SRU Christmas Break

I tend to find christmas break better then summer. Normally because of the colder weather which i enjoy more but most importantly spending that month with the family. Many people now a days up here tend to find christmas break way to long and I believe its really not. People are always complaining how they cannot wait to get back to school and then a week in cant wait til its over. i feel that you have to enjoy your time with family as much as possible because in the end the family is the best thing you can ask for in life.

Slippery Rock Weather

Now a days many people tend to find themselves wearing a sweatshirt the one day and a cut off the next. That is truely how the Slippery Rock town weather is. I have never seen a change like this every year. its kind of crazy to think that one minute your wearing all sweats and the next shorts. I dont understand how that happens. Golbal Warming?? i am starting to think so

Injuries in Sports

Going through several injuries in my life and two major ones in the past year. I know how frustrating and dissapointing it can be. I bring this up because a good buddy of mine on the football possibly suffered a career ending injury in his knee going into his senior season. Nobody ever wants to be apart of an injury and I hope that his injury is not as serious as we as the team thinks it may be. I have learned throughout my career here so far at Slippery Rock that coming back from an injury can build a lot of character. At first injuries kill your confidence and make you wonder why this has to happen to you. Throughout rehab you will doubt yourself many times and sometimes think you can never recover. Once you complete the process you will become a better person. Coming back from my injuries I have a lot more character and feel that I am much more mentally stronger from recovering from an injury such as I had. Although injuries are a terrible thing, coming back from them lets you know that no matter what you go through in life you will always have the ability to overcome.

Students Living In Dorms

After going through my second year here at Slippery Rock University. One thing that I have learned throughout this adventure in my life is the fact that I only spent one year on campus in the dorms. I feel that even though I made the decision to live off campus that there should be a new rule making Freshmen & Sophomore's have to live there until then. I now realize that living off campus I did not get the full college experience so far. Because I have not many as people here because of moving off campus. When your living in the dorms you are always around people and making new friends and it makes the year go much quicker because you always have people to be around. Being off campus makes you realize this because if your doing that like me and your roomate is gone, you really dont have much else to do during the day and you cant walk across the hall to see your neighbor who is in the dorm with you. My experience last year in dorms was amazing because of the friends I made. Now that I am off campus its much harder to interact with people like you can in the dorms.

Sleep Apnea

Many people in their lives have some sort of health problem that is just nagging and you hate having. Some have colds all the time, Allergies, or just sleeping problems. I personally found myself in a disorder that could have costed me my life. I discovered last year that I had sleep apnea, which is a disorder where you stop breathing for longer then ten seconds durng sleep. Its a very scary thing because waking up from it you dont know if your gonna make it or not. The feeling that goes through you is almost a massive panic. Some risk factors for this is eating unhealthy. Last year after practice getting a bite to eat for me was anything. Normally bad food which cause me to have this. I have gradually helped myself by excercising daily so that i become healthier and have less risk of obaining it daily. I wanted to let everybody know the risk factors are very serious and could happen to anyone. So if you can lay low on the salts and live your life much healthier

Boozel Food

Coming in when I was a Freshmen I did not mind the food at Boozel because I was new to college and it was a new experience. Now that I have gotten a year older I feel that Boozel is just plain disguisting. The food is rediculously greasy and also not very good for you. I now do not have a meal plan because of two things. One its a little expensive with the prices that range and two I beleieve that the food sometimes is old. I think that going to Giant Eagle and just cooking for yourself is much more convienient after your Freshmen year. Some people agree with me but some feel that the food is amazing. Here is my argument, anytime your pizza can fill up a plate with grease. Something is wrong. But why not just get something else? I feel that the only other decent thing there is the burgers and fries but that at times even isnt as good.

Slippery Rock Town

I have been living now in the town Slippery Rock for 2 years now and will be living here in the summer time. One thing I have noticed is the lack of entertainment they have here. I wish they would maybe put in a theatre to go see a movie or even add a few more resturants instead of the brewery and ginger hill. I enjoy the town a lot but driving to grove city all the time is annoying even though its only twenty minutes. Hopefully in the near future they think about getting a little bit more entertainment for a college town like this.