Student Experience Blog: June 2012

Final Lap

Fri, Jun 29, 2012

Well. I made it. It's almost been four years since I unboxed all my stuff on the first floor of Hayman. 

It's really not something I've thought about until this week. Being a student, I sometimes just get caught up living semester to semester. But now it's really hit me that I'm down to only two. I'm a procrastinator by nature, so actually being forced to sit down and ask "where am I going to be this time next year?" is a pretty daunting question that I'll have to answer soon. But that can wait.

Elephants in Boise

Sat, Jun 23, 2012

Although I live on campus during the school year, in the summer I still call Boise home. Luckily, most of my friends are also from the Treasure Valley, and they stick around for the summer.  On Saturday, I met up with three of my C of I friends to stroll through Boise’s Saturday Market and to see a circus parade complete with two elephants.  

Why I am so important (Because I am from a different country)

Thu, Jun 21, 2012

So recently in my trips around campus, I came across the news that we are getting a sizable amount of international students for this coming year. On talking to our Dean of Enrollment, Brian, (Actually, I am going to go on a tangent here, but I love the fact that I can just walk unannounced into the offices of anyone while they are around. The small college atmosphere is refreshing after going to schools with systems more rigid then the doors of Fort Knox.

Meanwhile, in Boston...

Tue, Jun 19, 2012

In my last post, I mentioned that I write for C of I’s student newspaper, The Coyote.  Our Editor in Chief, Danielle Blenker, landed a summer internship in Boston with Charlesbridge Publishing. And it just so happens that she’s chronicling it via her own blog, defyinggravityboston.blogspot.com. Check it out—you already know she has to be a good writer.

-Megan Mizuta

NOTE: Danielle took this photo of some of the books she read in preparation for her internship.

Top 5 Things I Miss About C of I After One Month Apart

Fri, Jun 15, 2012

I’m Megan Mizuta, and I’m yours for the next year.  That is, I’ll be one of your student bloggers for the upcoming school year—here to connect you with the C of I community and its goings-on. 

An explanation for all the strange earlier posts; I am exceptionally well rounded

Thu, Jun 14, 2012

So as previously promised, here is an explanation on why I have been going off the deep end and have been posting photos of rocks and rabbits. I could just explain it in a line, or I could do it in a drawn out manner, allowing me to prove my prowess with the English language. The second method it is gonna be.

Cute Bunny Photos, and Photos of Rocks

Sat, Jun 9, 2012

So a few weeks ago, In the chicken coop, I discovered baby rabbits. In 3 weeks time, those creatures transformed from small naked mole rat look alikes to cute balls of fur. Here are some pictures:

rabbit

Also, I have started making  a sculpture, if you would call it that, in my front yard. Here again, are some pictures:

sculpture