It is end of September and it’s finally starting to feel like fall. The semester is in full swing, tests, midterms, projects, presentations, and papers seem to be swamping nearly every student.
However, fall break is right around the corner and I for one, cannot wait for a few days home with my family. I am sure that many of you are as well. A break from the mid-semester stress is always useful, even if it is just for a few days.
Hood has already offered students a variety of events to expand knowledge beyond the classroom. Students attended the Breaking through Power event in DC hosted by Ralph Nader. Some registered to vote in Whitaker. Communication students were given the opportunity to have a class with NPR Newscaster Korva Coleman, and all were invited to attend a talk led by her.
I was fortunate enough to have dinner at President Andrea Chapdelaine’s house with four other students, a few faculty members, and Korva Coleman during her visit here. It was an honor to be invited, as well as such a privilege to meet her. She made it a point to talk to each student individually, learn about us and what we do, as well as what we plan to do in the future.
One of my favorite things about Hood is the little experiences we get to share with not only each other but with our professors and influential people from the community. Event organizers and administration seem to really try to make this a place where students want to be and spend four years of their lives.
As this is the second issue of the semester, I thought it would be good to touch on some changes that people have been noticing on campus so far.
Obviously Whitaker has had a major remodel with new carpets, paint, tables and chairs. However, the banners were taken down and we are still waiting for what will happen with those. SGA ran a poll to see what students wanted done with them, whether or not they should be displayed or only out for special events.
Tatem was also completed this summer and will be dedicated next week. It was something that we have been waiting on for quite some time, and it definitely seems like it was worth the wait.
Students living in Shriner, as touched on in this issue, are the first living in it as a co-ed building. It is also the first year that first-years are housed completely separate from the other classes in Memorial and Smith.
Continuing with dorm changes, Meyran was renovated this summer, and Coblentz received new windows.
Hood is constantly undergoing little changes here and there, but so far they have not seemed to extreme. I’m still holding out for some parking changes.
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