Hanover College Blogs

I tried to come up with a heading that would be in the tradition of my cheesy attempts at “punny” blog titles, but I guess I rubber-cemented one too many pictures into my sketchbook and the brain cells are failing me. To any readers who are deeply upset by this (which is doubtful), I sincerely apologize.

Purely for self-indulgence, I quickly want to mention that I got a photograph into Evansville’s “Digitized” show, called “Heian Shrine Memory.” It’s a photo I took while on my May term class “Frank Lloyd Wright & Japan.”  Hooray!

Halloween was a success, and most people were fairly impressed with my “deranged/murderous housewife” costume (total cost of $12 at Goodwill), though I anti-climactically ended the evening by falling asleep on the couch around midnight. Sue DeWine’s Halloween party was a blast as usual, and the highly coveted “best costume” award went to a group of guys dressed up as Canadian tourists.

I finished installing the student art show, and I think it turned out wonderfully. At first I wasn’t sure how to hang the works, but my friend and fellow art major, Megan, showed me how to do it properly (2 nails, not 1) … and then I passed that knowledge onto a couple of the other gallery workers. Friday, I hung an entire wall of framed work, and I felt like frolicking in triumph when I looked at the centered, straight line of art.

There was a bit of frustration Sunday night when things did not go as planned (which I will not go into), but the show still managed to be up and running by 11:00 a.m. Monday as scheduled. This was the first time I have ever been fully in charge of something this important, and I was really proud of all the gallery workers who pitched in to help install the show. I could not have done it without them!  I’m looking forward to the closing reception today, complete with jello, crackers, soda, and other such foods.

In my Senior Seminar last week, we talked about how we are a generation of doers instead of thinkers. By this I mean that we focus on accumulating piles of accomplishments (which by itself is ok), but that often our reason for doing these activities  is so that we will be perceived as successful by society, not because we enjoy them.

I was a little taken aback at first, but after we’d talked about it I found myself agreeing with my professor. It’s fine to be involved, as long as you’re basing your choices on what you are passionate about, not on what you think will look best on your resume.
I suppose you could say the same thing about picking a college. You shouldn’t pick your college/university purely based on its prestige. In my opinion, it’s more important to ask yourself, “Would I be happy here?  Is this an exciting place to live and learn?”  Those are the sorts of questions I asked myself before I chose Hanover.

We also talked about John Cage’s book, “Silence,” in Senior Seminar. Very deep stuff. If you want to take a mind trip, look up 4’ 33”.

‘Tis the season for coughing and sneezing . . . practically half my pod is in some stage of illness right now … my friend Liz has created a ‘sick zone’ chart, w/ areas ranging from healthy at the top, below that sick (“symptoms: general feeling of blah), to plague at the bottom.

My friend, Jackie, is currently in the plague zone, but others may head that way soon. I am fervently taking vitamins in the hope that I will avoid joining their ranks.