tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163 2008-04-02T15:47:49Z Movable Type 3.34 tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.5740 2008-04-01T19:36:52Z 2008-04-02T15:47:49Z

For my U.S. Folk Experience English class, I have to interview someone that has been part of the University District for a long period of time...having either owned a business or lived in the area forever, gone to school...

thegreatkate For my U.S. Folk Experience English class, I have to interview someone that has been part of the University District for a long period of time...having either owned a business or lived in the area forever, gone to school at OSU and still live here, teach at OSU and grew up in the area...whatever the case may be, we're to interview them to get a sort of oral re-telling of the history of the district and get a sense of how it became what it is today, and how being here through the changes of times has affected them. The instructor assigned us to specific people to interview (they're part of a calling-list of people for the purposes of this class project and other various historical society goings-on) based on what she knows about us from meeting us and our writings. She assigned me to a woman named "Karen Bell," a lifetime resident. I have a feeling that this "Karen Bell" could possibly be the Karen Bell; Dean of the College of the Arts at OSU. Hmm....I have no idea what to expect, but I'm excited, if it is or ISN'T that Karen Bell. *UPDATE: NOT the same Karen Bell! This class is by far one of the most interesting classes I've taken at Ohio State, and oddly I feel the same way about another class I'm taking this quarter - History of Art 202 - Renaissance to Modernity. GECs can be fun and interesting, who knew!? PS: I turned 21 yesterday! In one of my classes today, the teacher asked for a show of hands of who was 21 or older, and in a class of at least 20, I was only one of four! For the longest time I've felt like the youngest person in the room, always, and it was ironic, being the day after such a pivotal life-changing (ha ha) birthday. tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.5664 2008-03-28T04:21:03Z 2008-03-28T04:28:20Z

The Ohio Union Activities Board (OUAB) at Ohio State allows students to work with other students and faculty members to create groups and organizations. Once approved by the Board, the members of the group must acquire a faculty member...

thegreatkate The Ohio Union Activities Board (OUAB) at Ohio State allows students to work with other students and faculty members to create groups and organizations. Once approved by the Board, the members of the group must acquire a faculty member to serve as the advisor. Additional requirements to be recognized as a university affiliated group/organization include appointing members and writing a constitution. Groups may receive funding per each quarter to cover costs for hosting events and production and publishing costs. My cousin and our mutual friend and I are the creators of the group. Katie is the President, Marina is the Vice President, and I am the treasurer. The intent of the zine is to appeal to a broad range of students on campus and will be chock-full of obscurity & randomness, art, literature, rants & raves/opinions, local stuff (restaurant reviews, boutique bits, events), and culturally relevant subject-matter. We're really excited to launch this project and hope that we can get it into the hands of students and members of the campus community ASAP! If you're interested in being part of the group, check out our Facebook!]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.5427 2008-03-14T01:12:25Z 2008-03-18T04:23:31Z

I feel like finals week isn't really that stressful most of the time, because each quarter I take at least one art class in which the final is due the week prior to finals week..which leaves me with only two...

thegreatkate succeed, really.]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.5194 2008-03-01T02:54:07Z 2008-03-01T03:09:44Z

The uncertainties in my life currently outweigh the certainties which can make for quite an uneasy feeling. But having faith in that things will work themselves out is keeping me in check. UNCERTAINTIES - my place of residence for the...

thegreatkate UNCERTAINTIES - my place of residence for the '08-'09 school year - when I'll get over this horrible illness they call THE FLU (ps: it's going around OSU like wildfire, so wash your hands all the time, keep Airborne on hand and don't share drinks!) - if I'll get into the design program next year when I apply again - if I should even apply again CERTAINTIES - I am taking a full course-load with four classes next quarter. I've decided not to drop History of Art 212. - I won't be graduating on time (if I was on a four-year track I'd be out of here by spring of 2009) - I'll still be in school when the main library re-opens after three years of renovation I've never taken summer classes. If I did, I'd definitely be able to graduate sooner, so that's an option I'm contemplating. All of the people I know that have graduated on time or are going to graduate on time have taken classes during at least one or two summer quarters, or have taken 4 classes the majority of their quarters. This is very telling, and influences my future and plans to graduate sooner than later. There's always an alternative, better way, or reasonable explanation for these kinds of things. So, 4-class-spring-quarter, here comes a formerly 3-class-per-quarter-ONLY student! My apologies for the negativity my posts have been composed of in recent times, I promise it's due to the fact that I'm so desperately longing for spring! I blame everything on the weather.]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.5097 2008-02-23T21:51:43Z 2008-02-23T22:56:01Z

Yes, it snowed all week. On Tuesday after class I stopped to take some pictures with my new cellphone to depict the environment around campus. The West Campus parking lot, also known as an ice skating rink. My feet were...

