. This is what I was anticipating. The question now is what will happen to me in the next week and a half. I am tired of the same routine, I think everyone is at this point. Bring on the new classes and activities!
Stay tuned,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
It is 8 in the morning and I have just recovered from mid-terms...mostly.
Well, I know it has been around two weeks since I last posted so I have so much to tell you. I don't have no camera and I have been so busy that I have not bothered anyone to use theirs for the moment. For now, I guess that text will have to work. Just imagine everything I have done and magnify everything times ten. Yes, that has been my two weeks worth of adventure since my last post on the 25th of September.
To start off, I celebrated my 20th birthday last week. The day was October 1 and unfortunately, my birthday fell on a Monday, when the intensity of mid-terms picked up. Personally, I knew that I could not go out to celebrate like how I wanted to. I had to be low-key so I could focus on several upcoming exams. I still celebrated on Wednesday since I was determined to make the most out of my birthday. I prefer to have my birthdays on the down low, having people find out instead of just outright telling them. This way, no one would try to do something that I would regret on a school day like drink before a long day of exams. I have seen this happen where a person would celebrate their birthday when they knew they had exams the next day and show up to class with a hangover. Imagine the consequences.
Coincidentally, my birthday fell on Greek Week. Just a little explanation: Greek Week is when all of the Greeks on campus come together for a week of entertainment, fun, and competition. Greek Week was all of last week. I represented Phi Delta Theta in two of the six events: the Water Balloon Toss and Corn Hole. I am not the most athletic or skilled person in any person; mainly I did the events to mingle with people that went Greek and somehow I lost contact with and to participate for my fraternity. I am all about unity for all Greeks, no matter what race, nationality, or religion a person in a sorority or a fraternity is. Greek Week was fun for me. The events were Chalk the Walk on Monday, Water Balloon Toss and Olive Race on Tuesday, Jello Eating Contest, a cookout and Corn Hole on Wednesday, Dance Off and a Chariot Race on Thursday, and Penny Wars throughout the week. Final results were read last Friday with the eventual winners being Chi Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta. I wasn't bummed about the result; I just wish there was more participation in the Greek community.
Moving on to my world in academia, I have completed four out of five exams. I have received two of the four exams back with my exam for Making of Britain to be returned to me today. I passed the two tests that was given back to me and hopefully I have passed the Making of Britain test despite not planning out how to write two three to four page essays and thirty-five matching choices in less than a hour. I will not dropped the class in the worst-case scenario that I did poorly on the exam; I will just do better the second time around and working intensively on my paper in that class. No excuses, just do the work in that class is what I have to keep telling myself. Now that I have mostly recovered from mid-terms, I have a renewed sense of initiative to continue my studies in these classes and pass the highest grade I think I can achieve. I have to remember that I have a scholarship to keep and a promise to obtain my grades for the corporate world. Environmental Alteration test is on Thursday so I am preparing for that after turning in a sizable twelve page paper. I have to get pumped for this last exam.
Onto another news, I got away from OWU on Friday to visit home...somewhat. I left Friday evening to go do some valuable service with fellow Circle K members. We did what was called a District Service Project- people were split up into five teams and we headed into different areas of Cleveland and its suburbs to focus on a particular structures such as churches and houses of the elderly. I was split up to do service with Circle K's International President, Amanda Badali along with the OWU chapter's President, Sara Nienaber. I like working with them- they are fun but dedicated people to work beside. The team that I worked with consisted on twenty-five people from various parts of Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania. New friendships were made, a person house was rescued and I was happy to help out. The Project was awesome and I hope to do more of this Projects in the future.
I arrived on Saturday, worked on my Exam/Paper for Cultural Geography, and then prepared to help out my organization, Black Men of the Future with our first party. We decided to have a party to promote our organization and to loosen up all of those tense muscles from the exams of last week. The party didn't start to get hot until the midnight, which is usually when parties at OWU really start. The music selection was good even though the sound system felt like it was going in the middle of the party. I saw a lot of unfamiliar faces at the party; someone told me that they were Greeks from Ohio State. Odd that they would be in a small town like Delaware when they always have a live scene in Columbus. Nevertheless, it was good seeing new faces and what they had to offer on the dance floor. I decided to excuse myself from my own organization's party because I had commitments on Sunday; I left around two o'clock a.m. to insure that I would get a good night's sleep.
On Sunday, I did another CropWalk. Last year, I did the CropWalk by myself and I enjoyed running the 10K course through Delaware. This year, as Community Service Chair for Phi Delta Theta, I was not alone in my pursuit to help the disadvantaged. I remember the theme "We walk because they walk" and I think that sometimes people do not appreciate the ability to use their two legs. The CropWalk is the perfect example of demonstrating how we as humans need to help the people who have to walk to get where they are going on a daily basis. I appreciate the CropWalk immensely and for that, I speed walk and jog most of the course.
The last two weeks have been a whirlwind for me- keeping on top of studies, balancing that with fraternity life, balancing those out with obligations for organizations, and trying to just be me all at the same time. Right now, this is working for me and I like this. I feel like I am in control of my life and I am just getting started. I am sitting at the Student Involvement Desk to earn some extra money writing this to you. I have to get this off my chest so writing this is the best way to do so. You, the reader can interpret my words however you like but right now, I am in a good place in my life and I want you to know. Well, I have to go now- I have my Environmental Alteration in ten minutes and I need the time to hike over to the Science Center.
