by emilyp
7. November 2009 14:11
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Posted by Emily Pleshinger
Senior, Aviation
It’s the end of the 9th week—-a time when all students start to feel the strain of procrastination. Like many respectable college students, I have saved one of my multiple quarter long projects until this weekend. Yes, I have at least started it; however, now, it’s time to get serious about the project. I have to analyze Delta Airlines, make suggestions about how it could improve specifically its customer service, and then write a customer bill of rights. My group presents a week from Monday.
As unsettling as this may sound, I am currently in an organizational behavior management class in which I learned about the punctuated equilibrium model. Basically, this model shows how a typical group’s performance over time is small until right before the deadline, and then performance skyrockets. Although I don’t condone this type of group behavior, at least it has been proven that I’m not alone!
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by bradr
6. November 2009 17:13
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Posted by Brad Rode
Senior, Civil Engineering
As this quarter quickly closes in on its final weeks, I find myself finishing up three different projects.
The first is a foundation engineering project. In this project a group of 5 students and myself are faced with the task of designing a set of foundations for a proposed building development.
The second is another group project involving the design of a water treatment facility. We are given a test sample of water from our mock source and have the assignment of cleaning the water in order to meet EPA standards.
The final project is one that I have a lot of interest in and is in computer aided structural design. For this project, one other student and myself are given a generic plan for a building. It is then our job to input the structure into software which aids in the actual design of the structural members. This is something that I hope to do once I graduate so the experience I am gaining through this project is priceless.
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by moniqueg
3. November 2009 17:34
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Posted by Monique Grier
Junior, Industrial & Systems Engineering
After enjoying a fabulous Halloween weekend, it is important to buckle down because believe it or not, school is almost over! Three weeks are left to finish up projects, take last tests and end school on a high note.
Last week I took my last test in Marketing 202 and ISE 432 before the final. While I’m relieved to have those out of the way I still have a ton of work to do. I still have a paper for marketing due and a group project in ISE. Both of these are very important since it is 15% of my grade in class. Even though I do not have a major project due in calculus, the final will be here before I know it and I want to be thoroughly prepared for it.
Physics is probably my hardest subject this quarter. We are given individual and group quizzes every week along with homework that sometimes can be pretty tough. I am going to start looking over equations now, so I will not be overwhelmed when it comes to test day. Overall, it is going to be a very busy three weeks for me. Hopefully everything goes well, wish me luck!
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by bobh
2. November 2009 01:53
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Posted by Bob Herpy
Senior, Mechanical Engineering
This past weekend was the annual Athens County Halloween block party. For the block party the city shuts down Court Street (the main street in downtown Athens) from end to end. There are stages set up at main intersections with live bands playing all night. There are also many vendors that set up along the street to sell everything from gyros to burritos. Near evening time all the students and local citizens of Athens and neighboring cities don their best costumes for a leisurely stroll down the street to see others dressed up.
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This year a few friends and I dressed up as characters from the movie “Robin Hood Men in Tights”. Yes, this outfit required the wearing of bright green tights.
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Early in the day before the festivities started uptown I made a triple batch of my mother’s epically delicious award winning chili. This recipe normally only requires one pound of ground beef, I used closer to three and a half pounds, so you can imagine the amount of chili that was consumed by Robin Hood and his merry men.
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Other friends were also present for the dinner with costumes ranging from Loofas (the shower things) to witches, Bob Ross the painter, and even Batman graced us with his presence. Overall it was a great Halloween weekend with no rain and not too cold of weather.
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by bena
31. October 2009 20:30
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Posted by Benjamin Ashman
Senior, Electrical Engineering
When I was giving a tour of our engineering building a couple weeks ago, a parent asked me an interesting question: what is the night life like for people who are underage? He assumed that there isn’t one, but this is incorrect! There many things for people to do who aren’t twenty-one, but personally I am very involved in Athens’ music scene. Uptown, there are a number of great venues where anyone can see bands play. Sure, a few require you to be twenty-one, but for most you only have to be eighteen. My favourites are The Union, Casa Cantina and Donkey Coffee (where all ages can get in). In addition to spending my weekend nights seeing great local bands, I also play in my own band, Five Deadly Venoms. We have played in several events for this weekend’s Halloween celebration, including a great house show last night. I play drums, keyboards (electric piano, ARP-OMNI2, Korg M500 Preset and Farfisa) and sing. Below is a picture of us, taken outside my farmhouse for Backdrop Magazine. I am on the far left.
