My Community Project

     Well,I guess my project is coming along just fine. I think I'm going to keep the second floor of the library as the community I will be studying. The people aren't very social, but that almost makes it more interesting. Besides, it fits in well with my schedule. Its not that I wouldn't take the extra time if I needed to, but why bother when I can just sit around on campus? Besides, it's easier to explain the need for an interview to a college student than some random person in a dunkies. So, all I really need is some more time to observe the people in the library and a few interviews. I don't look forward to said interviews, but I'm not going to take a bad grade just because I don't feel like talking to people.  

My Observation

     I decided to observe the most interesting and social community of people on the BSU campus: the people on the second floor of the Maxwell Library. Well, in actuality, they were not very interesting. They weren't very social either. In fact, none of the people I observed even acknowleged the existence of anyone else. They were probably looking for a quiet place to study before class. Why else would they be on the second floor of the library at 10:30 in the morning? There were nine people in total, six being female and three being male. Two had earphones, one was doing nothing, one was on her laptop, and five had various papers and books. They sat in comfy chairs that were arranged in four clusters of four seats. They sit in a variety of ways from two feet on the ground to both feet on the table and everything in between. Its kind of funny to watch them move subconsciously. They all have their little quirks. Some rest their faces on a fist, others repeatedly touch their ears or noses, and still others rest their foreheads in their hands. I hope I don't have to do much more of this in the future, because ovserving poeple and taking notes about them feels weird.   

Communities

     Okay, maybe I will do this right for once. As far as I know, I am supposed to be posting about two articles. One, entitled "Take it as a Tribe", was about the ways in which being a part of a college community affects us. The main theme of the article was the fact that people want to be accepted into a group, and this want drives them to join communities, especially at college. Honesty, I was thinking about my experience at BSU the whole time I was reading the article. I came here with a few friends from high school, and its interesting to see them go their separate ways as they come into college. They do not stop becoming friends, but each person identifies with a different group. One friend will go off and hang out with a sports team while another chills in the dorm with some friends. Maybe I do not have school spirit, but I really haven't been able to identify with many people so far. It is not that I hate BSU or anything, but I really would not have any problems with switching to another school and leaving this one behind. I hope that sentiment changes. I can't help it, really. I'm just not a "group person".    
    The other article was Jon Stewart's commencement address. I wish more people could speak like that. I might not have fallen asleep during my high school graduation. Actually, I wonder if he writes for himself, or if someone writes for him. If anyone happens to know, feel free to comment on that. Also, I agree that his generation has screwed things up pretty bad, but what generation hasn't? At least, they didn't cause World War III, right? I'm going to look like the biggest idiot if the war on terror ends up escalating into WW3...

Oops

Well, apparently that first blog was supposed to be about collage ideas. Sorry about that...
For my blog, I was going for an academic theme. I also wanted to put something in about my religion and my family, since they both have had a huge impact on the person I am. Additionally, I would have liked to put something about my heritage in the collage. At this point, nobody would call me anything other than American, but my family has roots in Europe that still affect us in many ways, such as tradition.