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Sorry for the huge time gap between posts. I have been really sick basically since school started but especially these past 2 ½ weeks. I tested positive for strep throat a little over 2 weeks ago after 2 negative rapid tests and finally my lab test came back positive… stupid.  So I started taking my antibiotics for that on a Saturday and then Monday I thought I was either dying or having a reaction to the medication and my stomach was in more pain than I thought possible so I called my mom of course and ended up making a visit to my doctor at home to see what was going on. She didn’t really think there was anything wrong with me… but because I’ve been getting sick so often she gave me 5 things I had to do to try to boost my immune system and prevent myself from getting more sick. I have to eat healthy- lots of fruits and vegetables, eat foods high in antioxidants, go to the gym AT LEAST 3-4 times a week (which is not a small number… that’s a whole lot of gym for me lol), drink 2 glasses of milk a day or make sure I keep taking my multi-vitamin, and be happy (like that’s easy with all the drama and stress that comes with being a college student). And she thinks my stomach just produces a lot of extra acid so I can’t eat too many acidic foods and I have to take an acid reducer everyday. I’ve basically concluded that my body hates me.

So this past week I decided to go to Health Services at UNH because I had coughed up blood a couple times (sorry if this grosses you out) in the last 2 months and wanted to make sure I was ok. The doctor there was pretty sure it was just irritation but ordered a chest x-ray just to be sure. And then come to find out after my x-ray results come back, I have pneumonia… great! I guess the best news out of that is that the antibiotics I took for my strep throat cover pneumonia as well so I happened to treat my pneumonia at the same time as my strep and didn’t even know it. So I’m not taking any new medication which is good because I absolutely hate taking medicine! I just have to have another chest x-ray in 2 months to make sure things cleared. Now I’m positive that my body hates me!

Soooo that’s why I haven’t been on top of things lately and been slacking a little on the posting. I hope everyone has a safe, fun, and HEALTHY Thanksgiving and I’ll definitely post over the break!

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It’s Wednesday! 8 Days until Thanksgiving! I can’t wait. But its crunch time around here. Classes are winding down. For the evening sections of classes (the ones that only meet once a week) I only have a couple classes left. I still have a ton projects to do. I have 3 due the day we get back from Thanksgiving break, so you know what I’ll be doing then. The Fire Science Club meeting is this afternoon at 4:30, after that its back to work on those projects. Good thing senioritis hasn’t set in yet. I’m still motivated to do work. That’s all I have for today.

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Winter is coming! It is getting darker earlier now. That also means the end of the semester is just around the corner. 10 days until Thanksgiving! I’m heading home next Monday. I can’t wait for home cooked meals. With the end of the semester also means papers, projects and finals. It seems like all of my professors want papers due before Thanksgiving so they have time to grade them. So I’ll be busy with that for the next couple of days.

Until next time – Stay Warm!

Yet another reason why I adore being a part of SCOPE (Student Committee Of Programming Events), because who else can take a bus load on college students to New York City for the day to see Cirque Du Solei and only have to charge the students $10.00.  That is insane!!!  It was another great weekend on New York soil.  Not having my car on campus I am left to rely on these kinds of off-campus trips to have some fun beyond Boston Post Road.  There is nothing like waking up, hopping onto a coach bus, and kicking back and relaxing till you reach your destination.  In this case it was Madison Square Garden for their showing of Cirque Du Solei.  For those of you who don’t know what this show is all about I suggest going to see it or the less expensive route – look it up on youtube.com.  For the entire show my jaw was literally either dropped or plastered with a giant smile of enjoyment and awe.  The stunning mixture of creative set design, choreography, and music left me mesmerized.  The brilliant display of agility and acrobatic ability, as well as balance, pose, and grace, shows how much hard work has been put into this production.

It was nice to go and walk around the city for a little while, and of course I had to have a piece of fine New York Style Pizza!!!  It was so good it was like candy to me. 

Overall I say this day was a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to see what SCOPE has in store for us next.  I knew UNH was the place for me.

