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Musings of a Female College Student

Friday, January 1, 2010
Life in the “Blah” Zone
Nicole Marie

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It’s funny–my cousins were playing this basketball video game on Christmas and in the game there are college teams. When they were playing against Duke University, the stands were packed in the game. The Duke students were cheering like crazy. My cousin Sal said it’s like that in real life. I told him to try playing against Manhattan College in the game, since he and I both go there and I wanted to see how the game portrayed us. It showed the Draddy gymnasium, and the stands were…well…the students seemed sporadically placed around the gym. Kind of sparse in comparison to Duke.

It seems like an accurate portrayal.

I’ve noticed this on my campus a lot. Events are planned–good events–by student activities, and yet, there’s a low turnout. Not that many students come–I guess it gets worse as the semester wears on (maybe for the Spring semester it’s the opposite?). Either way, I notice this just in the basic student attitude just walking around campus. I guess one plus side is that a lot of people at Manahttan are pretty chill. There seems to be a good mix of different personalities, thus making it sort of “normal.” But the chillness isn’t supposed to be taken to the extreme. I do come across some people from time to time that are passionate about SOMETHING. Like, say a sport, or student government, or art. But, for the most part, I often think I see a “sea of blah” walking around campus. A majority–maybe 60%, maybe more–seem to have no drive outside of the normal, the mundane.

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[JR: I watched the recently televised Iona game and the stands were half full. Where's the Sports Marketing Majors? Can't even fill up the stands with students who can walk there? Advertise to the Alums in Jasper Jottings. Have to solve some problems to be like Duke! Parking, notification, cost, "fun"!!! I used to work with a Dukie. They were organized. He'd get three different phone calls a week from his alumni mates: one for his year of graduation cell, one from his major cell, and one from the first letter of his last name cell. No wonder they fill up the stands. He was called to go to a Duke Women's Event in the Garden and went; he didn't know what it was but he was going to have "fun". Argh, that is what we need. Fun! Bodies!]

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Jasper “Cousin Sal” [MC????]

Jasper “Nicole Marie” [MC2013?]

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