Weekend Festivities.

Good Evening bloggers, It was a pretty boring weekend for me here in Kalamazoo. My friends that live down the hall from me have been gone now two weekends in a row so I feel like I have nothing to do! I may just be lazy though. My grandparents came on Friday night for my mom's birthday and we went to dinner for her. On Saturday I enjoyed the typical football activities. I went to my families tailgate for a little bit before with my friend, then we ventured down to the student lot 105, but only for a bit. Then we made our way to the game. I had fun with the thunder sticks they handed out and cheering along with the cheers to my friends, but once halftime hit I was pretty much over it. I waited for the bus to head home and was surprisingly extremely tired. I got home and ordered a pizza with my friend in another dorm and hung out with her for awhile, then I decided to head on back to my dorm. I watched some netflix and went to bed. Although it was a semi uneventful weekend I enjoyed the down time. It was a nice way to recoup after a seemingly stressful week.

Class Tension?

Class today had a lot of discussion in it, and I think it got a couple people a little heated.  The question of "Was the selling of Henrietta's cells ethical?" was a very intense one. Personally, I could see the argument of both sides, but I may lean more towards one. I see the argument that it was just a few cells and it isn't that big a deal seeing as it didn't harm Henrietta. On the other hand, I believe it is morally right to just ask her, seeing as it is her body and her cells. Also, HeLa became so successful and helped so many people, and her family had no idea. They had no idea that Henrietta was helping discover so many things and help so many people. If my mother died I would like to know if she still lived on and contributed to so many discoveries. They were also being selfish because they didn't want to share their profit with anyone. So I guess in the end, I believe it was morally right to tell them, and they should've.

Reminiscing

This weekend was one that was full of reunions and reminiscing. I went to my old high school, Hackett's, homecoming, and was able to see so many people I haven't for awhile. Firstly two of my best friends came home for it. One of them, Andrea, was last years homecoming queen, so she and the homecoming kind had to come back and crown the new homecoming king and queen.  My other friend, Molly, just came to be with us. I am from Kalamazoo, and my high school is in Kalamazoo, so it wasn't far for me. Once we got there it was a mess of hugs and love from everyone I haven't seen in awhile. Homecoming is a time when a lot of alum's come home, so I saw a lot of my old classmates. I also am close with some of the people still going to Hackett.  I have to say one person I was most excited to see was Mrs. Rider, the secretary who is loved by every single person at Hackett. I do not know one person who doesn't like her or has anything bad to say about her. Her and I got extremely close when I was at Hackett, and I always made sure I got down to see her and give her a hug during the day. Seeing her definitely made my whole night. Later, my two friends came to stay with me; we spent the night catching up and being together. It was a great weekend, and definitely much needed.

Media Language.

Hello again, I hope you have all had a successful week! Today in class, we talked about media like movies and tv shows that influence how we talk and interact with each other.  This reminded me so much of my best friend Holly and her sister Emily.  They watch so many movies and can remember every single line.  I was over there all the time during the summer, and they would just have conversations completely in movie quotes.  One of them would just say a quote, the other would get it, and they would go on sometimes for whole conversations.  I felt very left out at first, and was very confused when I first realized what they were doing.  I could never remember all those quotes that well from movies.  Eventually, though, I would realize when they said a quote, or if they were talking in quotes, and would just sit and let it blow over. That was the perfect example of feeling left out in a certain social situation because of media and different conversations.

Here is a picture of the three of us, Emily on the left and Holly on the right.

Blog Numero Uno

 Hi bloggers, here begins my first official blog post. I am actually really nervous about writing in a blog. I want it to be interesting, obviously, but I am having the worst writers block. I figured for my first blog I would talk about my first few weeks at Western. I keep thinking this is all a trial-run, I keep thinking eventually someone will say okay time to go back to Hackett (my old school). Then I tell myself nope,get used to this. So far it has gone very well; my classes have not been too bad, so far, and I am meeting SO many new people. Although my transition to college has gone smooth so far, it is definitely an adjustment. It has been different not seeing the same people that I have gone to school with since I was in middle school, and not having 7 periods everyday. Even though it is completely opposite of high school, I am excited about the change and can't wait to see what the rest of my freshman year has in store.

Introduction

Hello fellow readers, my name is Ashley and I am a freshman at WMU, grabbing the reins. This is the first time I've ever written a blog so bear with me. I am very excited to begin my college career but also very nervous. I was born and raised a bronco, my dad is an alum and my mom has worked here almost 20 years. I am also from Kalamazoo, so I know my way around a little. That being said, I am still very anxious. So far my classes are going good and I haven't gotten lost, so I consider that a plus.