thegreatkate The West Campus parking lot, also known as an ice skating rink. My feet were completely buried. Remember when I mentioned that sometimes you need all of your rain AND snow gear at the same time? It's true. 5 inches! The snow was cotton candy-like, fluffy and soft, melted quickly. Later, it turned into pounds of ice. I t was so cold! Even inside my car! The angry stare is actually not angry at all - my eyes are extremely sensitive to the brightness of the sun reflecting from the snow. Ouch. I enjoy snow, but I don't think I can say enough how badly I want it to be spring! I've scheduled for spring quarter and am very excited about my classes - English 367.05, Design 203 and Design 310. My design 203 class lasts until 6:30PM every Thursday, which is perfect timing for spring Thursday picnics!]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.4959 2008-02-13T02:32:12Z 2008-02-13T02:57:26Z

Don't ever expect them or get your hopes up for them. Ever. They just DON'T happen at Ohio State. Get your UGGs/rainboots/boots of any kind, heavy coat, sweat pants, mittens, scarves, hats, earmuffs, hoodies & umbrellas ready, and have them...

thegreatkate There's been only one snow day at Ohio State that I can recall since I've been here. It was last Valentine's Day - so, this same week last year. Sarah Silverman (the comedian) was supposed to be performing a free show for students, but it was cancelled and never rescheduled (sad.) That there was a snow day was miraculous. In the meantime while all you crazies are praying for snow days, I'll be trying to figure out my life and going to two advising appointments AND scheduling for spring '08 on Thursday. Ah, such is the college life of confusion and contemplation. Sprrriiinnnggggg hurry up so my friends & I can have picnics on the Oval and so I can start working on the Mosaic mag. layout!]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.4894 2008-02-07T20:26:16Z 2008-02-07T20:35:28Z

Today I received my self-addressed stamped envelope in the mail from the Department of Industrial, Interior & Visual Communication Design. As I opened the letter I hoped and prayed and almost choked over my racing heartbeat, my eyes searching for...

thegreatkate Today I received my self-addressed stamped envelope in the mail from the Department of Industrial, Interior & Visual Communication Design. As I opened the letter I hoped and prayed and almost choked over my racing heartbeat, my eyes searching for "Congratulations! You've been accepted...." but instead, "I regret to inform you that you have not been selected to enter the design program for autumn quarter 2008." I wish I could articulate how I'm feeling right now, but I'm feeling so many different things that I can't. The most prevalent is overwhelming disappointment and failure. Something I was so sure of...was never a sure thing at all. I'm at a true loss for words. Ohio State, you'll help me find my way again...right? tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.4795 2008-02-02T19:59:21Z 2008-02-02T20:23:36Z

My previously quoted "number one prospect" in the way of off-campus housing has failed and is no longer a prospect at all. The landlord is seeking fewer occupants than our quad o' roomies. Searching the OSU housing site and multiple...

thegreatkate able to make it now sooo..I guess I'll be fine. (Is it ridiculous of me to hold out hope for finding a place with hardwood floors?!) The most important thing, really, is close proximity to school. The place on King Avenue meets that goal, so hopefully we'll all four like the interior of it when we go on our tour next week. In other news, Spike Lee is coming to the Wexner Center next week to receive his Wexner Prize. I'll be attending a private event in which he'll be speaking with students in a Q&A-format. I believe there are still tickets available to the general student event, held also at the Wexner on Tuesday - see the ticket desk @ the Wex for more details!]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.4753 2008-01-30T22:26:20Z 2008-02-01T21:14:32Z

I need to make an appointment for a quarterly check-up on my academic progress. I'm concerned about my graduation schedule (& that I'm not aligned with what it should be.) Graduating in four years doesn't look to be in the...

thegreatkate career counselers at the Younkin Success Center, whom I intend to benefit from in the near future. As far as the financial planning goes, there are people that can assist students with financial planning in the Student Wellness Center at the RPAC. I'm going to go call them.....]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.4638 2008-01-26T00:15:20Z 2008-01-25T20:38:46Z

As a student at Ohio State, off-campus housing decisions are typically made in the first few months of the year. That being said, I am on the hunt for my second-ever dwelling away from home (my parents' home, that is.)...

