When you're in a philosophy class, you ought to expect to hear so many things you would have initially considered bizarre. It is a world where arguments about the fundamental questions could be presented such that they seem indisputable, yet incompatible with everyday life. On Friday, in my philosophy class, we spent such an extensive period of time talking about freewill and determinism (the idea that everything has a prior cause), and a very interesting debate ensued; I found it really exciting.
Yesterday, Ylvi Hall Council [of which I'm president] held a dance party, The Winter Luau, that went from 9:00pm to midnight. After having made arrangements for a DJ, decorations and food, our major concern was whether or not enough people would come. So, in addition to announcing the event on first-year Facebook groups, we printed numerous fliers and put them all around campus - in Ylvi, Brandt, Olson, the Cafeteria, etc. - just to make sure we could get it widely publicized. But, as events unfolded, that actually turned out to be the least of our problems.
We had decided that all the council members would come down to the social lounge at 7:50pm to set up for the party. We had also arranged for a speaker to be sent over to us at 7:30pm and it had not arrived. So, we had to start making frantic calls to find out if we could borrow speakers for the night. Fortunately, while we put up the food and decorated the place, the DJ was able to get us speakers. But that was not the last of our challenges. For, at 9:30pm, we had only about ten people in the social lounge even though everything else was set up.
By 10:30pm, however, the whole place was full of people from Ylvi, Brant, Olson, and of even upperclass students. At that point, I felt so relieved. The music was good, everyone seemed to be having fun and I met new people. The experience was especially gratifying for me because this was actually something we organized ourselves and put so much effort in. Last night, although many of the hall council members were exhausted from all the work involved in setting up the place and/or too much dancing [I was in both situations], we were all happy that everything turned out well.
So, even if I don't do anything else this weekend, I feel like I've had a fulfilled weekend. On Wednesday, I'll have my J-term exam. My professor has already given us a review sheet and it doesn't seem like it will be too scary...
Peace!
Yesterday, Ylvi Hall Council [of which I'm president] held a dance party, The Winter Luau, that went from 9:00pm to midnight. After having made arrangements for a DJ, decorations and food, our major concern was whether or not enough people would come. So, in addition to announcing the event on first-year Facebook groups, we printed numerous fliers and put them all around campus - in Ylvi, Brandt, Olson, the Cafeteria, etc. - just to make sure we could get it widely publicized. But, as events unfolded, that actually turned out to be the least of our problems.
We had decided that all the council members would come down to the social lounge at 7:50pm to set up for the party. We had also arranged for a speaker to be sent over to us at 7:30pm and it had not arrived. So, we had to start making frantic calls to find out if we could borrow speakers for the night. Fortunately, while we put up the food and decorated the place, the DJ was able to get us speakers. But that was not the last of our challenges. For, at 9:30pm, we had only about ten people in the social lounge even though everything else was set up.
By 10:30pm, however, the whole place was full of people from Ylvi, Brant, Olson, and of even upperclass students. At that point, I felt so relieved. The music was good, everyone seemed to be having fun and I met new people. The experience was especially gratifying for me because this was actually something we organized ourselves and put so much effort in. Last night, although many of the hall council members were exhausted from all the work involved in setting up the place and/or too much dancing [I was in both situations], we were all happy that everything turned out well.
So, even if I don't do anything else this weekend, I feel like I've had a fulfilled weekend. On Wednesday, I'll have my J-term exam. My professor has already given us a review sheet and it doesn't seem like it will be too scary...
Peace!
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