Living life,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10
To start off, I celebrated my 20th birthday last week. The day was October 1 and unfortunately, my birthday fell on a Monday, when the intensity of mid-terms picked up. Personally, I knew that I could not go out to celebrate like how I wanted to. I had to be low-key so I could focus on several upcoming exams. I still celebrated on Wednesday since I was determined to make the most out of my birthday. I prefer to have my birthdays on the down low, having people find out instead of just outright telling them. This way, no one would try to do something that I would regret on a school day like drink before a long day of exams. I have seen this happen where a person would celebrate their birthday when they knew they had exams the next day and show up to class with a hangover. Imagine the consequences.
Coincidentally, my birthday fell on Greek Week. Just a little explanation: Greek Week is when all of the Greeks on campus come together for a week of entertainment, fun, and competition. Greek Week was all of last week. I represented Phi Delta Theta in two of the six events: the Water Balloon Toss and Corn Hole. I am not the most athletic or skilled person in any person; mainly I did the events to mingle with people that went Greek and somehow I lost contact with and to participate for my fraternity. I am all about unity for all Greeks, no matter what race, nationality, or religion a person in a sorority or a fraternity is. Greek Week was fun for me. The events were Chalk the Walk on Monday, Water Balloon Toss and Olive Race on Tuesday, Jello Eating Contest, a cookout and Corn Hole on Wednesday, Dance Off and a Chariot Race on Thursday, and Penny Wars throughout the week. Final results were read last Friday with the eventual winners being Chi Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta. I wasn't bummed about the result; I just wish there was more participation in the Greek community.
Moving on to my world in academia, I have completed four out of five exams. I have received two of the four exams back with my exam for Making of Britain to be returned to me today. I passed the two tests that was given back to me and hopefully I have passed the Making of Britain test despite not planning out how to write two three to four page essays and thirty-five matching choices in less than a hour. I will not dropped the class in the worst-case scenario that I did poorly on the exam; I will just do better the second time around and working intensively on my paper in that class. No excuses, just do the work in that class is what I have to keep telling myself. Now that I have mostly recovered from mid-terms, I have a renewed sense of initiative to continue my studies in these classes and pass the highest grade I think I can achieve. I have to remember that I have a scholarship to keep and a promise to obtain my grades for the corporate world. Environmental Alteration test is on Thursday so I am preparing for that after turning in a sizable twelve page paper. I have to get pumped for this last exam.
Onto another news, I got away from OWU on Friday to visit home...somewhat. I left Friday evening to go do some valuable service with fellow Circle K members. We did what was called a District Service Project- people were split up into five teams and we headed into different areas of Cleveland and its suburbs to focus on a particular structures such as churches and houses of the elderly. I was split up to do service with Circle K's International President, Amanda Badali along with the OWU chapter's President, Sara Nienaber. I like working with them- they are fun but dedicated people to work beside. The team that I worked with consisted on twenty-five people from various parts of Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania. New friendships were made, a person house was rescued and I was happy to help out. The Project was awesome and I hope to do more of this Projects in the future.
I arrived on Saturday, worked on my Exam/Paper for Cultural Geography, and then prepared to help out my organization, Black Men of the Future with our first party. We decided to have a party to promote our organization and to loosen up all of those tense muscles from the exams of last week. The party didn't start to get hot until the midnight, which is usually when parties at OWU really start. The music selection was good even though the sound system felt like it was going in the middle of the party. I saw a lot of unfamiliar faces at the party; someone told me that they were Greeks from Ohio State. Odd that they would be in a small town like Delaware when they always have a live scene in Columbus. Nevertheless, it was good seeing new faces and what they had to offer on the dance floor. I decided to excuse myself from my own organization's party because I had commitments on Sunday; I left around two o'clock a.m. to insure that I would get a good night's sleep.
On Sunday, I did another CropWalk. Last year, I did the CropWalk by myself and I enjoyed running the 10K course through Delaware. This year, as Community Service Chair for Phi Delta Theta, I was not alone in my pursuit to help the disadvantaged. I remember the theme "We walk because they walk" and I think that sometimes people do not appreciate the ability to use their two legs. The CropWalk is the perfect example of demonstrating how we as humans need to help the people who have to walk to get where they are going on a daily basis. I appreciate the CropWalk immensely and for that, I speed walk and jog most of the course.
The last two weeks have been a whirlwind for me- keeping on top of studies, balancing that with fraternity life, balancing those out with obligations for organizations, and trying to just be me all at the same time. Right now, this is working for me and I like this. I feel like I am in control of my life and I am just getting started. I am sitting at the Student Involvement Desk to earn some extra money writing this to you. I have to get this off my chest so writing this is the best way to do so. You, the reader can interpret my words however you like but right now, I am in a good place in my life and I want you to know. Well, I have to go now- I have my Environmental Alteration in ten minutes and I need the time to hike over to the Science Center.
Living life,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10
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