On Saturday I did the first "grown up activity" I have done for a while. You see, when one is a college student in a dorm, one does not have the same kinds of responsibilities that students off campus or non-college students have. The activity I took part in was looking at open houses. Sure, I went to open houses with my parents as a young one, but Saturday was the first time I took an active role in looking at houses. Two of my friends and I are considering living in Haggerty/Tyson (on campus apartments) or an off campus house owned by UP. Residence Life sponsored an open house event where students can visit available houses for next year and talk with residents who currently live in these houses. A house is a house, but the difference between a UP owned and a non-UP owned house is that one does not have to pay rent. UP house renters still have to pay utilities (except garbage), but renters told me that utilities alone are not that much. On Sunday, my two friends (Talia and Sara) and I will find out where we are living. Sara will not be at housing selection day with us because she is having her own fun in Rome; one of her friends will come with us as her proxy and sign Sara's contract. None of us know what apartments or houses will be available until Sunday, so cross your fingers and hope one of these options will work!
Transitioning from housing to news on the English front, I have some very exciting news to share. I know have mentioned my senior thesis several times throughout my blog, most recently being that I submitted a proposal to the English department in February. Each student has to submit three possible topics, and I just found out this morning that I got my first choice topic! Not only did I get the topic I wanted, but I got the professor I wanted as my thesis advisor. I plan on writing about how both Catcher in the Rye is popular among high school students and how students can (or cannot) relate to Holden Caulfield, the novel's protagonist. The icing on the cake is that I get to write my thesis in the fall, which is perfect for me, as I will be taking my last English class. My thesis is not associated with a particular class, but that's ok since my major writing assignments will be for my final class and my thesis. I have to meet with my thesis advisor before the end of the semester, and I hopefully try to get some research done during the two months I am home this summer. I know writing my thesis will be a challenge, but having written several 10 page papers (my thesis has to be 20-30 pages in length), I am up for the challenge and thrilled to write about a topic about which I am passionate.
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