Dealing with a Bureaucracy: APSU was wrong for that!!!!

Have you ever had a trying time with a bureaucratic establishment? Well I did and it happened at Austin Peay State University during the winter break I had the time off ticket and classes paid for and I was ready to study abroad. It was wonderful and busy when I touched down in Mexico to extend the school during are winter break little did I know my first day of school was maybe my last day. The alarm clock sounded and I was rejuvenated and excited to see the campus where I would be learning Spanish. The first thing I did was get my tour and when I found the computer lab I immediately checked my email and what did I see. Attention students who are attending study abroad Mexico, It read dear student if you are in the study abroad Mexico you will not be receiving credit from the University. The first thing that came to mind was WTF!! I was mad I immediately got the other Apsu students and told them what Dr. Hoppe had just sent. Mind you that she sent the email the same day are flights left so Cleary no one had saw the email until we arrived. I was so mad that I nominated myself as the spokesperson, everyone said she’s not going to take your call, But I knew better. I got on the phone got her secretary and explained that I needed to speak with Dr. Hoppe regarding an email I just received she immediately got the president on the line. I spoke with Dr. Hoppe and she began to ask so many questions that I had to stop her and say aren’t you the president of the university why are you asking me all these questions. I just wanted to know why we were not informed before we left. She advised me that the trip wasn’t to have been sold I told her that there were flyers everywhere up to the moment I left. Clearly she wasn’t walking the campus. She explained that it was the TBR decision so I asked for the head person in charge there. Before hanging up the phone I asked should I cash out get the money that’s owed to me and leave or should I stay. Here response was I can’t advise you on that but that I am to know that credit will not be accepted by the university another WTF moment. So I get the rep on the phone from the TBR he began to investigate and ask it seemed like 30 questions I stopped him and was like look, tell me something. No one wanted to tell me anything. So I got with my classmates and we decided to stay in Mexico and fight that battle when we got back to the states. Fight we did I remember being in a room filled with people including the Spanish teacher, there drilling him and us. There were so many questions being asked and I only wanted an answer to if I was going to get credit. Of course us students won. That experience was crazy because I had to speak with so many people before I could get what I earned and most of all PAID FOR. Austin Peay was wrong for that!!

CHARLES '' DON-JUAN '' HUNTER ( Who and What im about)

I'm a young man looking toward his future. Putting God first in my life.My Life is forever in his hands. No amount of money or anything will take him away. I found out through him all things are possible. With God I can allow him to order my steps. Ive come to find out that he is the real love, all love. With him I know being me and knowing me is all that matters. I know people talk and with him I don't care what they say. I'm a reborn child of God. No one or nothing can break me down. So in order to know me, you have to know what I stand for and what side of the battle field I stand on. So with Love this is my message and page. I may not be the strongest man, I may not be the softest man. I know I'm the most outgoing, I know I'm not the shyest. I may not ask for everything, I may only ask for a few things. I may not agree, I may not disagree. Not as tall as you, Not as short as you. I may not be the typical black man, The decisions and actions I choose to do is what makes me. they told me when I decided to walk with the Lord, and take him in completely, everything would change. YES I CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE CHANGE IS IN ME! Have you ever noticed when something wonderful happens in your life, you expect the world to be just as excited or care as much as you do? It’s like what happens to you has to matter to the rest of the population. When we love and it is not returned we get angry and frustrated because “thas not how it’s supposed to go!” Guess what! When something happens to me, good or bad, it is my experience, and it doesn’t matter how the world receives it. When I love, I am content in knowing that while it did not grow in others, IT GREW IN ME. And the people to come don’t have to worry being blamed for another person’s action or inaction. I know — because of wisdom — it’s not their burden to carry. Don’t get me wrong, we are still human and we are in this experience until our transition. I am certainly more conscious of what I am doing because while love was growing in me for someone who did not want to or was not able to love me back, so was forgiveness and compassion and the divine art of “letting go!” How sad one must feel not to love anyone — not even them self — because of an addiction or because they can’t let go of what happened to them before. Just keep your eyes open! Shift sure has mines OPEN!!! and IM LOVIN IT!!!! I know theres a time and season for everything and nothing last forever. So I choose to approach life with an opened mind. I don’t just live life but I make it my point to experience it. I believe every day is a chance to do it better than yesterday. Although there are many people in my life I know at what distance they belong, as well as what purpose they serve.. sOoO important! Theres something just not right about having too many people in your circle, which is why I have a dream team close net friends and family, none of which are concerned with popularity, that I can always draw on for strength to accomplish my dreams. If you would like to get to know me it is important that U understand the thin line between mere complacency and a self continentment that only God can give. be approachable and sincere with a pure heart! I believe that people at peace with themselves are often considered boring by those who are envious at heart, crave popularity, and the spotlight. It's helped me clearly evaluate where and who I want to be in the future and i will continue to follow MY dreams with or without you on my team. BELIEVE that what you truely believe you are at heart is exactly what you will be. I've learned that nothing worth having comes easily because it's the character built along the way that prepares me for what's meant to be mine. I know I'll fall a few times but I'm assured through MY OWN life that when I get up I'll be much stronger.

This is me. WHO ARE YOU??

Human Beatbox

Eventhough this is not exactly a presentation of a person speaking, I think it is a great example of how to relate to an audience without using text. This technique could be used to relate to an audience of people who do not speak the same language as the speaker. I am thinking for my HBR project, I should probably stand up and beat box!

NCAA Blogging Policy

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) serves as a voluntary governing body for colleges and universities to register their sports teams. The NCAA creates policies and guide lines that teams and coaches and reporters must abide by. One policy that must be followed is the NCAA Blogging Policy.

The NCAA blogging policy states that anyone, who chooses to blog on a NCAA event must follow certain regulations. When blogging on a NCAA sport, the writer must include the ncaasports.com URL in the blog and if it is a media writer, they must place the NCAA logo on their website. In each blog, the game conditions (score, time remaining on the clock, etc.) at the time of the post must be posted in the blog. The following amount of blogs are allowed during each sport. These amounts apply to both male and female sports, when applicable.

Fall Sports
Soccer: Five times per half; one at halftime
Field Hockey: Five times per half; one at halftime
Volleyball: Three per Competition; one in between Competitions
Football: Three per quarter; one at halftime
Cross Country: Ten per day/session
Men’s Water Polo: Three per quarter; one at the halftime
Winter Sports
Ice Hockey: Three per period – one in between (includes overtime)
Basketball: Five times per half; one at halftime; two times per overtime period
Wrestling: Ten per session
Indoor Track and Field: Ten per day/session
Swimming and Diving: Ten per day/session
Bowling: Ten per day/session
Gymnastics: Ten per session

Spring Sports
Baseball and Softball: one every inning (includes extra innings)
Women’s Water Polo: Three per quarter – one at halftime
Lacrosse: Three per quarter; one at halftime
Outdoor Track and Field: Ten per day/session
Golf: Ten per day/session
Tennis: Ten per day/session
Rowing: Ten per day/session
Fencing: Ten per day/session
Skiing: Ten per day/session
Rifle:Ten per day/session

Any media affiliate who blogs on an NCAA event is prohibited from releasing any information, concerning the event, to any other form of media without written consent from the NCAA. The blogger must understand that when following the NCAA blogging policy, he or she is releasing the NCAA, and essentially anyone else involved with the NCAA event, from all forms of liability that could potentially arise from the posted blog. The NCAA and their championship affiliates hold the power to decide whether a blogger is abiding the NCAA blogging policy or not.