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What’s going on? It was a busy weekend here. Saturday the Fire Science Club took a bus trip up to the Boston Fire Department. It was wicked cool. We started the day off at the Boston Fire Museum. There we picked up our tour guide and drove around Boston stopping at different firehouses around the city. The best stop had to have been Engine 33, Ladder 15. They are located on Boylston Street in the Back Bay section of the city. They are actually located a short distance away from Fenway Park. The guys from Engine 33 and Ladder 15 were very nice to us, and allowed a few of us to play with the ladder.

Sunday was the our last open house for this semester. We packed the gymnasium! The amount of families that were there was crazy! Just to let everyone know, we will be doing an online college fair this Wednesday and Thursday.  Go to CollegeWeekLive for more information!

There is also a BIG game this week. Last week, the NFL began having Thursday night games this season. This Thursday, the New England Patriots take on the New York Jets. It is a battle for first place in the AFC East. The Pats beat the Jets back in Week 2, 19-10. If you don’t remember it was Matt Cassel’s first start after Tom Brady got injured in the season opener.  Since then, the Pats have gone 6-3 and Matt Cassel has gained more confidence and more understanding of the offense every week. It should be a good game, and I can’t wait for it. Too bad a lot of people won’t have a chance to able to watch it, because it is on NFL Network.

I have a presentation due on Friday, so I am going to be working on that all week. It’s gonna be a crazy week. I have a lot to do before Thanksgiving which is coming up quickly and that only means one thing…a home cooked meal with awesome leftovers. 17 days until Thanksgiving, 45 days until Christmas…the countdown begins!

Well until next time, take it easy!

When you are away from your family you truly realize how much talking on the phone doesn’t do this withdrawal justice. I was raised very family oriented, and even though I have become accustom to being away at college, I still miss seeing everyone. Lucky for me this weekend I was able to get my fix. Because of my busy schedule and my position as a Resident Assistant I had not left Boston Post Road since August, and this weekend my cousin Ashley got married so it was the perfect opportunity to have all of my loved ones in one location all at one time. I have family spanning all along the East Coast and all the way out to Phoenix, Arizona, and nearly all of them congregated at Kings Point on Long Island, NY. For the last 24 hours I have had nothing but a smile on my face as more and more friendly faces poured into the Melville Marriott.

The ceremony took place at the Merchant Marine Base, and even though it was raining we didn’t let that stop us from doing anything that we would have been doing if it were Sunny and 60°. The night was filled with laughter, tears, dancing, and most importantly friendship and love. RA’s can have a tough role at times and sometimes it is nice to just get away for a bit, kick back, and relax with the ones you love. So make sure when you see your RA you tell them how much you appreciate them.

Well I am exhausted, a long day of preparation and a night of merriment will wear anyone out. The worst part is that in enjoying this time with my family so much I have not done a single ounce of homework, so Sunday night should be an interesting night lol. Thus to wind things up; I know you may get fed up with your family sometimes, but always remember that they are the most important aspect of your life and you need to make sure you show them how much you care.

I would be a stupid boy not to realize how great I honestly have it with my loving parents and caring family and friends. Thank You So Much Guys…

This week is alright. Not too much going on but I’ve lost all motivation to do work, so I still don’t want to do anything. I had an organic chemistry test on Friday and a calculus II test on Monday. Organic chem went VERY well… I got it back already and got a 96!!! Woohoo! But calc II was not easy at all. I just blanked on everything and it was nothing like the practice test… soooo I didn’t do very well at all but we’ll see. I get that back in class tonight so hopefully it won’t be terrible.

I’m SOOOOOO excited that Obama won!!! I don’t want to start any political debates on here, but I think its time for a change.

The rest of this week doesn’t really consist of much. I’m doing the online college fair on Thursday and working Open House on Sunday. Maybe I’ll see some of you there!? And I’m spending the rest of my weekend catching up on homework and hanging out with my friends. It should be a productive weekend but we’ll see how motivated I am when the weekend rolls around. Talk to you soon!

