Residential college

last milestones for formal education and I intend to make full use of my time here to develop holistically and engage in community betterment. I envisage a residential college community as one that embraces the differences in ideas and interests yet is united under the banner of continuous learning for head, hand and heart skills. In junior college, I gained a strong interest in politics and public policies of nations because they shape the institutions that governs us and the way international relations

As the year comes to an end so will many students experience in the residence halls. Residential life sets the tone for ones college experience and with four different places to live means four different experiences to have had this year. Name: Mollie Merino Hometown: Denver, Colorado Residence Hall: Cate Center Major: International Studies Merino shared her experiences in the dorms with 16 other girls in one bathroom saying, “we became really close right off the bat”. “For me the experience

their residential colleges. While we know now that slavery was immoral and ultimately abolished, Calhoun, an 1804 Yale graduate was a committed slavery supporter. The university will remained the said residential college after Navy Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper who was a pioneering computer scientist. There was controversy over the name for several years of debating over renaming the names of buildings that were named after debated persons. What is interesting about the residential college was

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (150 word limit) “Sweet dreams are made of this!” I belted confidently along with the entire team. Three years ago, when I first joined Speech, I would have never predicted I’d be karaoke-ing to the Eurythmics in front of everyone. As an awkward, science-y, and cautious freshman, Speech was intimidating. The members were dedicated, spontaneous, and unafraid of judgement. I didn’t understand them, and I had absolutely

While this introduction was not extremely riveting due to the constant bombardment of college emails I received every day, it led me to look more into Rice University online. As I read through the website’s information, everything seemed to perfectly align with my version of the ideal university. I wanted a top school for research opportunities

with the multitude of foreign languages taught. Coming from a blue collar family and being a first generation college student I felt an obligation to my parents, though, to choose a major that would offer financial ease and stability. However, during my second semester I took classes in translation and linguistics, and I realized I wanted to create my own academic path. I began college-level Spanish in my first semester, and French in my fourth. I have taken classes on translation, linguistics,

community, there are certain freedoms that need be alienated in order to live in peace with fellow neighbors. It is the HRC covenant, the Guide to Community Living, and the prayers of Taizé give meaning to the community known as the Honors Residential College (HRC). The texts each serve as evidence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Social Contract Theory in work, each including a type of self-sacrifice for the greater good and solidification of the community. This analysis will begin by reviewing the obligations

hall. The common area is directly in front of the elevator with hallways of students’ rooms branching off on either side. A window on the other side overlooks “back circle,” as it is called by the students, a greenspace area in the middle of this residential area. In the warmer months, this area is more populated. However, during the winter months, all the furniture has been removed and students are only seen passing through “back circle.” In the common area, there is a mix of styles of furniture that

the majority of people are either college students or young adults between the ages of twenty and thirty-two. It was obvious this age group lived in these homes seeing the décor on the front porches and the cars in the driveways. The average household income ranges between seventy and eighty-five thousand dollars per year (StatisticalAtlas). Just walking down the street I noticed most of the lots are designated for either college students, expensive residential homes, or parks with green spaces.

Examine the argument that “good fences make good neighbours”. When using the term “Street”, or “Neighbourhood” in context of where we live, it is usually referencing more than just a geographical location, but rather a collective of all the elements that go into making it what it is, especially the people. A good neighbour is someone who understands the socially constructed rules of behaviour that goes with the title, and this essay will be looking at how boundaries, or “fences”, that these mostly