Campus pictures!

So, I'm sure that everyone, at least those who have been reading this blog for a while, remembers the pictures that I put up a while back showing all the snow that was ubiquitous on campus.  Well, I decided that I should get some more campus pictures up, ones that show what the place looks like without a universal white blanket.  I'll be doing this kind of like a virtual tour of campus.

For starters, this is the main gate to get onto campus.  This is pretty new...  and very nice.

Here's Alexander Hall, the dining hall.  Food ain't too bad.  :P

Recently, several signs like these were put up around campus.  I like how, if you zoom in, you can read the entire map to see what is where.  If you really want to, you can actually use this to figure out where we are around campus.  :D

Just slightly down from that sign.  This area is right between the dining hall and Old Main.

This is Old Main from one angle.  There will be more pictures later.

Walking down towards the dorms, we pass the library.  Another picture of this later on.

College Hill RP Church, which is basically on the campus.  It's a really great-looking building, both inside and out.

Memorial Hall.  This is actually the dorm I'll be in next year.  I'll be on the third floor...  not sure if you can see the window or not.  Haven't figured that out yet.  :D

This is the lawn in front of McKee Hall, one of the women's dorms.  I play frisbee right in here quite a bit.

Recently, someone (seriously, they don't know who) put up a rope swing in the middle of campus.  This picture just turned out really well.  The two people in it both really liked it.

Another view of McCartney Library.  Right now, I'm actually in the wing off to the right side, the part that you can see in the picture.

This is Old Main, or at least part of it.

Another angle of Old Main.

This is the front of Old Main.  This is actually kind of what you would see if you went to it after going through the main gate.

I had to crop this to get it right...  but I really like the way it turned out.

This is the G, across the river from campus.

So I know...  this picture is not the best for its construction, but I had to show something to illustrate where the G is.  This is just a little bit down from the main gate.

And lastly, this is Barbato House.  It's across the street from the main gate, and it's also where I tend to hang out a lot.  Great people.  Great house.  :D

An Update

Wow.  The semester has really sped up.  So has my schedule.  There's a reason I haven't posted lately.  A lot of it is that I've been busy.  A lot has been that there hasn't been a ton to post about.  However, it was really past time to update, so here ya go.


Since the last post, I had spring break, Easter break, and plenty of schoolwork.  I've survived a weeklong game of Humans vs. Zombies on campus, made it through multiple tests, speeches, and projects, applied for jobs; recovered from an infected toenail, and most likely a lot of other stuff.  :P


So, what I'm sure you might actually be interested in would be some pictures.  Here ya go.

This is at Buttermilk Falls, about 3 miles north of Beaver Falls.

Me in the ravine.

More of the ravine.  Yeah, I crossed over it there.  :D

I gotta experiment with some different settings on my camera.  :D

So here's a group of people that I went up to the G with.  I'll get some pictures around campus in the next few days, so I can illustrate where the G is.  Just so ya know, it's on the ridge on the other side of the Beaver River.  It's just a big G.  :P

Campus!

My dorm is the yellowish-like one on the right with a flat roof.  The one where I'll be next semester is in the middle of the picture.

On the G.  No idea why Jake is flashing "gang" signs.

This is what the G looks like up there.  Seriously, it's a lot better from down below.

Me! :D

Switching gears entirely.  This is at the Genevans' spring concert.  The Genevans is the name for the choir here at Geneva.  Hopefully, next year, I'll be in the Genevans.

Another concert picture.  This is the jazz band playing "Winter Wonderland".  Best one is the trumpet player with the jester hat.  Some of you may recognize him.

The jazz band dressed normally.

Couple random pictures.  I like how the hood is duct taped. :D

This is a doodle of a Bible and Humanities professor here at Geneva.  He just got a tonsure... it's pretty amazing.

As requested

Ode to an Airplane

I really liked how I was able to put it together to sound so simple, yet so meaningful.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  Also with the full credit that I got for it. :D  Now, I'm going to bed.  Good night.  Well, morning.

So that was an insane couple of weeks

So the week before this one was crazy busy.  I had four tests, two papers, and a love poem.  The poem, in case  anyone's curious, was a class assignment, and I wrote it to an airplane.  I can even put it up here if anyone's interested.


