Gallaudet vs. Howard University Project

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I am doing a group project where we have to compare Gallaudet vs. Howard University. My group members are: Georginia, Thy, Brook, Natalie, and Zsolt. I am not happy with some people that are in my group. As I know, I am a very serious student in school, while a few of the others don't seem serious or motivated to work on this project together as a group. But, there are a few of us who are willing to work well together, which I thank you guys for who cares.

We have to find out the history of both universities and see what the differences are and the similitaries between the two universities are. We have to do this by researching their history, and looking up for old maps compared to new. This is the idea dealing with our theme of our GSR 150 classroom, "The City as the Text." We have to try to apply the concept of a place between the two universities.

First of all, we worked on our proposal. We wrote an outline of questions on what we want to research for both universities. Zsolt wasn't there, so we went ahead without him. I want to say I had fun with Georginia and Thy about our brainstorming questions. Thy mentioned about what kind of people go to Howard University. Georginia said, of course common sense, black people! I sarcastically said, what about Gallaudet, what kind of people go to Gallaudet University? We had fun debating with each other while brainstorming our questions. Brook also came up with a few questions, while Natalie didn't have any idea of what type of questions we should ask.

We each have our own duties as an individual, Thy has provided the full information on her blog. Visit her blog for more information. I will do the researching questions, because I love to research, so I took that job. Our class went on a Gallaudet tour together, and I planned to write notes about the tour. But, Thy brought her camera, and we (Zsolt, Thy, Georginia, and I) took turns videotaping the woman. I thought that was a great idea that Thy brought up because we could refer back to it when we work on our project.

We will make more progress hopefully soon. And, we will also take a tour of Howard University, and I am looking forward to that!

Moving in Dorm Room

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The summer of 2008, before I moved in my dorm room I e-mailed residence life- I was curious which dorm I was going to be put in- and what room- and who my roommate was. I also went on facebook.com and I added random people that were from Gallaudet in my class of 2012. I met this one girl name Kaitlin Hewlett on facebook. We chatted for a few days, and we both agreed that if we dislike our roommate- we will be roommates.

So, I got an e-mail back from residence housing. They said I was put in Ballard North with Kaitlin Hewlett (ironic, we wanted to be roommates but never requested each other) on 3rd floor. I forgot the room #. Since I was a MSSD student before, I could picture what my dorm looked like- whereas most other students wouldn't be able to picture what their dorm looks like. I knew where it was on campus before I came.

Again, since I was an MSSD student- I knew MSSDers lived in Ballard North. I did not want to be in a dorm with high school students. I wanted to feel different, feel like a college student. I wanted to be put in a dorm building full of college students. So, I emailed residence life again- and told them my situation. I told them I wanted to be put in West dorm with Kaitlin, she agreed with me; she didn't want to be with high school students either. Finally, they moved us to Ballard West- room #410.

When I arrived to West, I realized our dorm didn't have an elevator. I walked up the stairs many times with all my suitcases and bags, not fun. When I entered my room, I knew my roommate was already there because her bedding, clothes, everything was set out. The room was filthy and dirty. It wasn't vacummed. Gallaudet University don't know how to clean the rooms before new coming students arrive? I vacummed the room myself, and I made the room belong to my by cleaning it. I am a clean person (but can be a messy person, too- it just depends =D). I rearranged the room to make it look welcoming and feel like my home. I set up my Videophone to my roommate's TV. I put my laptop on my desk to make it feel like home. I set up my fan on my nightstand. I like the room cold, I often have my window open during the night. My room is a place for others too. My roommate and I got along, but we had our own different friends. All of our friends came in our room almost everyday to use our microwave, to chat, to do homework, etc.

Now that second semester came along so fast, I've decided to move to 1st floor because I was sick of the stairs everyday. My second semester is a whole different story- with a new room and a new roommate.