'Fragments of Recollection' - one of the three plays performed by Windsor Theater last weekend.
Just one of the many posters with environmentally-friendly living suggestions on them.
A 'Campus Climate Challenge' badge that many students are wearing to show their support.
Alex, Me and Colin at the Harper Floor Crawl.
The Harper Floor Crawl - jam packed with fun!
Well, March is said to be one of the craziest months for university students, and I guess we're all starting to feel that very apparent reality these days. What with so many events taking place, so much school work to get done and final exams fast approaching, people are certainly looking for some good distractions from reality. Luckily for them, there are tons of things going on and I'll be filling you in on a few of the events I've been taking part in the last little while.
I suppose we'll go in the order of the pictures I've posted for you this week. So, let's start with Windsor Theater. Windsor Theater is a fantastic theater group here on campus, and they hold several performances throughout the year. Many of the plays are directed by students from the Drama Department, and some of them are original works. A great set of three one-act plays were performed last weekend, and they were all student directed and two of them were original works; Fragments of Recollection, which was a collaborative script, written by the three actors and the student-director, and Salad and Cake, written by a Drama student and Psychology student. The third play was Speaking Well of the Dead, the only unoriginal piece, which was written to commemorate the victims of 9/11 and their families. All three plays were wonderfully done with strong acting and directing all around.
Another big event that's been happening around campus is the 'Campus Climate Challenge', being put on by MTA's Eco-Action Society. This society has been busy promoting simple lifestyle changes that students can make in order to reduce the amount of energy they use, which in turn, is of course better for the environment. They will be monitoring each residence's energy use, and the house with the biggest reduction in their level of energy use will win an energy efficient big screen TV for their house lounge. A pretty sweeeet prize if you ask me! I think it's such a good idea to really promote green living on campus; there are so many intelligent and responsible students here that it seems like the perfect group of people to really band together and make a difference in the environment.
The highlight of my weekend was the Harper Floor Crawl, which happened in my residence on Saturday night. The theme of the event was 'A Tribute to Residence Life 2006/2007'. Since Harper has 4 floors (combining the basement with the first floor) we decided to celebrate the best house parties of the year. 4th floor was Bennett and Bigelow's 'City Slicks and Country Hicks', 3rd was 'Cancun Campbell', 2nd was Windsor's 'Mardi Gras' and 1st/basement was none other than the party of the year, 'Harper Havoc'. Each floor was responsible for their own decoration and clean up, and it turned out to be such a great party! About 250 people showed up, all packed onto one floor at a time, dancing the night away. It was a great time, thanks to great team efforts by each floor!
Well, that's the lowdown on what's been happening in my life and here at MTA the last little while! As always, work is continuing and I have a midterm and a paper on Friday, so I best hop to that. Also, I've decided to run as an Arts Senator, which is a student who sits on both the Students' Administrative Council (SAC) and the University Senate, representing students' academic concerns. I'm also applying to be a writer for our school newspaper, The Argosy, so that's exciting as well. It's true what they say; there are a million and one ways to get involved at MTA!
Much love,
Sue
sjhumphrey@mta.ca
P.S. - As always, feel free to e-mail me with any questions, comments, suggestions... I love feedback :)
I suppose we'll go in the order of the pictures I've posted for you this week. So, let's start with Windsor Theater. Windsor Theater is a fantastic theater group here on campus, and they hold several performances throughout the year. Many of the plays are directed by students from the Drama Department, and some of them are original works. A great set of three one-act plays were performed last weekend, and they were all student directed and two of them were original works; Fragments of Recollection, which was a collaborative script, written by the three actors and the student-director, and Salad and Cake, written by a Drama student and Psychology student. The third play was Speaking Well of the Dead, the only unoriginal piece, which was written to commemorate the victims of 9/11 and their families. All three plays were wonderfully done with strong acting and directing all around.
Another big event that's been happening around campus is the 'Campus Climate Challenge', being put on by MTA's Eco-Action Society. This society has been busy promoting simple lifestyle changes that students can make in order to reduce the amount of energy they use, which in turn, is of course better for the environment. They will be monitoring each residence's energy use, and the house with the biggest reduction in their level of energy use will win an energy efficient big screen TV for their house lounge. A pretty sweeeet prize if you ask me! I think it's such a good idea to really promote green living on campus; there are so many intelligent and responsible students here that it seems like the perfect group of people to really band together and make a difference in the environment.
The highlight of my weekend was the Harper Floor Crawl, which happened in my residence on Saturday night. The theme of the event was 'A Tribute to Residence Life 2006/2007'. Since Harper has 4 floors (combining the basement with the first floor) we decided to celebrate the best house parties of the year. 4th floor was Bennett and Bigelow's 'City Slicks and Country Hicks', 3rd was 'Cancun Campbell', 2nd was Windsor's 'Mardi Gras' and 1st/basement was none other than the party of the year, 'Harper Havoc'. Each floor was responsible for their own decoration and clean up, and it turned out to be such a great party! About 250 people showed up, all packed onto one floor at a time, dancing the night away. It was a great time, thanks to great team efforts by each floor!
Well, that's the lowdown on what's been happening in my life and here at MTA the last little while! As always, work is continuing and I have a midterm and a paper on Friday, so I best hop to that. Also, I've decided to run as an Arts Senator, which is a student who sits on both the Students' Administrative Council (SAC) and the University Senate, representing students' academic concerns. I'm also applying to be a writer for our school newspaper, The Argosy, so that's exciting as well. It's true what they say; there are a million and one ways to get involved at MTA!
Much love,
Sue
sjhumphrey@mta.ca
P.S. - As always, feel free to e-mail me with any questions, comments, suggestions... I love feedback :)
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