Aaron, Teresa and I at a party at the Rugby House.
10.12.2004
Class Discussion...
Ok, so in my Gender & the Media class we have been talking about rape and violence against women, and last Thursday we looked at a study that our teacher did on like 5 or so women's magazines from 1950-1970. She looked at how many times rape or sexual assault was mentioned in the magazines and it was suprisingly little. In fact in all of the magazines she studied for the entirety of the 1950s, rape was only mentioned 35 times total. There was even fewer mention of rape in the same magazines throughout the whole 1960s, even though the number of rapes tripled in that decade!! Anyway, we then looked at the times in which it was mentioned and almost every time it put blame on the victim - interesting, considering you still see that today. One of the stories was a young woman missed her bus and she accepted a ride home from 5 young men (it didn't specify if she knew them or not) but the story claimed that she should have expected it in that situation and that "rape was inevitable". What is that?? This one girl in my class was like, yeah, she asked for it. First of all, if you are literally asking for it, its consensual. Then the girl was like, "Well, I don't think that the University has a very safe campus at all. I mean, it is a long ways from where I have to park to my sorority house and so I just park illegally and I have all these parking tickets and I think the police should accompany you home." So I said to her, "Actually, the University does provide services like Safewalk if you truly are concerned about walking at night by yourself." And then she made some comment under her breath. I know that no one likes being disproven in class, but she sucks. Furthermore, I wanted to say, "You are from Chicago and you don't feel safe in Iowa City?" (because she has an obvious, ANNOYING Chicago accent), but I didn't.
Anyway, thats about all that is going on. I got another 15/15 on my gender quiz. I think I am going to end up doing really well in that class. Next up for a paper in that class is to study two hours of TV and talk about socioeconomic representation. It should be pretty interesting.
Anyway, thats about all that is going on. I got another 15/15 on my gender quiz. I think I am going to end up doing really well in that class. Next up for a paper in that class is to study two hours of TV and talk about socioeconomic representation. It should be pretty interesting.
10.07.2004
Graduation
Well, I have looked over everything, and I have decided that I can definately graduate a semester early!! Yay!! It's going to be a little straining, because it will involve taking five classes next semester, but nothing I can't handle. I may even take something over the summer if I can so in case I have miscounted credits anywhere, I am still golden. I need to talk to my advisor about all of this but I think I am good. My advisor, however, sucks and I need to get a new one.
I have also decided that I am dropping the entrepreneur certificate. I have taken enough of the courses now, so that I have a basic knowledge of how to write a business plan, in the event that I actually want to pursue something like that. It's like my teacher said, "Not everyone who gets the certificate will make good entrepreneurs. And similarly, just because you don't receive the certificate, doesn't mean that you won't make it."
But what I think I really want to do is see the world!! I am thinking about working and saving and then going to Europe and backpacking with Teresa and Jamie. We have talked about this, and that is all we want to do. We all are looking into the Peace Corps after we graduate, and they mentioned doing it together, but I told them that I thought it would be good if we did these experiences on our own, and then met up after we were done. This way when we come back from the Peace Corps, we can work for a year or so and then go on a month trip to Europe. And then do the process again!! I think I could do that for the rest of my life. I am not afraid of being poor, I am not afraid of not having material things. I am perfectly content shopping at thrift stores for the rest of my life. That would rock. As long as I have my friends, and I eventually find love then I am set!!
Anyway, that's my plan.
I have also decided that I am dropping the entrepreneur certificate. I have taken enough of the courses now, so that I have a basic knowledge of how to write a business plan, in the event that I actually want to pursue something like that. It's like my teacher said, "Not everyone who gets the certificate will make good entrepreneurs. And similarly, just because you don't receive the certificate, doesn't mean that you won't make it."
But what I think I really want to do is see the world!! I am thinking about working and saving and then going to Europe and backpacking with Teresa and Jamie. We have talked about this, and that is all we want to do. We all are looking into the Peace Corps after we graduate, and they mentioned doing it together, but I told them that I thought it would be good if we did these experiences on our own, and then met up after we were done. This way when we come back from the Peace Corps, we can work for a year or so and then go on a month trip to Europe. And then do the process again!! I think I could do that for the rest of my life. I am not afraid of being poor, I am not afraid of not having material things. I am perfectly content shopping at thrift stores for the rest of my life. That would rock. As long as I have my friends, and I eventually find love then I am set!!
Anyway, that's my plan.
10.03.2004
Mayflower
This party last year was one of the most fun parties ever. There is the original Mayflower crew in all its glory!!
Academic Sunday
Well, another weekend has passed and again, I find that I did nothing worthwhile with my time. I certainly could have spent it doing homework and the like, but instead I drank myself into a druken stupor both nights. It is a little ridiculous when you get so emotional that you sit in your room with your roommates for at least an hour crying your eyes out, but in the morning you can't really seem to grasp what you were upset about in the first place. I really wanted to call my mom and talk to her beause she always makes me feel better, but fortunately I decided against is since it was 4 AM. Luckily, we stayed around home so that we could stay out of trouble.
Briana is still here. She is hanging out with one of her friends, Kimmy, from Sioux City. She sucks. First of all, she drank a lot of our beer. Granted, I offered since we had a keg and we had all been payed back, but then once we ran out of that, she drank beer that we had in the fridge and when that was gone, she proceeded to drink whiskey from the boys across the hall. Then, apparently, she was touching Teresa's boyfriend, Jackson's, butt and was whispering things in his ear while Teresa was right there. So needless to say, Teresa was a little pissed.
Leslie had a party last night, and I am pretty certain that she was high on something more than just life. But it wasn't a weed high, or a supremely drunk high. She is so out there, it's a little ridiculous. Aside from all of the negative things that it can do to her, she risks us getting in trouble if we happen to be there and the cops come. I don't think I would be too happy if there were drug charges on my record.
We ate at Hillcrest this morning/afternoon for lunch. I must say, it sucked. There was hardly any food there and they didn't have the grill on, which was a downer because they make the best burgers. Then they fired it up and we got tremendously excited about it and then they broke it to us that they were cooking for another event, and the burgers were not for general consumption.
I bought the movies Alice in Wonderland, A League of Their Own, City of Angels and Big Fish recently. Big Fish is amazing!!! I think I might bring it home with me when I come home this weekend!!
Briana is still here. She is hanging out with one of her friends, Kimmy, from Sioux City. She sucks. First of all, she drank a lot of our beer. Granted, I offered since we had a keg and we had all been payed back, but then once we ran out of that, she drank beer that we had in the fridge and when that was gone, she proceeded to drink whiskey from the boys across the hall. Then, apparently, she was touching Teresa's boyfriend, Jackson's, butt and was whispering things in his ear while Teresa was right there. So needless to say, Teresa was a little pissed.
Leslie had a party last night, and I am pretty certain that she was high on something more than just life. But it wasn't a weed high, or a supremely drunk high. She is so out there, it's a little ridiculous. Aside from all of the negative things that it can do to her, she risks us getting in trouble if we happen to be there and the cops come. I don't think I would be too happy if there were drug charges on my record.
We ate at Hillcrest this morning/afternoon for lunch. I must say, it sucked. There was hardly any food there and they didn't have the grill on, which was a downer because they make the best burgers. Then they fired it up and we got tremendously excited about it and then they broke it to us that they were cooking for another event, and the burgers were not for general consumption.
I bought the movies Alice in Wonderland, A League of Their Own, City of Angels and Big Fish recently. Big Fish is amazing!!! I think I might bring it home with me when I come home this weekend!!
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