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| Who wouldn't want to run around here in the morning? |
I’ve finally schedule a routine for myself for the three
weeks I will be spending here in Columbia University. Every morning, I plan to
run around campus for a while to explore and familiarize myself with the
college. So today at 8 AM, I jogged from one end of the grounds to another.
From my morning run today, I have seen most of the main Columbia Square,
located between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway. I even delved further outside to
see Barnard College across from the main buildings.
Following my, hopefully, daily run was breakfast with
Morvarid, Adrianne, and Lucas. We all talked about how our classes were going
so far and our professors. When we finished breakfast, we decided to catch up
on last night’s assignment to refresh our memory on the readings we all did
last night. About fifteen minutes before class, we all went our separate ways
to start our morning sessions. Unfortunately for Morvarid and me, the extension
to the Schemerhorn building was locked and we could not enter. We went up to
the ninth floor for the building, entered the extension there, and descended
down via elevator to our class. Let’s just say, we did not arrive as promptly
as we expected. But fortunately, the class was just about to begin.
During class we discussed a packet we had to read last
night, “The Fable of the Allegory: The Wizard of Oz in Economics.” We analyzed
and discussed the purpose of the research paper by Bradley Hansen. The paper
qualifies the argument that “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” does not have enough information
to prove and disprove it’s relation to the Populist Party. Although there are a
few striking similarities, such as the number count of seven and three, the
amount of information from the story is inadequate. In conclusion, the allegory
is in no way related to story.
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| Inside the Lehman Library |
After our one hour discussion, we trekked to the Lehman
Library to learn about the protocols and rules. Mr. Breeze gave us a tutorial
on where to look online to help our researching easier. He showed us where to
find different documents, ranging from presidential papers to electronic books
on executive orders.
When our first block ended, Morvarid and I headed to the
dining hall for lunch. We even had lunch with a new friend, named Rowland, who
we met during our Presidential Powers class. He’s actually from California,
albeit the southern part.
Once lunch ended, it was back to class. Rowland, Morvarid,
and I headed to Butler Library to start our second block. There we met with
another Presidential Powers classmate and grouped together to research for our
papers. This part of the class is more independent study, which is good for us
when we have to write those ten thousand word essays. During my study, I read
the reply from my past AP U.S. History teacher, who gave me advice on
developing my topic. And thank the heavens that he did or I would be completely
lost by now. My topic will now be how events outside the real control of a
president affects said presidents’ legacies. Pretty good? Well I hope so.
Our second class finally ended and then Morvarid and I met
up with Ms. L and the others for our daily meeting. Today we discussed the
textbook issues the Constitutional Law people are having as well as permission
to go out to a few of the events we have signed up. So far, we signed up to see
Maroon 5 at Central Park on Friday morning and possibly a Broadway play. Hopefully
we’ll all find more events to go to as the week progresses. And now, some quality
time with the U.S. Constitution and “The Art of Presidential Leadership: George
Washington and the Jay Treaty” awaits me.
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