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How is your day going? I can’t believe how fast this semester is flying by. I picked up my paperwork for registering for classes next semester – the LAST time I will have to do that. It is starting to hit me that this is my last year here at UNH. It has been a crazy four years here and there has been a lot of good memories.

Winter is on its way as well. The sky has been grey all day and it looks like it is going to start snowing any minute now. Halloween was four days ago now and some places have already started getting ready for Christmas! What happened to Thanksgiving? We still have two weeks until then! Anyways…that’s all I got for today. Have a good one.

The ghosts and goblins are all gone, and it is time to get back to work.  I know for me this week won’t go by fast enough.  It is not that I have a lot of work to do or anything like that, but I’m so excited to see my whole family this weekend – like cousins and all!  I have gotten a head start on all of my homework so that I would have very little to do towards the end of the week and would be able to enjoy the weekend.  All I have to do is just finish typing up my Physics and Organic Chemistry Lab Reports, two presentations to finalize, and a couple homework problems to do (yeah I know not too much *sarcasm*).  But that is pretty much a typical week load of homework for me, minus the presentations. 

This weekend my oldest cousin Ashley is getting married in Long Island, NY, and this side of the family is the one I have spent the most time with and the side that I am closest with.  At times we almost act more like siblings than cousins.  Thus I’m getting really anxious to see them; I haven’t been home since August.  So Long Island isn’t quite home but home will be coming to Long Island.  This will be a nice weekend off-campus, as long as my little sister doesn’t become a pain in my butt.  We have a very Love/Hate relationship =) lol.

Well readers, wish me luck on this crazy week.  I’ll be back with the full scoop on how my weekend adventure played out.

My name is Chenellia but everyone calls me Nellye so from now on I will be using Nellye in my blogs!!! So this is my first blog, I’m actually excited because you guys can get a glimpse into what college life is through my eyes!

So Halloween just passed and S.C.O.P.E, one of the student organizations on campus put on great events (like a haunted house that scared the pants off of me). Next weekend I will be going to a regional conference for one of my clubs NSBE (National Society Of Black Engineers) there will be more information on what that is, how it went and pictures (yes actual pictures) when I come back from that! So for now I bid you all farewell!!! See you next week!

Wow—it’s been forever since I’ve blogged! I have just been so crazy busy lately with work, midterms, regular class work, presentations, my family moving, a final and everything else, this is the first I’ve been able to sit down for a month!  I had midterms in most of my classes, and I had a final in my accelerated class, which was not fun to say the least.  This weekend is a welcome respite from all the insanity of the past few weeks and I’m looking forward to some serious lazy time.           

Friday was Halloween and seeing all the different costumes was awesome on both staff and students.  Since it was Paranormal Awareness week, PIRO, our paranormal club put on a lot of events for the students on campus. Last night was a costume ball, a few nights ago PIRO showed Sweeney Todd, and there was a Harvest Party in the Quad on Wednesday. My favorite event was when John Zaffis came to campus and spoke about his research and investigation into the paranormal field. He’s good friends with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson who run TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society), which is what the SciFi show “Ghost Hunters” is about. “Ghost Hunters” is my ABSOLUTE favorite show, and I have every season out. So to have someone who appears on the show, and who is so highly respected in the field come on campus was amazing—I’m really glad PIRO was able to get him to come on campus. He even took the members of PIRO on an investigation throughout campus to the buildings said to be haunted.

My bedroom window faces construction, and man, are they hauling butt on this new residence hall.  I know I’ve probably said this five times before, but I cannot wait until the building is finished for my senior year! It’s going to be so nice inside, and the single bedrooms will definitely be a plus.

Election day is coming up in a few days, and it’s awesome to see so many people getting involved on campus. A lot of the students are submitting absentee ballots, and debates are popping up in a lot of my classes. Young people are a key demographic in this election, and the school is doing things like registering voters and offering rides to the polls this year.

Alright, gotta go get ready to give a tour. See ya!

Hey Everyone!

