Hello Assignment 1

Well...Hello blog world. My name is Dana, and usually the next part of this statement depends on which audience I am addressing. In a Greek organization setting I'd finish it up with "...and I am a member of Theta Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated at THE Ohio State University." If it were a regular scholastic setting it might be "...and I am a 4th year anthropology major graduating on June 13th (hold for applause)." Or if it were a normal setting where no one actually cares about that part of the introductory conversation it would simply end in an "...and you?" Anywho... now I am officially introduced on most of the basic collegiate aspects.

It seems like people's favorite question to ask any member of a Greek organization--other than "what did they make you do"--is "why did you join your specific organization?" I never know exactly why people ask this question, though. Are they looking for guidance? Are they just nosey? Are they actually looking for a right or wrong answer upon which to base their judgment? But I like to go with the honest truth: there never REALLY was another option in my heart. Okay my family is majority Phirst Pham, but we have representatives from the entire NPHC, so the family pressure never actually occurred in our house. Yes, I was the real life little girl in front of the mirror wearing my mother's high heels holding up a pinky. When it actually came down to decision time, I researched like it my was major. I looked at other organizations information, representatives, and programs, however I just didn't feel like any other organization would be a right fit for me. So it was AKA or bust, then the clouds parted and I got a call about the rush fliers around campus. And then the rest is history!

This idea of a blogabus... the name makes me chuckle, by the way... but I actually think it's genius! At the end of each quarter all of the syllabi, power points, notes, tests, homeworks, readings and any other printed papers used for a class are thrown away. Ideally it would be recycled, but this in this slightly less than perfect world that just isn't the case. I'm excited to see how we could use all of these new technologies to our advantage even though Theta has jumped on the Facebook and Twitter bandwagon. Although personally I refuse to tweet... it is an efficient way to get your information out there to the people that want to hear it. Well this should be an exciting quarter!

Until we meet again...

Skee-Wee to the bloggers!