thegreatkate parents' home, that is.) I live with my sister in an apartment in Grandview, 5-10 minutes from campus, and I love it. It has become the interior decorating experience of my dreams. My apartment is the essence of me; when you step inside, it is immediately evident that I am the occupant. Because it is my first apartment & I have put my heart and soul into making it my own, it makes me sad to think about moving. NOT TO MENTION I HAVE TWO CLOSETS!!! Where else am I ever going to have that luxury again?! I feel like I've hardly lived there long enough to even start thinking about potentially living elsewhere. Such is the off-campus housing market, though, I guess. The main reasons I would consider moving are, - finding a place with cheaper rent (I pay $362.50/month for my share of the rent, and about $60 for my share of the cable bill - I am perpetually broke) - new experiences & roommates (My sister and I are looking for a 4-bedroom house with my cousin Katie, an art education major at OSU, and our mutual friend Marina, an art & tech/art history major at OSU) - closer proximity to places I could go on foot Our number one prospect is a 4-bedroom house on West 2nd Avenue in Victorian Village. It's adorable! Two balconies, 3 stories, close to everything!...but the girl who told us about it & who lives there now - Katie's friend - isn't sure that the landlord wants 4 people to live there, despite it having 4 bedrooms. I guess he wants it to be more of a family-style home than a college-student rental. I am going to call the landlord next week & see what he says and hope to return with good news!]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.4637 2008-01-22T23:45:10Z 2008-01-23T00:05:00Z

I'm finally rank 3 - junior status! I got an e-mail the other day verifying that my date for scheduling my spring quarter classes is February 14th. That is so much earlier than I've ever scheduled before! This quarter I'm...

thegreatkate Browse Master Schedule, Check Course Availability) to check out potential classes and schedules. The following are the classes I'm considering: -Design 203: Introduction to drawing as a design tool. Emphasis is placed on sketching and drawing to explore, analyze and communicate design concepts and design processes. 3 credit hours -Design 310: Introduction to drawing as a design tool. Emphasis is placed on sketching and drawing to explore, analyze and communicate design concepts and design processes. 3 credit hours -Statistics 135: Introduction to probability and statistics, experiments, and sampling, data analysis and interpretation. 5 credit hours -English 367.05: Discussion, analysis, and writing about U.S. folk culture with a concentration on individual life stories. 5 credit hours -History of Art 202: Examination of the history of art in Europe and the United States, from about 1500 to the present. 5 credit hours The dilemma for me whilst scheduling each quarter is how many hours to take. 13? 15? 20? The standard full-time loads are 15-20 hours (3 & 4 classes, respectively). My design classes are only worth 3 credit hours each, as I've mentioned before, & I don't understand why! Taking into consideration the amount of time outside of class I spend on them, they should be worth 10 each! Ha! Anyway, I only have a handful of GEC (general education curriculum - everyone has to fulfill a certain amount of these, dependent on the majors & minors) left to take, so I'm not sure if I should take those yet, so that I'm not taking all major courses/studio classes at once. So confusing! Good thing I have nearly a month left to decide. I think I'm going to push my boundaries and step outside my comfort level and take 4 classes. I always say I'm going to do that, but I always take the "easy" (not really) way out and take only three. Time is the issue, there! PS: I'm still waiting for my design letter to come in the mail... PPS: I don't know if it's still being offered or was only a one-time thing, but there was an English 596 class on the poetry & music of Bob Dylan. What I wouldn't give to take that class!....]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.4587 2008-01-18T21:46:34Z 2008-01-19T02:50:59Z

This week I was interviewed and quoted in OSU's newspaper, The Lantern, about my experiences working on my design exam. Design admissions stays competitive for students Only 18 students admitted into each of three majors Joe Miller Issue date: 1/16/08...

