Eastern: The Good, The Bad, The Horrific
I'm into my second full week of school now, and I'm starting to gain some perspective on things.
Good
Parking in eastern. Back at MSU, parking was something like Cheney's soul; rumored to exist but difficult to find. Parking at MSU is more like parking in the same state as MSU and hoping that you survive the walk to campus. The commuter lot is literally miles from campus. At Eastern there is ample parking on campus.
Bad
No campus preacher. I suppose Eastern isn't big enough to get one full time, but I wish we had a campus preacher. He would yell at the students holding hands, rant about Revelations, and generally doom all who walked near. It just doesn't seem like school without him around.
Bad
I think I may be smarter than two of my professors. I'm not going to name names, as I would still like to get good grades, but I am not completely comfortable with the idea.
Horrific
The "chinese" place in the union. I miss the Panda Express I used to go to at MSU. My old job there was across the river from the international center, and we used to walk there for lunch. I loved that panda express.
Good
I seem to have been drafted into the Computer Science club at eastern. I was discussing some perl 6 concepts with our grad assistant, mostly roles and junctions. I was then told that I was going to give a talk. I've been drafted. Maybe I'll give a talk on Class::DBI and getting the job down with time left for drinking. Gotta spread the word.
Horrific
In certain parts of the library there is a loud low frequency harmonic rumble. It must be at least down at 25hz, and I would guess around 75dB. Not the sort of thing that one would expect in a library.
Good
The book we're reading in lit, Paul Auster's CIty of Glass, is sublime. This is by far the best novel I've ever had to read for a class. I started it today, and chewed thru the first 80 pages in no time. Damn good stuff. Though, I would like Paul to stop writing about himself. Yes, one must write what they know, but I'm starting to wonder if he ever gets out, or watches the Discovery Channel.
Comments
It sounds like you're getting a much better than average time of things than the average returning student. This pleases me. :)
Posted by: Johanna Marie // September 20, 2005 10:50 AM
You seem to be finding mostly good things, with a few livable bad things - sorry to hear about the library though.
Your mention of horrible chinese makes me think of the time I wasted at WPI with delivery Chinese food before I discovered Dragon Dynasty. Really good food, for a good price, and just around the corner from here.
Someday, we will move out of the WPI neighborhood (and hopefully out of Worcester). I'm looking forward to that day, but I will certainly miss Dragon Dynasty.
Posted by: Anitra // September 21, 2005 6:32 AM