Week 11
Hope the semester’s treating you well readers. Thanks again for tuning into the latest posting of Student Lens: A student perspective on the latest news, events and current events from the University of Connecticut's Institute of Puerto Rican & Latino Studies.
By now your midterms should be done and over with, your classes: picked, and you should be involving the “calm before the storm” so to speak. Not to frighten anyone but if your like me this is the part of the semester where we relax, catch our breath, and then get back in good ol’ Homer Babbidge Library to start preparing for finals. A word for the wise: don’t wait until finals week to start studying for finals. The library is open 24 hours a day but please believe that it will be packed 24 hours a day. If you can, start studying for you finals or working on your final projects now. That way when the time comes all you have to do is review your notes or outline, putting the finishing touches on your term papers, and focus on getting a good night’s sleep. Also even though Thanksgiving break is a time for relaxing don’t be afraid to crack open a book or two during that week off either. Who knows? That extra hour of studying can equate to an extra 20 points on an exam. That’s my college career tip of the so moving on to this week at UConn.
To all my poets, spoken word artists, story tellers or those who just enjoy all of the above I encourage you to attend a Long River Live, a bi-monthly art series, usually on Mondays, where writers can go to share their works with other writers. I’ve been to many of their meetings especially during my freshman year when I was more in touch with my poetic side and I can say it’s really refreshing. No two meetings are ever the same and most meetings there are featured writers who perform a few of their pieces, and very often give the story behind their works. Not too long ago there was a puppet show performance that proved to be very entertaining so as you can see almost any genre is welcome. For more information you can visit the CLAS website or look for the emails sent out through the UConn Student listserv.
Following on with the poetic theme for this week, Kelly Tsai, Asian American spoken word artist, performed at the Student Union Theatre, this past Wednesday. She’s performed all over the country in over 450 different venues and she’s even been featured on Def Poetry Jam multiple times. I had seen her performances on YouTube, and had heard great things about her live performances so needless to say I was excited to catch her at the theatre. She hit on just about anything you could think of, love, hate, politics, remembering lost loved ones, music and even a few subjects us college students could relate to such as nagging parents. The energy she brought to her performance was simply amazing and I recommend her to anyone who has a love for spoken word.
If you want to learn more about her go to website: http://www.yellowgurl.com/
In addition to the poetic flow that surrounded campus, the Amnesty International Club met this week as well. As stated on a handout I received at their meeting this past Tuesday; “Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights to be respected and protected for everyone.” This week’s focus for the meeting was the evictions of thousands of families in Nigeria and Roma, and how it’s led to a homelessness epidemic oversees. They also addressed the Homelessness Sleep Out next week, look out for coverage of that next week. Overall I think this could be one of the up and coming student groups here on campus and I look forward to seeing what they have planned in the future. Their next meeting is November 30th 2010 at 9pm in Student Union Room 221. If making a difference is your thing, stop by and check it out, I know I’ll be there.
Well readers be on the look out next week for coverage of next week’s Homelessness Sleep Out in addition to more of the latest and greatest before we all leave for our Thanksgiving break.
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