This week seems to be the busiest week of the academic year so far. This week also appears to be the busiest in terms of meetings and commitments I have made. I feel that all of the pressure is on me right now. As a member of the sophomore class with junior status, I can tell you it is not an easy task. With four history classes and a film class with three of those classes as a writing extensive course, I am seeing the consequences in not being able to pull eighteen hour study days or better yet, an all-nighter. Next week will be a challenge for me because guess what? It is the week before spring break and all of the work in everyone of my classes is piled unto me. I am talking mid-terms, papers, research, the whole nine yards. I think next week will be a determining moment in my academic career because this will either make or break me for the remainder of this semester.
To settle down from the assignment and the work load for this week, I did a couple of things. Obviously, I had to take a break. I figured what better way to waste time than to stand on my balcony and take pictures of the beautiful weather outside. I wanted to see how much of the Hill I could capture. I was impressed with the results; see for yourselves. I really needed a break and some fresh air; I was finishing up two books for two different history classes, one which I wrote a critical analysis on. This was on Tuesday, by the way, where I had four classes, two meetings, and a paper all due on Wednesday. I was stressed so I needed to do something, anything other than bury my head in books for the rest of the day.
Wednesday after my night class, I decided to check out the Matt Wertz concert. A couple of my friends have his songs on their Ipod and I thought his songs were catchy and had a feel good touch to it. Once again, I needed after sitting in a night class for close to three hours. The concert opened up with Ohio Wesleyan's own, Robyn Case. I was happy to hear her perform. I heard very good things about her and I finally got to experience that sound for myself. I thought she was a good choice to open up for Matt Wertz. There are a short break to energize ourselves. Then the energy level skyrocketed when Matt Wertz
appeared on stage. Matt Wertz was personable, enthusiastic about his performance, and incredibly interactive with the crowd. All of the songs were good and some songs even made me shout or move rhythmically. I was very hapy with the performance. I thought the concert was a good way to leave all of my sorrows behind, at least for the night.Yesterday, I went to Soups for Shelter at St. Mary's near Selby Field, which was hosted by the Delaware chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The proceeds benefit the local chapter and since I am a member of the student organization of Habitat on campus as well as the Mission Team for
Greensboro, North Carolina, I figure that I will go to help out a little bit. I had two additional meetings between the working times, one for the Arts and Sciences group to get a feedback on the REAL Ohio Wesleyan, and the other meeting for Interfraternity Council. I talked to a couple of people, helped out whenever I could in the little time I had, and tried the soup. Good soup, I might say. I thought that Soups for Shelter was a good event for the city of Delaware to throw to the OWU community as well as the general community. I only wish I had more time there to help out and to explain the purpose of why I joined Habitat for Humanity to others.In a nutshell, this is what was happened to me in the past couple of days. I have been relaxing for the last eight or so hours so I am happy and hopefully ready to go by 11:00am for class. I will be posting pictures somewhere tomorrow so check them out. Well, it is early in the morning and I am procrastinating about not wanting to go to sleep- this means I will be forcing myself to sleep in about ten minutes. I gotta go now.
P.S.- The Campus Programming Board announced that GYM CLASS HEROES will be coming to OWU for Springfest on April 18, 2008. Doors open at 7 pm and the concert begins at 8 pm in the Gordon Field House.
Busy as ever,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10