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by kyul
30. October 2009 14:38
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Posted by Kyu Lee
Senior, Aviation
Halloween weekend starts today!
Fortunately, my unit (United States Air Force) did not call me in for drills this weekend and I will be able to enjoy the Halloween weekend with my friends.
Halloween has been a huge event for Ohio University for a long time. It's not an event only for our students--faculty, alumni, local people and students from other colleges from Ohio, WV and more enjoy the weekend as well. Tonight, a few of my friends will be coming down from Penn State to celebrate our greatest event, THE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND!
This weekend, there are several events that will be held at our university. Tonight, the School of Music's Symphony Orchestra will be performing with the Halloween custom at Memorial Auditorium at 7:30. Also the Bobcat men’s basketball team will be going against Taylor. And lastly tomorrow night, Court Street will be blocked for us to enjoy our Halloween night!
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by bryoni
30. October 2009 12:38
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Posted by Bryon Iacianci
Senior, Industrial & Systems Engineering
This weekend is Halloween weekend and it sure to be a lot of fun. Even before attending this university, I have heard many people talk about Halloween in Athens. It has traditionally been a huge block party that people come from all over to attend. Court Street is closed down and is just filled with tons of people in all sorts of different costumes. There are live bands set up on the street and everyone just has a great time. I am especially excited because I have some friends from back home coming to visit that I haven't seen since the summer.
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by bradr
26. October 2009 23:11
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Posted by Brad Rode
Senior, Civil Engineering
One thing I look forward to every Monday is being able to participate in a flag football intramural team. It gives me an opportunity to get some exercise and have a lot of fun doing it. Many of the intramurals have both competitive leagues which are a little more serious and recreational leagues for those who are just looking to have fun. There are all kinds of different intramural leagues which you can get involved with throughout the year. Some of the other ones I have been involved with over the years are flag football, floor hockey, basketball, indoor soccer, broomball, and softball. I would highly suggest for any incoming freshman to get involved in as many intramurals as possible. It is a great way to get outside and meet new people.
In tonight's intramural game we faced the other undefeated team in our league and took our first loss of the season. Even though the game didn't go our way, it was still a blast to be able to compete with some of my friends through intramurals. Hopefully our luck changes next week.
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by kristiee
25. October 2009 16:51
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Posted by Kristie Easley
Senior, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Since my parents couldn’t make it into Athens for the weekend, my sister decided to come down from Cleveland and visit. I had not seen Katie for several months and it was exciting to show her my new apartment and just hang out. We attended the Saturday night hockey game (where the Bobcats defeated the Canadian Select Goderich Sailors 11-2) and went up to Coldstone for some ice cream. Before leaving, my sister invited me up to visit so hopefully I can make it up to Cleveland over the long winter break.
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by carolynk
24. October 2009 10:42
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Posted by Carolyn Keenan
Junior, Computer Science
This Friday I had a few friends over to carve pumpkins, drink apple cider, and play cards. Carving the pumpkins was a little bit tricky--all we had were kitchen knives. I remember carving pumpkins as a kid with these special little saws with orange handles, but we looked everywhere and couldn't find any. They must be sold out for the season. Anyway, steak knives seemed to work.
I got fairly impatient with the carving, and my artistic abilities aren't the best, so I went for humor and carved the letter pi into mine (get it? pumpkin pie!). My friend Sam managed to carve the Incredible Hulk on one side and Picasso on the other, while the other two pumpkins were classic scary faces. We put them out on the balcony and lit them up. It was a miserable and rainy night, so they looked fearsome. Since the weather was so crummy, we stayed warm and dry, playing cards and watching goofy YouTube videos late into the night.
Next weekend is the much-anticipated Halloween party. I'm going to miss a good part of the weekend because I'm going to a programming competition in Cincinnati, but I think I'll be home in time for the Saturday night block party, which is always pretty fun. At the very least, we'll be able to light up the Jack-O-Lanterns again for everyone to admire.
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