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Jessica Wilcock
Jessica Wilcock

My name is Jessica Wilcock, and I'm a freshman at Northeastern, originally from New Haven, Connecticut. I am in the architecture program and look forward to becoming involved with many new activities on campus. I am excited to share with you my first experiences here at NU and in the city of Boston.

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October 29, 2008

Almost Halloween!

Midterms are officially over (still awaiting grades though!), and there's been a slight lull in my workload for the moment. I'm enjoying the newfound free time immensely; I just have no idea what to do the extra hour I find in my day...I guess that's what architecture does to you.

Everybody I know is really excited for this weekend, being Halloween! And the weather for the weekend is supposed to pretty warm. Over last weekend, my roommate and I ventured into Cambridge near MIT to check out The Garment District to try to find costumes. It was a really pretty area, and a very nice walk in the warm weather.

I also just had an AIAS meeting, where it was announced that the architecture student body would be forming a large group to give a presentation to the architecture department on the issues we have found with the studio and curriculum. It'd be nice to see some of the changes the students think would really help our experience at Northeastern come to fruition (and maybe see some of the rumored 'promises' for the studio, like much needed vending machines when we are in there at 3 am).

October 15, 2008

Nearly Halfway

My schedule has been pretty crazy for the past couple of weeks. I have my final crit on Monday for my boathouse project, which means a lot of studio time this weekend. I've been trying to pace myself, so as not to get too overwhelmed, but we'll see how it goes. It's nice to actually have the choice as well between digital and manual representation for all aspects of our presentation, meaning we can either draw by hand or on the computer.

I also went home for the holiday weekend, which was nice to see family and friends. I was able to relax and not think about classes too much.

Hopefully I can get out of the studio at some point this weekend and enjoy some of the homecoming festivities. I have tickets to An Evening with John Stewart (in association with NUVotes on Friday in Matthew's Arena, which I'm really excited for! And Saturday is the first home hockey game against BC, which is always a good time.
Hard to believe it's already halfway through October! Time's going by so fast.

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