Dorm Rooms

Getting ready for college had many aspects to it.  There is picking your college that fits you best, picking your roommate, and now you need to choose your specific room. It can be overwhelming, but it has to be done to take the next step in our lives of becoming college students.

Today me and my roommate were given a time slot to choose our room. This meant that we had to go in and choose a room that fit our profile and assign it to us. Many things have changed in the past few years when it comes to the University of Iowa. There are these things called living learning communities. They basically are mini clubs that we can sign up for, they range anywhere from health sciences to acting and the arts. I and my roommate chose the health sciences. Now that we have our learning community set in place the school assigns the communities to certain floors in certain dorms across campus.

When we sign into our account we see what dorms have our top living learning communities in them and then see our options. We were given about 5 floors in each dorm to choose from. Then from there we had to pick from every room on the entire floor. The location was chosen and who we wanted to be by even.  We chose to be far away from the bathrooms, the stair well and the RA. This meant that we would be away from the majority of the noise so we could get some sleep and keep calm when we needed to.

 Another thing that you have to consider when choosing what dorm you want to be in, is where they are located compared to your freshmen classes and where they are located compared to the sports facilities if you are a athlete. I and my roommate are not continuing our athletic careers in college, so we wanted to be closer to the academic side of campus. Another thing that you have to evaluate is if you want to be in a dorm with a cafeteria or not. If you aren’t in one with a cafeteria you might have to walk in unfavorable conditions to get your food. We chose Burge which is one of the two which has the cafeteria. I think that we made the best choice and am ready for next year! Go Hawks! (402)

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Spring Fever

Spring just makes everyone happy. It means it is time for summer and the school year is coming to an end. It’s kind of ironic how when the weather starts to get nice out, us students have to be spending more time inside studying for the AP exams or finals. We are all getting that itch to be outside and enjoy it. But with spring time coming means that spring cleaning is near as well.

Spring cleaning is something that is somewhat bitter sweet. It makes you want to clean everything and be fresh but yet at the same time its cleaning and no one enjoys cleaning. I will say though that after everything is clean and fresh it puts me in a better mood.  But here in Iowa it had taken quite a while for the weather to even give us a glimpse of spring. Here we are in April and it is still a struggle for the temperature to get to the 50’s. I think we all can agree that we have some spring fever and are ready for it to be nice outside. Not having to wear a jacket will be the best day ever. The time is coming near and I can’t wait! (208)

Driving Privileges

Having a curfew is something that almost every teenager has to deal with while growing up in their parents households. We hate is but they might have a point. When I first got my license my parents were super strict with the rules about curfew, it was always 11 pm whenever I decided to go out with my friends. Now at the time it was tedious because all of my friends lived on the other side of town and I needed to leave an extra 15 minutes early to get home on time. This seemed like a fair trade seeing that I legally couldn’t be driving around past 12:30 a.m. When I turned 17 the times at which I couldn’t be on the road where taken off, that meant that I could drive around at all hours of the night! That’s what freedom really feels like. Now that I am 18 there aren’t any special regulations that I don’t have to follow but now it means that if I get a ticket I could go to jail or have something serious happen if I get into trouble.

Now that I am looking back on how I was treated when I first got my license and my parents were strict I find it very unfair that my brother who is a year younger than me gets to be out until 12:30 whenever he wants to and he is only 16. The rules shouldn’t change when it comes to the next sibling. I didn’t get to be out that late until I was 17. I just feel like he will abuse the system when he turns 17 and be out even later than I am now and I’m 18 and not get into trouble. Life is unfair. L  (296)

Opening Series

It is official folks, baseball season has begun. Over the Easter weekend many teams had their opening day game.  The cold weather isn’t the most enjoyable thing to play in, but it just gives the players and the fans the feeling that the time of year has rolled around again. America’s favorite game has come back from their winter break and is ready for a fresh start.  We can say the one phrase that baseball is known for “Play Ball!”

After the World Series is finished all the teams get a break for a few months. Once they have rested up from a long season they start to practice again. This is the beginning of spring league. All the teams go down south to where their team is stationed and start to get back into the swing of things and play against other teams in the area. The popular spots for the team to be are in southern Florida and in Arizona, where the heat is packing. They typically play in stadiums that aren’t nearly as big as their regular home field, but more of the size of a triple A field. In fact all the teams have feeder teams that the team can choose from in case someone was doing bad or wanted to give a new person a shot they would choose from the feeder teams who to bring to the big leagues. So the major league players just play at the triple A teams’ field.

Every year since I was in 8^th grade my dad takes me and my brother to Minneapolis, Minnesota to watch an early game at the Twins. We try to go when they are playing either the Detroit tigers or the Boston Red Sox, those are our favorite teams. This year we went to the opening series! It was so exciting and nothing can describe what being at a professional baseball game feels like unless you have experienced it yourself.  You get this happy vibe when you are surrounded by people who love to watch and interact with the game of baseball.  The atmosphere is also something of its own. Each stadium is different and has its own knick knacks. When they play the music to get the crowd riled up it makes you want to cheer as loud as you can. The best part of going to baseball games would be when it gets intense and the players make crazy plays that make you wonder how that just happened.

If you are a former player of either softball or baseball is makes going to the games a lot more enjoyable because you have been in those same positions that the players are in. You understand the mindset that you have to have when you step onto the field and the added pressure that some positions have compared to others. If I were to pick out the position that is under the most pressure I would say that it is definitely the pitcher. They control the game essentially and they are the ones that can either throw the heat or throw balls that everyone can hit. They also get blamed for runs earned most of the time.

Baseball is America’s favorite sport and that still holds true again this season. The freshness is in the air and everyone is getting baseball fever. Now all we need is some nice weather for the players to play in…and so it is more enjoyable for the fans to watch the game since all the stadiums are outdoors now.  There does come a point in the season where is becomes uncomfortably hot outside. That typically rolls around in late June, early July. It is the worst feeling when you are in the stands and are sweating while you are just sitting there and your shorts are drenched from butt sweat. Now I know that might be TMI but I don’t care because I know that it happens to everyone out there and we all feel gross after words. But as fans we will endure pretty much anything ranging from the coldest weather to the scorching hot summer days just to see a good baseball game. Amen to that!

One of the biggest things that make the start of a new season great is that everyone gets a fresh start, we get to see new players and new trades that teams make to benefit themselves. We get to see how the new dynamic of the 2013 season is going to flow. After about the first 20 games or so we see who is really meshing together well and what teams are still struggling to get their stuff together. It’s a good thing that everyone plays around one hundred and sixty games a season so they have time to turn around and make a name for themselves.

Well those are my feelings about the opening season; I’m excited and can’t wait to go to more games this summer when it is nicer out. Play Ball! (837)

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