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Eating Wings and Attending Games

Throughout my time here at UCI, I’ve been able to attend many events that are held here on campus. Some sports events, club meetings, performances, etc. During weeks 7 and 8, I was able to go to two events: an in-person hall event and the club lacrosse team’s scrimmage.

In the Telperion-Laurelin towers in Middle Earth, RA’s host hall events that help bring everyone in our hall together. So far, my hall has had three events (all that have been super fun). The most recent hall event was last Friday; it was called “Don’t Wing It.” We were invited to have some chicken wings from Wingstop and listen to a presentation. At the event, my RA’s presented some tips and tricks about different topics. Since enrollment for the winter quarter is coming up, they shared some information about general ed classes available to take. They also reviewed how to enroll in classes and find our enrollment window. Finally, the RA’s shared some information about housing options for next year.

“Don’t Wing It” was probably my favorite hall event that we’ve had so far. Not only do I love Wingstop’s lemon pepper chicken wings, but I loved how I was able to learn more from my RAs. I appreciate them taking time out of their day to create an informational presentation about some useful tips. I didn’t know much about housing options on and off-campus for seconds years. Now, I have an idea of where I could start looking for housing. I highly recommend attending a hall event if your hall holds one!

My hallmate has been practicing with the club lacrosse team for the past 8 weeks, and just had his first scrimmage this week. I went to the game with a few other people in our hall. The game was at the ARC (the recreation center if you’re not sure what it is) at the backfields. It was my first time seeing a lacrosse game. It was cool learning about the sport and supporting the team. I learned a lot about lacrosse and how it worked. I recommend attending sporting events and games because of the fun energy! I’m looking forward to going to basketball games now that their season is currently happening.

If you see an event either on social media, campus groups, or your email that you’re interested in, don’t be shy to attend it! It’s a great way to explore UCI and meet new people.

If you’d like to see what else I was up to during weeks 7-8, check out this week’s vlog:

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Ballet Performance

Last week, my friend asked me to accompany her to a ballet performance, I didn’t want to go at first, because I was busy that day. But on second thought, I watched “Swan Lake” when I was young, and I have always loved ballet, so my friends and I are looking forward to this performance. I’m not very familiar with the ballet and, in addition to the classroom, the teacher said, will divide the two steps to perform ballet, one is variation performance, is the dancer on one foot, there are two or more single action or composite action in a certain order, direction, combined with changes in speed and magnitude of the continuity of the slide, stretch, kick, jump. Rotation. Beyond that, I know very little.
So I looked up some information on the Internet, and I found that ballet, like hip-hop, can also be divided into several types, such as solo dance, pas de deux dance, triple dance, quadruple dance and group dance. The two dances above are solo dances. In addition, I have found that ballet has had two aesthetic views throughout its history. First, some people believe that ballet is “a geometric pattern of several people dancing together.” This view completely focuses on the formal beauty of ballet, without considering the content or plot of ballet, and simply pursues superb and gorgeous skills. Until the middle of the 18th century, this view dominated ballet writing. It’s kind of like, I think ballet is beautiful, and I don’t see what it’s about. Another view emphasizes that ballet is a “dramatic dance “, which is most intensively represented by Norwell’s theory of” dramatic ballet “. He thinks in a dance works, dance to dramatic content, “the plot and the choreography to maintain unity, have a logical, intelligible stories as a central theme, has nothing to do with the plot of the solo dance and dance pieces have to cancel”, in the ballet “is not only a brilliant dance technology, must through the dramatic performance, moved the audience from the aspects of mood” ~ the two perspectives, I also the second point, because, I think dance, ballet, in particular, is to through the modelling of rhythm, dance, music rhythm, gestures, and gestures to express true feelings, if just the pursuit of beautiful expression skills, then it will let the dancers dancing feel mechanical and boring, it is against the purpose of the dance.
In a word, this inquiry, let me learn a lot about ballet, I benefit a lot.

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Horror Night in Mesa Court!

In this blog, I will share with you an activity that I enjoyed very much at UCI. It’s called Peter’s Pumpkin Patch, and it is a Halloween event hosted by Mesa Court. This was my first Halloween here, so it impressed me.

