So eight of us in the house are taking an Anthropology of Rock n Roll class where we were assigned to create a digital ethnography on a musical or cultural event. I spent this last three day weekend working on my video to get it finished and crossed off my things to do. With that said I thought I would share this with everyone.
HFF
Suryan
Monday, February 15, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
9-ball Tournament
On Friday the 5th of February, I, along with a handful of fellow students, represented the UW and other schools in a regional 9-ball pool tournament held on campus.
The tournament began Friday morning, and due to the small number of participants, we all had the chance to play each other in a best of 7 games match. At the end of Friday's games I had won 23 and lost 12. This put me into the bracket which was to be played out on Saturday. I occupied third place, 3 games behind the leader, one game behind the runner-up.
Tournament matches were set up as a race to 5, meaning the first competitor to win 5 games advanced in the winner's bracket. Saturday morning, I arrived feeling fantastic, and it showed. I won my first three matches 5-1,5-2, and 5-2. This automatically qualified me for the final match.
I was lucky enough to have two of my brothers, Alex Keller and Leon Hardman, there to keep me company in my waiting and to cheer me on. Unfortunately, I conceded twice in the final to the opponent I had beaten 5-2 in the morning.
I was very disappointed to lose. However, not only did I beat the competitor who had demolished me all week in our practices, but I played with a research professor from the atmospheric sciences department at UW for hours after each day of the tournament. What a great shooter! Though second place wasn't exactly where I wanted to come out, it was for the best. I have met quality pool players who I will continue to practice with while I am here, and a second place finish is just the right amount of encouragement and disappointment that I need to bring my game to the next level.
It's great to be a SigEp, and here's to the next tournament,
Mike Davis
The tournament began Friday morning, and due to the small number of participants, we all had the chance to play each other in a best of 7 games match. At the end of Friday's games I had won 23 and lost 12. This put me into the bracket which was to be played out on Saturday. I occupied third place, 3 games behind the leader, one game behind the runner-up.
Tournament matches were set up as a race to 5, meaning the first competitor to win 5 games advanced in the winner's bracket. Saturday morning, I arrived feeling fantastic, and it showed. I won my first three matches 5-1,5-2, and 5-2. This automatically qualified me for the final match.
I was lucky enough to have two of my brothers, Alex Keller and Leon Hardman, there to keep me company in my waiting and to cheer me on. Unfortunately, I conceded twice in the final to the opponent I had beaten 5-2 in the morning.
I was very disappointed to lose. However, not only did I beat the competitor who had demolished me all week in our practices, but I played with a research professor from the atmospheric sciences department at UW for hours after each day of the tournament. What a great shooter! Though second place wasn't exactly where I wanted to come out, it was for the best. I have met quality pool players who I will continue to practice with while I am here, and a second place finish is just the right amount of encouragement and disappointment that I need to bring my game to the next level.
It's great to be a SigEp, and here's to the next tournament,
Mike Davis
Monday, February 1, 2010
Leadership Speaker
Last Monday, our Membership Development team brought in a leadership speaker named John Norlin. His overall message encouraged us to be servant leaders. When he explained the servant leadership triangle that you see here, he explained it from top to bottom.
Our goal at the beginning of this meeting was to learn how to be better leaders. He explained that in order to earn leadership, we must build influence. This influence allows us to earn leadership in others' eyes. To build influence, we need to partake in service and sacrifice (sacrificing our time to serve others in everyday situations). For anyone to want to partake in this, they must have love for others on some level. John told us about 'agape' which is the Greek name for 'love by choice.' He explained that we have to choose to love others and serve them even in the face of difficulty or opposition. Finally, we need a will to make these choices on a daily basis. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to stick to them when faced with challenges. He explained that this will is gained when we have intentions followed by actions; intentions without actions mean nothing in the end. Through these steps John showed us how we can earn leadership by putting others before ourselves.
HFF,
Blake
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