| Yaelys Lazcano - 3rd Floor-
Science and Pre Health LLC |
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Year:
Senior
Major:
Biology / Pre-med
Interests and
Hobbies: Snorkeling, Sketching, Reading,
Fishing, Working out, shopping, and playing
Volleyball
Clubs
or Organizations: Freshman Learning
community Liaison
Favorite Memory at
FAU: Meeting my boyfriend my Freshman year
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| September
09: |
Fall of 2009 marked the beginning of strong school spirit
around FAU. I have never seen so many students attend
football games, housing programs, or events around campus
in general. The month of October brings great feelings of
spirit back because it means that Homecoming is about to
begin. Last year Homecoming was definitely the most fun I
ever had on campus. To see so many people and
organizations compete with such passion was great. The
students in fraternities and sororities play a very
active role during the week of events. Even though some
of the events were silly, such as, the window painting
competition where people were able to decorate certain
windows around the student union, or the fun run, where
they set up a path for the participants to run on
throughout the campus. Despite the silly nature of some,
in all it felt good participating in them for so many
reasons:
- You know you’re showing school spirit
- You help out the university by spreading school
spirit onto others and
- Its just so much fun!
Being proud of the school you attend is a great feeling,
and being able to show it is even greater. I recommend
that students on campus attend Homecoming at least once
during their years here, if not ever year. It’s a great
experience and really is a lot of fun. You meet new
people, you get to bond with those whom you already know
and sometimes you even get a bunch of free stuff! And who
doesn’t want that, right? It’s events like these that
take the edge off of the everyday stress we experience as
college students. We all need time in between our jobs,
our classes and all of the other daily tasks in our life.
The events going on this year are the FUN RUN, WINDOW
PAINTING, PARADE, BONFIRE, FOOTBALL GAME, and the DANCE.
I hope everyone comes out and participates in this year’s
Homecoming and make it the best on we've had thus far!!!
Go OWLS!
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| August
09: |
| The Pre-health and science LLC’s have
definitely impressed me. Ever since their first day living
on campus, they have been respectful and friendly with each
other. They have adapted to the “college lifestyle” very
quickly. I have enjoyed seeing them work hard every day.
There isn’t one day that I walk by the study lounge and not
see a group of them studying for a certain class. They all
seem to be excited about their courses. They have commented
to me that all of their courses are “fine, except for
chemistry”, which I don’t find surprising. Chemistry was
definitely my hardest class to get use to. The instructor
that I had (which happens to be theirs also), is a very
good instructor. She sets the bar really high for his
students, and this takes some getting used to. In high
school, your teachers were there to help you out of a
“rut”; however, college is different. Procrastination and
excuses are unacceptable. My biggest advice to them thus
far has been to make their mark here at FAU. Standing out
is the most important goal that a science or pre-med major
should have. Grades in our society, nowadays at least, just
aren’t enough. That is why I’ve told them to get involved
on campus and they seem to have listened. One of my
residents, Patrick Callahan, has already gotten the title
of hall representative for the entire North tower. Thinking
about this reminds me of my first few weeks as a freshman
in college…All I ever worried about were exams, homework
problems, and understanding the instructors who kept me
from focusing in class. I never attended any events and
didn’t get involved until my second semester at FAU. The
third floor residents, through their Living Learning
Community, definitely have an advantage. Their bond with
each other and their enthusiasm towards succeeding will get
them very far and I cannot wait to see them grow throughout
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| Summer
09: |
| During the 2009 summer semester I took a
class in summer A and have been spending the rest of the
summer trying to catch up with my family and old friends.
I’ve also been volunteering at orientation for the Freshman
learning community and working on a presentation that deals
with classroom etiquette which I will be doing at the start
of the fall semester. I haven’t done much traveling except
for visiting the keys here and there ?. |
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