Domestic Violence Awareness on Campus

 Last October was Domestic Violence Awareness month.
This is a serious topic because thousands of people live with abuse everyday. According to Domestic Violence Resource Center, one in every four women has experience domestic violence in her lifetime.
It is important to raise awareness in order to prevent and help those who are victims to Domestic Violence.
Love should never hurt.
There's always help out there.

On the last day of October, Alpha Chi Omega, The East Texas Crisis Center and The Office of Leadership and Service held candle light vigil in memory of the victims of domestic violence.
(They used glow sticks instead of candles because flames could be a trigger for some people)

Handing out purple ribbons

* These figures have stories of victims on them

* The picture above said: "Martha "Marie" Amie-Roy. Age 37. D/O/D October 6, 1987. Marie was shot to death by her husband, David Roy, in the parking lot of the Tyler Police Department while attempting to get to safety. David Roy's only statement to the interviewing detective was "This was not a sudden thing, it had been years in coming." "

Martha is just one of many, many fatal victims of Domestic Violence. It is important to let their stories be heard in order for people to know the importance of awareness. There are always ways to help, even if it's in the smallest things. East Texas Crisis Center is an organization here in Tyler that helps those victims.

Patriot Madness

One of the many events lined up this week for Homecoming was Patriot Madness. It was a basketball exhibition held at the HPC. It was pretty entertaining! A lot of Patriots and family of Patriots came out to watch. 
The side they opened as bleachers were packed, and everyone was so pumped up the whole time!

Between competitions and exhibits, they had contests and prizes for the audiences (who can out-dance swoop, who can shout the loudest etc.) and everyone really enjoyed themselves. I know I did!

Girls team vs Boys team, 3 Point-line Shoot Out

UT Tyler School Mascot Entertaining Everyone

UT Tyler Cheerleaders

Half court shots!

Yes, he DUNKED BLINDFOLDED!

Labor Day Weekend

I love being in new places. I feel like travelling is second nature to me since I've been doing it a lot since I was little. Travelling is one of my passions. The feeling of being in a completely unfamiliar surroundings, and so many things to explore at your finger tips. Even if it's just a new town or city close by.

Labor Day weekend my friends and I drove to the capital of Texas. Going to Austin is probably not a big deal to most people but it's my first time in that city and my first time in any place is always a big deal for me!

We stayed at my friend Mackenzie's family's home in Georgetown, which was 30 minutes away from Austin.

I had a blast exploring the city. I even went to my first American Football game and even though I didn't understand 90% of what was going on, I had fun screaming when everyone else did. And also... shopping! And finding a great new places to eat; I love me some good food!

It's Like The University Came Back To Life

After spending the whole summer living on campus, when it was all quiet, empty and extremely rare to see more than 4 people in a group around campus... the past week had been very odd; school has started again and there are suddenly people EVERYWHERE.

Gone are the days I rode my longboard freely on the empty roads, empty parking lots and unoccupied campus walkways. It has only been 3 days and there is already a campus-wide uproar about the lack of parking spaces. I now have to dodge frustrated students that can't find a parking spot. (But I guess they have it worse)

On another note, it is so great to see my friends again! As well as all the excited freshmen I met during orientation this summer. To think that I was them just a year ago!

So much catching up to do with my friends and so many new friends to make!

The last week of summer has been the most busy for me. It included transfer orientation, the final orientation session, move-in day, freshmen day of service and casino night. It was all great fun, of course, and to depict it better, here's a photoblog!

New Patriot Orientation in Pictures

This was the first New Patriot Orientation session of the summer held in last June 14-15.
Click here for my blog post on the two days.

Student check-in desks

Freshmen's Bag O' Stuff (filled with information, brochures etc.) and their Official Patriot T-shirt

3 Pictures On Campus Per Week Project: Week 2

Week 2 (June 3-June 9)

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3 Pictures On Campus Per Week Project: Week 1

There’s a lot to see on campus at The University of Texas at Tyler. Since the campus is situated in the pines and oak forests of East Texas, we pride ourselves in having a very serene and nature-friendly scenery.

I mentioned 3-Pictures-On-Campus-Per-Week Project on my Summer To-Do List. It’s pretty simple and here’s how it goes.