Random happenings around campus.

A few short movies for you guys. Please excuse the briefness of each clip, I recorded them with my iPhone.


I passed by a group of traditional drummers on my way to meet up with some friends. I thought it was pretty cool, so I decided to stay to watch their performance. Those drums really pack a percussive punch! Very different from your regular rock drumming.



Here is a clip of an event during the 2009 "UnOlympics" hosted every year at my school. In this display of school spirit, freshman from each of the 6 colleges come together to compete for the "Golden Shoe", a much sought-after trophy awarded to the college that wins. This year, Marshall won...how they did it, I have no idea. In this event, selected pairs from each college run half the race 3-legged style, then one person puts on a blindfold and wheel-barrows the other person to the end. Once at the end, the pair then takes turns stepping through the tires and finish it off with a sprint back to the starting line, holding hands no less. It's all great fun!



This happened the first day of classes, in my MMW class (basically a world-history class). We heard the protestors outside yelling, so the professor asked a student to close the doors. Before the student could lock it, the protestors barged on in and made their circuit! It was quite a wild sight, and it went on for quite a while. Despite the disruption, my professor managed to stay cool the entire time. You can see him in the clip, he's the guy in the blue dress shirt. Oh! And the girl next to me was kind of cute ;)



I'm really sorry about the shakiness of this video, but you try to film, dance, and balance a cigarette between your fingers at the same time during a noisy, crowded concert =P This night was simply awesome, the energy was in the air, music loud, people dancing. It was magic. Mostly those who performed were local DJs, and they spun tracks mostly from the hip-hop, dance, house, and mash-up genres.


So in conclusion, those were a few of the more unique things that went on the past few days. I really enjoy it when spontaneous things come up, it keeps life from being too ordinary and it's extremely fun! It's the beauty of university life, and I love every minute of it.