Western Carolina vs. App State...

So, I'm gonna talk about the Western-App game that was on Saturday. It was absolutely crazy! It was super crowded, not to mention people were belligerent drunk! Usually, I do not have a problem with people at the games drinking or being drunk around me(thats part of the fun) but saturday was just a mess! Me, my boyfriend, and a group of about 10 of our friends sat down in the "Greek" section, and we went through like 30 to 45 mins of the game with no problems. But then a bunch of drunken greeks show up trying to just start fights with people in our group including my boyfriend. Usually I have no problems with people in sororities or fraternaties, but saturday they went too far. They demanded that we move, but with a stadium full of people, where were we supposed to go? We had been there the whole game and in the 3rd quarter they were gonna tell us to move? Yeah, not gonna happen. Then there was a group of 5 guys who had PAID for their ticket sitting beside us, I believe one was even an alumni and they demanded that they move! One of the guys got really upset and even left the stadium following out a couple of the greeks that were trying to fight..I dont know what happened, if they ended up fighting or not. I just think it was really ridiculous that people are so stupid to be ruining the game for me and my friends and everyone else around them. I just think we were all there to enjoy the game, it really sucks that we couldn't because of a few greeks we decided to ruin our day.

-ELLIE SCOGGINS(Holly Taylor's Class)
P.S. Today is my roomies birthday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMBER!!!

Change

I just realized that today is November 17th and in less than a month I'll be home for Christmas Break. I cannot believe that my first semester of college is coming to a close. In the beginning of the class we had to write about "The Girl I Was" and of course I wrote about things that happened in high school, and how I was. I mentioned in my essay about how most of my older friends said things would change, and boy were they right! I came here thinking I would stick to the same people I've known all my life from back home, and we'd always be great friends. Unfortunately distance sucks, and I don't feel as close to some of the people I once was best friends with. Although I've managed to keep in contact with several of my friends from back home, I feel as if I am growing apart from them. I've met a lot of new people up here at WCU and living with them, I consider them a really significant part of my life. I feel closer to some of the people here than people I went four years of high school with. I think maybe because I live with these people and we spend a huge part of our time together.
I think going home over Christmas break is going to be really difficult. I'm worried that relationships with my friends as well as my family have changed within the past few months. I remember my Junior year in high school my Psychology teacher told us that once we moved away from home, coming back would be difficult. I didn't believe her because I thought "home" would always be home. I completely understand what she meant now. I feel as if Cullowhee is my new home. I live here now. The last time I left my house, I told mom that I would call her when I got home, and she looked really serious and said "Emily, isn't this your home?" Part of her was truly joking, yet the other part seemed sad because I've gone off to do different things. I think she was expecting me to be like my sister and stay home all of her life. That is what makes my sister and I two totally different people. She is completely content staying in Lenoir, North Carolina being married and having a family. She is happy. There's no way I could be content in that situation. I want to go places, see things, that's why I am here now. I am loving the experiences I am having here at Western and I look forward to what is to come.

Emily R (Holly's Class)

A late ride home...

Hey guys i was supposed to blog last wednesday the 5th but i totally forgot ive been so busy with school work.  Well let me get started. So last friday i was going to charlotte for the weekend and i was giving my roommate chloe a ride and i said "we are leaving at 1pm" so i come back to the room after my classes and i am all packed and ready to go and chloe was just sitting there eating and watching tv. so i am like "okay lets go" and she is like "well let me wash my dishes and finish this show and finish packing then we can go" so i was like "alllllright". so we finally get down to the car and she gets in and is like "well if you want gas money we are going to have to drive over to the uc because i need to use the atm." so i was like "alllright" and like a week ago i was like "can i have 20 bucks" and she was like "i only have 15" so i was like "okay thats fine" so we go over there and she took out 40$ and was putting it in her purse. so i was like "can i have the gas money?" and she was like "i need change we can wait until we stop and get food" and i was like "you just ate i dont want to stop" so she was like "well i need change you dont have a 10?" and i did so i gave it to her and she gave me the 20. what the hell?!!!?! so we didnt leave on time an hour late.  i was so f-ing pissed. i mean first you cant be ready on time then the whole money thing! is it so fucking hard to give me half the gas money if two people are driving and i am giving her a ride there and back. and if you are going to give me some money then can you please go to the atm before we are on our way out. i mean you have zero classes on fridays is it that hard. I know thats a little harsh but she is like that all the time i love her but the whole situation just made me a little mad. gahh

-Kelly D ( Holly Taylors class)

The time of our lives... or lack there of.

Growing up we were told college was going to be fun. It is supposed to be the time of our lives but so far my time here has been total opposite. At the beginning of the semester I got really sick. When I went to see a doctor they told me I had Mono. He wrote me out of class and physical activities for three weeks. Two weeks later I was feeling worse so I returned to the doctor. That is when I found out that I had Bronchitis on top of Mono. I finally started feeling better and returned to class for a week only to have something else happen. The next monday morning my grandpa was involved in a car accident. I immediately left for home. I came back to campus that Thursday but then left for home again friday afternoon. I got back monday evening. For me this has been a hell of a semester, from being sick and my grandpas accident to dropping classes and trying to catch back up in the other classes. I thought this was supposed to be fun but I'm not having a good time. Hopefully next semester will be better.

~Stephanie
~Lauras Class MW 5:00

Hey girls! Sorry it's late I was supposed to blog last Monday but I totally forgot! So anyways I had to really think what I wanted to blog about. There are so many different things going on in our lives right now it's hard to choose just one. I have come to know life as one big crazy roller coaster. Sometimes your up high at the top loving everything about life and sometimes your way down at the bottom hating everything about yourself. It's weird but one day I'm the happiest person ever and other days I just want to go to bed. I don't know if this is how everyone else feels or if I'm just weird? One day I can get ready, look in the mirror, and think I look great. The next day I will get ready, look in the mirror, and hate everything about myself. Somedays I feel like I have so many friends to call to go eat or watch a movie. Then the next day I feel so lonely. Sometimes I love Western and could not picture myself being anywhere else. Other times I just want to go home. I just want to be happy all the time. We all have things going on in our lives that make us sad or upset but I know these problems look petty and stupid compared to bigger things going on in the world. I have realized when these bad days come around I always have my best friends to lean on. The girls I know I could never live without. College may have separated us but I know we will stay friends forever. Plus I am making tons of new friends here to confide in which is awesome!

Danielle (Hollys Class)