thegreatkate The Lantern, about my experiences working on my design exam. Design admissions stays competitive for students Only 18 students admitted into each of three majors Joe Miller Issue date: 1/16/08 Section: Campus While most Ohio State students were resting from their school responsibilities and assignments, Kate Hutson spent her December working on an exhausting exam. Hutson, a junior in pre-design, is one of many prospective design majors who devoted a large portion of winter break to the design program's entrance exam. The exam, which began Dec. 7 and was due Jan. 7, is the basis for accepting students into the industrial, interior and visual communication design majors within the College of the Arts. The exam is extremely competitive. This year, about 150 students applied to the design program, but only 18 will be admitted to each of the three majors. "We're a small program because we feel that the best design programs give the students an opportunity to work in teams and give the students an opportunity to work on real world projects. As such, we limit the size to 18 students for each major," said Wayne Carlson design department chair. Seth Shaw, a sophomore in visual communication design, completed the entrance exam last winter quarter and said he agrees with the low admission numbers. "Admitting 18 students, while highly competitive, creates an environment where the professor can give more attention to individual students," Shaw said. "I feel like I would take less, experience-wise, from my studio if the numbers were increased." The highly competitive nature of the admission process made the exam difficult, but the one-month deadline truly made it a daunting task. Hutson was prepared for the sacrifices she would have to make to have a chance at becoming a visual design major. "I kind of anticipated having to give up my entire winter break," Hutson said. "I definitely had to make a commitment to (the exam) and pass up my social options. (My friends) were actually at my house when the exam got assigned on the design Web site and I was like, 'Well, it was nice hanging out with you guys for this one night. I'll see you in a while.'" According to the entrance exam requirements, which were posted on the design department's Web site, the exam consisted of three separate compositions. These drawings required solutions to interesting problems, such as communicating the process of building an igloo in two pages without using words. The applicants also had to complete several writing assignments. "Somebody might be able to draw well and not be able to explain what their drawing is about," said Carlson. "In the design profession, you have to do both." Carlson said it was a lot to accomplish in one month, but maintained it did not diminish the quality of work the students submitted. "They have one month to do this. Everything. To compile it all, to solve the problems, to do the drawings, to write up the narratives, to solve the process, and put it all together," Carlson said. "But we get some really incredible work over that month, and that speaks volumes about what a person's motivation and abilities are. To take their own personal time and work on (the exam) and take it seriously." Now that the exams have been submitted, the design faculty has begun the process of selecting which students will be admitted to enter the design program. The faculty will narrow the selections throughout the next several weeks and choose about 25 students for each major to be interviewed. Then, based on the results of those interviews, a final 18 students will be admitted into each major at the end of January or beginning of February. Those students will be permitted to register for further design classes and will go into studios that focus on their specific majors for the next two years. Their work culminates in a thesis project that each student is required to do that is exhibited and critiqued in a public venue the final quarter of the students' senior year. Although the admissions process is difficult, time consuming and stressful, Shaw still feels that it was all worth it to become a visual communication design major. "I enjoy the program greatly," Shaw said. "It's very challenging and I feel that it's going to prepare me for a career in the field of design." The part about my friends being at my apartment when the exam was assigned on the design website - at midnight on Dec. 7th - is completely true! It's funny that he put that quote in there.. it was a candid remark. Anyway, I'm still waiting..impatiently..to find out......]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.4545 2008-01-15T00:40:04Z 2008-01-15T00:58:07Z

Event planning is not one of my prime strengths. I lack the patience to organize events & see them through, send invitations and recruit attendees -- if I'm alone in the endeavor. However, the other members of the Wexner Center...

thegreatkate Event planning is not one of my prime strengths. I lack the patience to organize events & see them through, send invitations and recruit attendees -- if I'm alone in the endeavor. However, the other members of the Wexner Center Student Council & I have been asked to plan an event for winter quarter. The aim of the event is to invite students to the Wex for some sort of free event that will facilitate the goal of having more eyes opened up to all that the Center has to offer - the current exhibitions, information on upcoming films & performances (music, dance, art), the Wexner Center Store (best book collection ever, by the way, and is also an authorized Apple store.. so you can buy computers, software, iPods, etc.) At our meeting last Thursday we brainstormed some ideas such as a bake sale, a guitar hero/DDR contest, a costume party, carnival, fashion show, live music & food, cooking competition, open mic, leap-year themed party with a time capsule......We couldn't really come to a consensus. Winter is a difficult time to get people to go out of their way for an event. But.. it will be free! & there will likely be food! And the Wexner Center rules! I would have no trouble convincing my own alternatively-thinking art&tech-savvy friends to come out for the shin-dig, but I'm wondering about everyone else at OSU. The Wex has been positively reviewed by the New York Times & other respected publications and has more to offer than what one may see at a glance. I think the architecture alone is enough to draw anyone inward! We're still working on our event (if anyone has suggestions, shout them out!) & I hope that the exposure will broaden the horizons of some future Wex-regulars. tag:blogs.targetx.com,2008:/osu/thegreatkate//163.4499 2008-01-09T01:37:06Z 2008-01-12T00:06:57Z

I've been MIA for about a month or so...here's why: I turned in my application (in the form of the assigned exam & supplementary portfolio) on Monday to OSU's department of design at exactly 11:11am. "That's lucky!" said the receptionist...

thegreatkate if I get in. My fate rests in the hands of the faculty of the department of the design, and it will be held hostage from me (at least that's how it feels) for 3 or so weeks. Because the VisCom program attracts so many applicants & the program is so competitive (only 12-18 students are accepted each year!) the top 20 applicants will be interviewed & the group is narrowed down thereafter. I hope & pray I get one of those interviews! This is my destiny! NERVOUS NERVOUS NERVOUSSSSSSSS!]]> tag:blogs.targetx.com,2007:/osu/thegreatkate//163.3884 2007-11-17T15:16:05Z 2007-11-17T17:45:44Z

The annual rivalry to end all rivalries...in the world of college sports, that is...is upon us. Today is the Ohio State vs Michigan football game. The fall season on Ohio State's campus can oft' be summarized, measured and recalled simply...

thegreatkate that game. I'll think of it on every OSU vs Michigan game day for the rest of my life!]]>