Class Day 2

Day two was not as positive of an experience as day one was. Because my class was at 12pm I had to go to school with the early group at 7:30am. After sleeping way past my alarm, I was forced to realize I did not purchase breakfast food and that I was expected to socialize with the morning people. I enjoyed my ride to school in the back of the van, basically asleep. Once we arrived on campus some people went straight to class, while others, including myself, had errands to do. I went to the Great Hall to try to get my student ID, and after sitting in the wrong line, and then being cut by a ton of people in the correct line, I was able to get my ID. Here nothing is labeled and no one is very helpful, I asked for directions and got several mumbled or even more confused answers. Once I got my ID (the picture looks like a mug shot) I had to get into another line to activate it. Then I attempted to find the office where you go to register your laptop with the campus Internet network. After walking through various buildings looking like a lost tourist I found an ally which lead to the tiny room filled with students and their computers. I was some how able to jump the line, only to find out my ID number has not been registered in the system and therefore I could not register my computer. I then ran into Devin, who lives in the house, and we tried to see if we could get into the library with our IDs, which did indeed work. I stayed in the library attempting to find an open computer to get on my email/ facebook to kill some time, but EVERY computer was in use. When I finally found one, and thought I was so lucky since it was in a prime location, I was informed I needed to leave because I was in the staff only section (oops) GET SOME SIGNS PLEASE!!!! By then it was only 10am, so I found a place to sit in the library and listened to music/ typed some blog posts to upload later. By 10:30am I had typed out three separate blog posts and didn’t know what else to do! I really want to join a club but can’t find the student center that would have that information. The UWC campus is about 4 times the size of Marquette, and you would never guess that until you leave the courtyard and realize every sidewalk does not take you back to where you came. Also nothing is actually labeled, and we were informed not to depend on the campus maps because they have not been updated or include building names!

To say the least, this morning was very frustrating and confusing. I’m hoping that when I’m on campus on Friday with everyone we will be able to register laptops and find sign ups for clubs. Until then I am the lost and clueless international student, that at Marquette we always laughed at under our awkward smiles.