Since I had a long talk with my mentor that day, the activity had already begun when I arrived at the site, and people were already participating in various projects on the Upper Mesa Lawn. The sunset glow on the lawn showed me a wonderful view. DJs danced with the music next to a white inflatable ghost, getting the party on fire. The long tables and chairs and even the lawn were filled with people. Everyone was in high spirits, and I especially liked the lively festive atmosphere. My favorite parts of the party are the Costume Contest and Pumpkin Painting. In Costume Contest, people dress up as their favorite characters, and there are even a lot of males played female roles. All kinds of costumes and people cosplaying make us so enthusiastic. In the competition, under the guidance of the host, the participants walked the red carpet to show off their Halloween costumes. Pumpkin Painting, another event I attended with my friends, was also very interesting. In this event, people are given small pumpkins, which are about the size of the palm of a hand to paint on. My friend is very good at painting. She painted pumpkins into her favorite anime character, which was extremely cute. However, I would recommend you bring your own paint and brushes if it is possible because the pens provided by the activity are a little thicker, which makes drawing more difficult. Fortunately, the final product was quite satisfactory!

I recommend that all students especially freshmen to attend this event. It is a great opportunity to meet new friends and take a break from the heavy stress of study. Just go and have a fun evening with your friends! In addition, if you go to dinner after the event, The Anteatery may also be filled with people in various costumes. Ask them to take a photo together then!

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A Warm Honors Atmosphere

During my first quarter at UCI, the Campuswide Honors Collegium (CHC) has maintained a welcoming environment for me and my peers. After attending CHC events like a beach day, I wanted to deepen my involvement with the CHC community as a representative of the Campuswide Honors Student Council (CHSC), a student leadership organization affiliated with the CHC. I received a representative position on the Academic Committee and yesterday, I attended a CHSC meeting and training online. 

We began the meeting with introductions of all CHSC members, and I could sense the CHC’s collaborative atmosphere throughout the meeting. Each of us introduced ourselves in the typical icebreaker fashion (name, pronouns, major), as well as our favorite song — a difficult decision for someone like me, who doesn’t listen to music other than the overplayed pop songs on the car radio. I appreciated the conscious effort made to build camaraderie among representatives, advisors, and officers alike. The shared whispers of “I listen to that artist too” and “I have the same major/minor” embody the connections that the CHSC fosters. It was entertaining to see these connections at work during yesterday’s meeting.

Preceding the meeting was a training session specifically designed to get representatives like myself up to speed with the processes involved in the CHSC. I was impressed with the level of organization that the CHSC resources displayed. One could certainly see the thought and detail put into the procedures we have to follow. It almost felt as if I was glimpsing into the inner workings of a well-oiled machine, each gear turning as it should and every line of communication clear. I hope to continue my participation in the CHSC past my freshman year and encourage my CHC peers to consider becoming more engaged with the CHSC.

Your friendly neighborhood Undeclared major,

Sabrina

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Mid-Term Season…?

The first time I ever heard of the term “midterm season”, was during lunch at the anteatery. At first, I was confused and shortly after it didn’t take me long to realize what it meant. From the continuous banshee cry’s of countless students racking whats left of their brains for answers against the evil tyranny that threatens their grades. To the halls filled with the echos of students mourning the death of their sweet A to cheers from those just barely able to evade the catastrophe that looms over their grades. The throbbing sensation from the fear of just waiting for professors to decide those whose answers are deemed worthy of passing was so heart wrenching that barely few could sleep.

In my case although I didn’t really have a midterm yet, majority of my homework are worth a lot of points equal to that of a mid-term. After all the grading system of each class is never the same and this includes the grading system of my writing class, while most people were writing essay’s 3-5 pages worth a 100 points. Mine was 7-9 pages and worth 400 points and if that wasn’t already panic inducing, I don’t know what is. You could clearly tell the difference from week zero and now, the empty halls was just giving an eerie vibe almost like a ghost town because everyones busy studying or taking midterm.

Although I’m currently taking 3 classes this quarter, I assumed that I would be able to breath and take it easy while getting use to campus life but I forget to include the workload of each class is different depending on what you are doing. Starting from my lectures to the quiz’s in the beginning and the end of the week, it feels like a literal sword fight with my life on the line just to take each quiz. Whether I come out victorious depends on how much effort I’ve put into studying and so far the videos of me falling asleep everywhere speaks for itself.

This is your fellow anteater Caleb sig..n..ing ou..t..ZZZZZZZ