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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Freshmen adjust to routine at University
Andrew Pull
Hometown: Colfax,
N.D.
Andrew Pull
Lives In: Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall
Majors: mechanical engineering
Can be found:
Watching movies, listening to contemporaries
reading the Bible and Stephen King
Farthest destination: Nuevo Laredo.
Maxim
Came to KU because: scholarship money Cools for KU: "Grow in Christ. Become an awesome witness."
Continued from page 1B
Andrew Pull
First entry
... The people are friendly, but it's still quite a culture shock. I'm not used to seeing so many "minorities" — North Dakota (or at least the corner I come from) is about 99 percent white. ...
Second entry
... By now, classes have started, and I realize that this is not high school, and no one was joking when they said college would be a lot harder. I really miss some people back home, but some who I thought I would miss are very far from my mind. Right now, I'm full of nervous apprehension about a lot of things because my life isn't concrete yet. I hope that this period of transition ends soon. Emotionally, I'm half dead. Physically, the terrain around here is trying ...
Third entry
Since my last entry, I've had a sort of rebirth. God's been working on my heart through the tests of college, the making of new friends and the quiet voice He speaks in. Finding cool Christian people to hang out with looks as though it could be pretty easy. A huge
community offers up huge opportunities...
Fourth entry
... I've started thinking less and less about my friends at home, even to the extent of finally letting go of a a girl I had said goodbye to a week before moving here. Learning to live with three totally different guys is interesting but fun. I've started to loosen up, as I'm not overly concerned about making friends anymore. I just started being myself, getting out and having fun. And it's opening a whole new world ...
Wesley Becks
Second entry
I have gone through two roommates in two days. My first roommate ... moved in, and he was cool. I came in late during Hawk Week, about 3 a.m., and no one is here. I wake up — still no roommate.
Third entry
My classes are all right. I like Politics in Africa the most. ... I like it because we are learning about a continent the world tends to forget about. We learned the 48 countries and capitals in two weeks.
Wesley
Magee Loe:
Homestead to Topeka
Lives in: McCollum
Hall
Becks Age:19
Major: political science
ence
Can be found:
Clubbing at Tremors,
playing basketball,
reading Toni Morrison
or listening to jazz and
classical music.
Farthest destination: Charlotte, N.C.
Came to KU because: "I had no money to go back to Arizona State University."
Goals for KU: "To have as much fun and take as many road trips as possible; write an article for the UDK."
More information
For more freshman journal entries
See www.kansas.com
Fourth entry
I'm kind of glad I'm close to home this year. If something goes down, I can call my dad, and he'll be right here. I can go home and do free laundry. ... I really miss Arizona State. I've been doing some thinking. I'm still not sure if I'm going to transfer back if I get some scholarships.
Sixth entry
[KU National Society of Black Engineers] is just different from ASU-NSBE, but that's expected. KU is like a small band. Sometimes I feel as though I'm on the outside looking in. It was like that at ASU, but I became part of the group. I don't know if I have energy to do it again...
I wouldn't buy a thing at the [football] game. Two dollars for a cup of ice?
Sometimes I wish I had someone to confide my deep thought with, but we don't get everything we want. ...
Seventh entry
What frat do I want to become a part of? There's only a few Black frats, and I'm not sure which one I want to join.
Brandon Tobias
First entry, Aug. 27
... Coming from a town of only 3,000, I thought the sheer size of the campus and student body would scare the hell out of me. Quite to the contrary, I have not felt like a "number," a face without a name. Not once.
Second entry. Sept. 11
something else I've noticed since I've been in college is free time — or the lack thereof. It never falls. Just when I think I'm going to relax or take a nap, I realize I have 400 other things I should do . . .
time, it helps to know that there are people who will help.
Fortunately, though, the scholarship halls have helped that a lot. ... In a situation where it seems you never have any
In high school, my priorities always seemed pretty set. I had school, work, sports, family and friends. Everything existed in harmony, rarely interfering with each other.
I would not change my situation for anything. ... I am realizing, though, that things will get harder. ...
Third entry, Sept. 18
Then college came, and the chaos began. Deciding how to manage time and juggle commitments without dropping something important has become somewhat of a circus performance. ...
Lia Wullbrandt
First entry, Aug. 24
My initial fears about fitting in with the people in my dorm are little concerns about how things work are lessening every day. I wasn't expecting the returning students not to help me, but I wasn't expecting them to go so far out of their way to help me out with things. It's really been helping that our floor does so much to include everyone.
Second entry, Aug. 25
Brandon
Hometown: Osage City
Tobias Age:18
City
Lives in: Pearson
Scholarship Hall
Major: architecture
and urban design
Can be found:
Playing flag football.
and modern rock, try to learn the piano or in Manhattan visiting his girlfriend.
and modern rock, trying to learn the piano or in Manhattan visiting his girlfriend.
Farthest destination: Mexico City
Came to KU because: "The money. K-State was too tight."
Gossle for KU: "Take advantage of many more opportunities offered at KU that weren't in high school."
Lia
Lia Wullibrandt
Wullbrandt
Wulbrandsit
Age 18
Hometown
Hampton, Iowa
Lives in: Hashinger
Residence Hall
Major: graphic
design
Can be found:
Watching "The
Simpsons," listening
to Jimi Hendrix and
hanging out on Massachusetts Street, or reading books that are "dowlers."
Farthest destination: London, England.
Came to KU because: "I came here because KU has a good design department and a beautiful campus. I also love the town."
Goals for KU: "I would like to have a project on one of my art classes that my instructor feels is one of the most outstanding. I would also like to start an improvisation troupe."
... I am happy with the fact that I wasn't relying on anyone I know to go to my classes with me. I was comfortable enough to go to the class and introduce myself to people I didn't know ...
I'm beginning to realize that I'm on my own, ...
Third entry. Sept. 1
Today I'm going home for the weekend. I almost feel guilty for leaving here. When I was in high school, I used to think all the freshmen who came home Labor Day weekend were kind of pathetic. Oh well, I get to see my cats ...
Fifth entry, Sept. 11
I can't tell you how much I appreciate the diversity of the students on this campus. In my small town, diversity isn't looked at in a very positive way. I'm so happy to be somewhere that a person isn't studied for having dreadlocks. I'm not saying I don't appreciate my town, but I love having a vacation from it.
Kansan correspondents' meeting at 5 p.m. today in Room 206 Stauffer-Flint Hall
— Edited by John Audlehelm
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