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 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 emilyp
19. October 2009 10:39
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Posted by Emily Pleshinger
Senior, Aviation
Well, the Flight Team competition ended on Saturday, and after a long, cold week in Michigan, I am happy to be back at OU! Unfortunately, the team did not advance to nationals, but we did place second in the flight events and third in ground events.
It was a very fun, sometimes stressful week which included squirt-gun fights, techno music, frantic studying, airplane pushing, and lots of fast food. The team members also got the chance to talk about and compare flight programs with other teams, and I think we came back with some ideas to make our program stronger. Overall, it was an extremely positive experience, and all I can say is that I wish I had joined the team sooner!
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The pictures below were taken by Sara Hetrick and Ben Endress. The first picture is taken from up in the air:
This picture shows all of the teams lined up in their planes, ready to start an event:
The last picture with our team in flight suits was something silly we did for the message-drop event. We didn't wear flight suits and mustaches the entire time (although, maybe we should have!)
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by kyul
16. October 2009 12:05
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Posted by Kyu Lee
Senior, Aviation
Homecoming weekend! It may mean the most exciting weekend for the most students, but unfortunately it won't be for me. I will be driving to my duty station and working/training for the weekend. I am a Logistics Manager with the Ohio Air National Guard and this weekend is our drill weekend of the month, so I will be driving to Zanesville, Ohio. Being in the military while in college, you get many benefits out of it such as tuition waiver, GI BILL, etc. But on the other side, you may lose the fun on some weekends.
This week is our university homecoming weekend, many of alumni and students will be visiting our university. During the homecoming weekend, there will be athletic games such as football, soccer, field hockey, swimming and diving and more! GO Bobcats! Also there will be other events such as jazz concerts, BBQ, free coffee give out, parades, tailgating and more. As you can see, I will be missing out on bunch of events but I hope everyone enjoys homecoming weekend!
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by kyul
9. October 2009 14:05
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Posted by Kyu Lee
Senior, Aviation
This week was week 5 of the quarter, which means that it was one of the midterm weeks at our university. I’ve had three midterms this week from Tuesday through Thursday. I’ve had Accounting, Business Law and Aviation exams. It was pretty intense, with all of the exams, but I believe my effort and time I put it for them paid off.
When I study for classes, I utilize Alden library. It’s a great 7 floor library with many computers and desks. It helps me to focus on studying rather than studying at home. Also at the Alden library, we can rent movies, CD’s and even magazines for free.
It was a brutal week but I’m glad that it’s finally over and now I can relax for few days and enjoy the weekend with friends.
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by emilyp
8. October 2009 21:13
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Posted by Emily Pleshinger
Senior, Aviation
Today, I traveled with the flight team to Western Michigan University for the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) competition. I was fortunate enough to be selected as one of the seven team members to fly up, while the rest of the team had to make a 6 hour van ride. In order to get there, we flew out of Ohio University’s airport (identifier UNI), made a fuel stop at Findlay (FDY), and then continued to Battle Creek Airport (BTL).
The flight was pretty eventful, because not only were we trying to beat the bad weather, but the sky was congested with aircraft when we reached our destination. All in all, it was a successful trip, and the day ended with a swim in the hotel’s pool and an early bed time!
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by emilyp
27. September 2009 22:27
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Posted by Emily Pleshinger
Senior, Aviation
I spent this past weekend out at the airport taking part in (and frantically studying for) flight team tryouts. OU’s flight team, The Flying Bobcats, is spooling up to go to Western Michigan University to compete in the Region III SAFECON competition. Both ground and air events are offered to participating schools: events include message drop, power-on landings, power-off landings, computer accuracy, aircraft recognition, simulated comprehensive aircraft navigation, ground trainer, and pre-flight.
Although the stress to perform this weekend was intense, everyone trying out kept a positive, playful attitude towards the process. There was a race to the Marathon gas station for lunch, an improvised hockey game while washing the planes, and much banter from recent alumni chosen to judge our performance.
After the day was finished and points were tallied, a solid, competitive team was formed. Due to the fact that it is my first year on flight team, I was only eligible to make ground events, and happily, I scored well enough to compete in the computer accuracy test. We only have one more weekend left until we leave for Western Michigan, so now it's crunch time!
To learn more about how flight team competitions work, check out http://www.nifa.us/.
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by kyul
20. September 2009 21:28
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Senior, Aviation
This week has been absolutely busy for me. I had to attend several meetings throughout the week. On Monday, I had to attend the General Assembly meeting for ISU (International Student Union) to represent Korean Student Association. It was our first meeting of the quarter, talked about our upcoming year budgets and upcoming events. I’ve also attended the Russ College of Engineering Scholarship, Engineering Ambassador, Alpha Eta Rho (Aviation Business Fraternity) and Alpha Omicron Alpha (Aviation Honor society) meetings. It has been rough week but at same time it was a big accomplishment for me other than my academics. This weekend, I settled down a little bit to catch up with my academics and exercises. I went to Ping (the Ohio University Rec Center) to play soccer, where there were about 15 people showed up to play pickup games. For people who are interested in playing soccer after classes, there are pickup games every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturdays. Usually we start at 6pm during weekdays and 5pm on Saturdays. |
by mikes
6. March 2009 17:30
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Senior, Aviation
Another week has drawn to a close! Unfortunately, the Baron has been down for an annual inspection so I haven’t been up in the air much recently. I just got back from Columbus, I found an apartment for my internship this spring. I’m about to start working on a Finance paper that looks at financial aspects of The Boeing Company. |
by mikes
26. February 2009 21:47
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Senior, Aviation
Today was a big day for my flight training. I just returned from a cross country flight to Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland. What normally takes over 4 hours by car took me only one hour. It could have been shorter but we flew during Cleveland Hopkins’ rush hour so we were being vectored all over. It was really good experience and I can’t wait to fly again! |
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