Sorry it has been awhile since my last blog but I have been very busy! This past week myself and a few other students from the Fire Science Club went to a conference in Providence, Rhode Island. The Center for Campus Fire Safety hosted its annual forum from Tuesday October 28 to October 30. It was a place for industry professionals and campus fire safety coordinators and administrators to come together to talk about solutions to our country’s campus fire safety problems. It was a great experience and I am very pleased that I got to attend. It was a great way to network with professionals in the industry I would like to be a part of once I graduate. I would like to thank the Executive Director of the Center for Campus Fire Safety, Amy Hamel, for letting myself and the other members from the Fire Science Club travel to Providence and help out with everything and meet everyone. If you would like to know more about the Center for Campus Fire Safety and what you can do help fix this problem you can visit their website here: http://www.campusfiresafety.org/index.html.

It was disappointing to return to campus because I had so much fun in Providence. But I’m back in New Haven, and it’s Halloween! It was great to see all the different costumes on campus. Well it’s getting late and I need to go get my costume on. Happy Halloween everyone!

It really doesn’t feel like Halloween, unless of course you go into the café in Bartels. They have decked it out for the holiday, and they’re doing contests and whatnot. One of the employees was dressed up as a song and if you guessed it you won candy; other people in the kitchen had masks on and some students are in costume, too. I saw one kid yesterday dressed as the Joker (probably half of the people you’ll see tonight will be that).

Yesterday I scored a phone interview with Andrew McMahon for a future issue of PULP. I can’t believe it, he is basically my idol. We might be doing something with them when they come to Toad’s Place, too (11/16!). It’s so exciting, I’m not sure how I’m going to stay composed on the phone and, hopefully, in person.

It’s almost that time of the year to pick our classes for next semester…I can’t believe how the fall has flown by. I picked up my worksheets that tell me where I’ve received credit, and where I still need it. I think next semester is going to consist of the following: Intercultural Communications, Production Fundamentals, Recording Fundamentals, Music Theory II, and History of Rock. I might try and pick up another communication class, and the required performance credit because that class itself doesn’t require a lot of time, and I’ll have no problem with outside practice.  I still have to finalize a schedule, though, and meet with my advisors next week.

It’s a tough thing to be a double major! I am obviously behind in both because I’m trying to take some classes for each major. I took some online courses over the summer, and next summer I plan to at LEAST take accounting (you need two basic accounting classes for Music Industry). My mom has a degree in accounting and math is not my subject, so I’m putting it off until I can be home where she can easily help me.

Still, I am so excited to be working in these fields. I have even been thinking of something else I want to do in addition to these majors…it would require a lot more school, though, so I’m torn. I’ll be sure to let you know when I decide – I don’t want to say anything just yet!

I have been so busy these last few days!!! I went home on Thursday  because I had to get my wisdom teeth pulled friday morning  and it was my mom's birthday on Sunday. My wisdom teeth pulling went so well, my face didnt swell and it was not that much bleeding. I was surprised because the first time I got it done it was a disaster.

Oh yea, my mom's b-day was great and fun, I missed home. I finally got my business math midterm back, I got a 95!!! I don't know how I did it but Im glad I made that happen!! I am so excited about that grade. Anyway, today was a semi busy day, just school and work! The story of my life!!!

On a more exciting note, the NAACP at UNH is finally going to be recognized as a chapter at UNH and nationally!!! woohoo!!! We have 25 official members. Also we have a big AIDS awareness event on Nov. 10 so I am looking forward to attending that especially since J.L. King is going to be speaking. Well I am about to go hit the books and watch a little T.V.

Later days!!

What a heck of a week it has been and it is only Tuesday.  As a Resident Assistant there are certain times a month where the job can get pretty crazy and you need to be prepared to perform an intense balancing act between your job, classes, homework, clubs, social time, and…oh yeah sleep.  It is kind of funny how my friends can always tell when it has been a crazy week because my room is a total mess with papers, textbooks, and clothes thrown about, but when Friday comes around it all gets straightened up for the week to come.  This is one of the many pleasures of having no classes on Fridays.  

