Pilie- Introduction

My first week at Loyola has been everything I expected and more. I have met many different, new people that I have become friends with. At first I was a little worried about finding classes and what the whole college experience would be like, but I quickly learned how much I actually like it. I met a couple of people at orientation, but as soon as school actually started I met many new people and started hanging out with them after school and in between classes. I am very excited about my major, Music Industry Studies. It's the only thing I am really passionate about. Hopefully one day I will be successful with music. I spend a lot of time writing music and performing. Playing live shows is one of the funnest, most exciting, rewarding things to me. When somebody that I don't know comes up to me and tells me about how much they liked seeing my band or hearing my songs, it makes me feel on top of the world. That is what I want to do with my life, and hopefully Loyola will help me do that. Thankfully, almost all of my classes are music classes, making my first semester of college very fun, aside from the nights and weekends. I have an apartment on St. Charles Ave, which is extremely convenient, fun, and interesting. I grew up in New Orleans and I love the city. I am extremely excited to be going to Loyola, because it seems like just the perfect school for me. I moved out of my house about a month ago and my life has already drastically changed. Not having your parents tell you what to do all the time is pretty awesome. Everyone at Loyola seems really nice. I feel like I could talk to anyone about anything. I am so thankful that high school prepared me so well for college. I remember in my senior year of high school how excited, anxious and nervous I was about college. Everyone said how much my life was going to change for the better, and I can see now how it already has. There is always something new going on at or around Loyola. I'm always open to meet new people and hear about their lives and their story. I've met amazing musicians and already learned more about music, guitar and the music business.

Shubert-Here I Am!

                                            
       Hello fellow classmates! My name is Linsey Shubert and I am so excited to be at Loyola University New Orleans. I am from the Greater New Orleans Area but I am so glad that I have been able to experience this great city here at Loyola.
      Although I expected college life to be scary and hard so far it has been a lot of fun and I have met a lot of really great people. I am a Theatre major and my first class in my major was Dramatic Imagination. I was terribly frightened but excited to enter this class that upperclassmen warn is the hardest class in the major. So far I think they have been bluffing. All of my classes so far have been interesting and fun but challenging in a good way. The professors here are so knowledgeable about their field and I can't wait to learn all I can from them.
      The food here also rocks! From the OR to the multitude of options in the food court here and on Tulane's campus you will never go hungry (although I've heard terrible things about Tulane's cafeteria so maybe stay away from there).
      I've already had to audition for the fall season of the theatre shows on the third day which was terrifying but also a great start to the year. I'm loving my trek to my Stagecraft Lab class all the way on the Broadway campus. It's longer than I want to walk but it's been so worth it and yesterday we got to use power tools (and bonus no one cut off a finger)!
      Everyone always talks about making lifelong friends in college and although I'm not quite sure that I've made "lifelong" friends, I have met some great people who I would like to continue to stay friends with as long as I can. I hope to continue to meet great people as this whole campus is teeming with nice, friendly people I would love to meet!
So far I've only walked into the wrong class once (which was horribly embarrassing) and I'm crossing my fingers it doesn't happen again. I haven't gotten really lost which is also a plus.   
This first week has made me so excited about the rest of the year. I don't know about you but I have had a blast here at Loyola and it's only the first week! The best is yet to come!