Raelyn Enjoys the SWOSU Panorama Events

Seems like college has taken a lot out of me this year. I don’t even know where the semester let alone the last two semesters have gone. Feels like life is speeding up more and more every year. Seems like yesterday I was sitting just a few rows back from Demetri Martin, during SWOSU’s Panorama event. The comedian was hilarious and had the entire crowd laughing. SWOSU did a great job in picking him to come instead of another comedian, he was totally worth the money. It was amazing how he didn’t really have an act, instead he just went with whatever and could make it funny. I am super excited about the Panorama events that were chosen for this year:

September 14 - The Dan Band ($10)
October 18 - DRUMLine Live ($10)
February 2 - Peking Acrobats ($10)
March 3 - Aron Ralston (Free)

The events are so much fun and not to mention cheap! For more information about the events visit http://www.swosu.edu/news/events/panorama/index.asp .

Heather is Busy Studying for Finals

Well the end of the school year is winding down which means all the test, quizzes, and projects are all being jammed into the last 2 weeks. So my life at the moment consists mainly of studying, but the thing you have to remember about college is even though studying is important you have to have fun too. Even if that is just random trips to sonic for a study break, or a whole group of girls going to Super Cuts and pressuring a friend into cutting all of her hair off, which looks amazing I might add. The sad part about the end of the year is all the friends you are going to miss over the summer. So although right now I should be studying all I want to do is spend as much time as possible with all my friends. This is why last week we went and saw the play Leading Ladies in Clinton, OK. The play was amazing. It was a comedy based off some of Shakespeare’s plays and had the audience laughing the entire time not only because of the jokes but the costumes which included guys dressed up as girls trying to fool everyone. Then tonight we are having a game night at the BCM (Baptist College Minister) which will be a ton of fun and is a great place to get involved. I must now get back to the books, so all the finals and end of the semester test can be aced!

Kadie's Football Fun

This past fall I attended the football homecoming game between the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Bulldogs and the East Central University Tigers. I went to the game with a few friends in hopes of having a good time, but little did I know that this particular game would be the highlight of my sophomore fall semester. East Central carried the lead for the majority of the game with a score of 13-0. The Bulldogs didn’t make their comeback until early in the fourth quarter when Johnathan Haggerty caught a 38 yard touchdown pass cutting the Tiger’s lead to 14-7. On the Bulldogs last possession of the game, Steve Day, the Bulldog’s quarterback completed passes to Joe Sawyer and Haggerty putting the bulldogs on the ECU 5 yard line. Southwester was whistled for offensive pass interference; this moved them back to the ECU 19 yard line with only 4 seconds left in the game. Day found Haggerty open in the end zone and tied the game at 13-13. Chad Mclntosh, the kicker for Southwestern scored the extra point giving the Bulldogs a 14-13 victory over the ECU Tigers. As soon as the Bulldogs won the crowd erupted with excitement and fireworks went off around the stadium. This was by far the most memorable moment of my fall semester and a great reason to make sure you’re at Milam stadium next fall cheering on the Southwestern Bulldogs in hopes they will find similar success on the newly renovated field.

Procrastination Does Not Work for Ty

When prospective college students think of college, most envision studying all the time while having no time for a social life. While this is not the case most of the time, it seems to be the case this week—for me, at least. My assignments have been piling up on top of one another, but it isn’t because the teachers try and mess with students’ mental health; it’s because I tend to procrastinate. A lot.

This week, the assignments I have to finish consist of a diverse group of subjects: a calculus III exam, a visual analysis for Comp. II, a paper over my health for Wellness, a project of all the labs I’ve done since school began after spring break (which is also for Wellness), and a blog for Student Leadership. I could have finished most of these assignments days ago; instead, I would watch a movie with friends or sleep. Now my whole “I can do it later” attitude has come back to bite me in the butt.

Don’t get me wrong, I am a firm believer in procrastination, but when taken too far, it can turn ugly. Procrastination is like a loan: in the beginning, the loan is awesome and helps you do stuff you wouldn’t have been able to do, but in the end, you have to pay a percent of interest, and it’s not as fun. In the case with procrastination, the interest is the stressful conditions in which you will work in: having to finish a homework assignment with a box of tissue beside you since you’re crying so much because you have no idea what you’re doing and you can’t ask the professor for help because it’s 10:58 p.m. and the assignment is due at 12:00 a.m. on D2L, or getting a ‘C’ on an exam because you decided to wait until the day of the exam to study.

Now that I’ve made you terrified of procrastination, I’ll leave you with a few words: if you’re going to procrastinate, only do so twice a week…maybe three.