Well now that I have jumped the gun, and since this is my first blog I’ll tell you a little bit about myself and why I am here doing this.  To begin look at the top of the page (lol); my name, major etc. That is all the boring stuff, if you were to follow me around on a good day you would see how there isn’t enough space there to properly elaborate what happens here at UNH on a daily basis.  As a Forensic Science major, we are faced with a lot of science (which means a lot of time spent in labs) and through my own experimentation I have found that the average college student can only spend 3 hours in a lab before they are ready to scream.  Although at the end of the day when I collapse into my futon I smile because this is what I love to study, and I know it is only a matter of time until I get to all the fun stuff.

Besides being a student, I am also very active on campus with many other organizations.  Some of these being the Class of 2011 Class President, Committee Head for SCOPE, LEAD, RA in New Hall, Charger Ambassador, and various other small committees.  I encourage that when you come here to UNH as an undergrad to get involved ASAP but be sure not to stretch yourself too thin.  UNH has so much to offer, and to truly enjoy your college experience you need to submerse yourself in your college.

Well that is all for this week. Please check me out on Facebook , I love meeting new people!!! And if you have the time, take a look at my Podcast Channel on iTunesU (click on the Class of 2011).

I’m soooooooo sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have been so busy with classes, work, a semi-social life, going away for weekends, and being sick. Classes are crazy busy and professors are not letting up on the work load. I’m doing decent in all my classes though so I guess I’m keeping up for the most part.

This past weekend my roommate and I went up to Bryant University to do some community service activities with the DECA Chapter up there and it was so much fun! We painted pumpkins with the elderly and did a walk for JDRF. We had a lot of fun and caused quite a few smiles which always makes you feel good about yourself.

As for being sick, I have been sick for a month now and it’s terrible. I have been almost continuously sick since some time in September. I have a few days where I feel good, but then I sink right back into feeling sick again. I hate being sick but I always am. I take my multi-vitamin and it still doesn’t help. I’ve come to the conclusion that my immune system just hates me!

Well I have a physics lab report to write up and some organic chemistry homework to do so I’m going to get to that and maybe go to dinner if I can eat anything. We’ll see. I’ll let you know how I’m feeling soon. Hopefully it will be better than today.

Sorry I’ve been M.I.A.; unfortunately my computer crashed last week and so I haven’t had much internet access. The days without my laptop were the longest of my life, I’m so glad to have it back.

It’s been a slow couple of weeks, filled with class, work and homework…nothing new. I’m trying to plan a trip for winter break, and getting really excited for all of the upcoming holidays. Christmas is my absolute favorite time of year, and the stores in all of the malls have already started to decorate. It isn’t even Halloween yet but I love seeing the Christmas trees.

The newest issue of Pulp came out last week. I wrote an article on Britney Spears and her possible comeback (which is going so well, if you haven’t noticed). Go check that out, along with a lot of other great articles, at http://pulp.chargerbulletin.com/.

I just applied for an internship, and now I’m about to go search for a Halloween costume. I really want to be a fairy, but I have yet to find any fairy costumes that aren’t tacky. Up the road from UNH are three or four seasonal Halloween stores and a couple other places with costumes, so hopefully I can find what I’m looking for. I can’t wait for Friday!

Hope everyone’s college search is going well…I know that by this time in my senior year, I had applied to all of my schools – except UNH. I had narrowed down my choices to Southern Connecticut and Quinnipiac, but neither had the music program I was looking for. Someone told me in February about UNH and so I applied then, and was accepted within two weeks. I don’t think I had even seen the school when I applied. Funny how things work out.

However, I wouldn’t suggest applying to UNH as late as I did; based on the amount of freshmen that came in this year, I would be surprised if there was much room left by February. Also, I absolutely hated not knowing where I was going when all of my other friends had decided. So get all of your applications in now, the more popular we become, the harder it will be to get in. Seeing as my class is about 600 kids, and the freshman class this year is 1400…we are clearly getting more popular.