Other than schoolwork, I haven't been up to a ton.  I got to go to a few basketball games, including the regional semi-final (Geneva won).  I've been trying to keep in shape by climbing a bit on the bouldering wall here on campus (pictures down below).  There really has not been a ton going on other than that.  Well, schoolwork too.

Here's me on part of the bouldering wall.

A friend of mine, Logan, negotiating another part of it.

Will working on this part.  Although this particular wall leans forward, many of the holds are tiny, making it every bit as difficult as the other parts.

Kyle going up, and just about to swing around and transition to the wall behind him.

Will and Kyle looking at it.  This part is very demanding - since it tilts back, most of your body weight is on your arms, making it very hard to stay on it very long.

Might as well show some pictures from one of the basketball games.

Nothing really to comment on.

The action is on the other side of the court now...  I kind of wish I could come up with something useful to say about the picture.

I gotta admit I like this picture - if you zoom in, you can see the ball in the air.  :D

So it wasn't just *one* snow day

We had no classes from 3:30 Tuesday afternoon to night classes Thursday.  Lots of free time.  *Lots.*  It gave me plenty of opportunity to relax, sleep in (until 11), play games, play in the snow, help dig out cars and sidewalks, and even get some schoolwork done.


Thankfully, we didn't get a ton more snow.  It was around 6 inches on top of the 20-something we already had, so it was a big, but at least it wasn't another 20.  I was talking with a man working with Physical Plant (the people that, among other things, handle snow removal), and he said they were running out of places to put it.  I don't doubt it in the slightest - there are about a half dozen really massive snow piles around campus, with the biggest one being about 20 feet tall...   maybe more.  One nice thing with the snow was that Student Activities sponsored a building competition to see what people would come up with.  Each dorm was supposed to get a team together and spend 2 hours building, and at the end, the dorm that won would get 15 free pizzas.  Don't know who won, but it wasn't my dorm.  :D  I'll get some pictures of that stuff up before long.


Well, I have several blisters on my hands from having fun over the last several days.  I spend 2 hours this week on the bouldering wall in the Pisgah office here at Geneva.  Basically, bouldering is like a rock climbing wall, only you go horizontally, not vertically.  You start on one part of the wall, and just work your way around.  By "go horizontally" I'm meaning the direction you travel, not the orientation of your body.  :D  I'm planning on doing around 2 hours a week for a while, since I need to do something for working out.  It seems to be pretty good for that.  I'll make sure to get some pictures of that too.  :D


So, the downside of having the break was that the work's been pushed over a little bit.  After looking at my schedule for next week, I realized that I have a Bible test on Monday, a Communications test on Tuesday, a Business Communications test on Wednesday, and a Quantitative Analysis test on Thursday.  I would appreciate a bit of prayer that I would do well and stay sane.  Both are kind of important to me.  :P


I have a humanities paper I need to write, so I'll get going.  I'll hopefully update before too long with some more pictures.

More snow?

Looks like we're gonna get hammered pretty hard.  We've gotten at least an inch in the last 45 minutes, and the school has canceled all classes tomorrow.  Guess I'll have more time to study for that Bible exam.  I'll make sure to get some more pictures of the new snow.  :D

Campus pictures from the snow

So, this morning, after finishing up my three classes, including a test that I think went very well, I decided to go around campus with my camera and see if I could get some good shots of some of the buildings.  Since some of my readers haven't been here before and those who have might not have seen how nice the campus looks with the amazing blanket of snow, I decided to post some of the pictures I took.  

Part of Old Main, the oldest and mainest building on campus.  Go figure, huh?

Northwood Hall.  This is where most of my business classes are.  It's named after Northwood, Ohio, which is where Geneva started.  It's also about 3 miles from my house.  :)

Another view of Old Main from a different side of the building.

The clock in roughly the middle of campus, with McKee Hall, a women's dorm, in the background.

The McCartney Library.  Really nice-looking building.  I spend a bit of time studying in there.

Ferncliffe House.  This building is mostly used for offices.

Pearce Hall.  Home sweet home for me - it's the freshman men's dorm.

Looking across the Beaver River valley to the hills on the other side.

This is looking down to the rugby field, at the snow mound I had pictures about before.  I found out - the actual term for a snow structure like this is a "quinzee."

So, that's it for the snow for now.  We're supposed to get several more inches in the next few days - assuming that happens, I'll definitely get some more pictures and put them up.  Hope you enjoyed the virtual campus tour!