Tuesday, November 30, 2010

How to Handle the TSA during the Thanksgiving Break

 
OK so here’s the deal, it’s the Thanksgiving Break.  This is a time when students get a few days to take a break from school before going back to prepare for finals.  During this time, a lot of people will be traveling home to be with their families.  While the break is a good time to not think about anything, some issues should be addressed regarding the TSA: Turkey, Sleeping, and Adjusting your belt for the Thanksgiving break.
            In regards to Turkey, for a student it is probably the best meal they will get due to the fact it does not involve making boiling Ramen.  Any meal that does not involve Ramen is good and should be cherished as much as possible.  Enjoy all the turkey and side dishes during the break.
            In regards to Sleeping, eating the turkey and side dishes helps when it comes to sleeping.  Sleep as much as you can because it will be last good sleep you get before finals week. 
            In regards to Adjusting your belt, that simply means to repeat eating turkey and sleeping as much as possible.  As I said before, after the Thanskgiving break, its pretty much studying for finals.
            So good luck on the break and enjoy it as much as you can.
 
Fight the Good Fight
Ya Boy Archie Wright!

Monday, November 22, 2010

One Missed Game

Ok so here's the deal last Tuesday the Mean Green basketball team took on Texas Tech University.  I remembered about the event when I got back to my apartment that night but declined to go since I was kind of tired after being at school the whole day in class and in lab.  That was the biggest mistake I probably could have ever made.  This is probably one of those games that will always be talked about forever in UNT history.  The Mean Green took the game into overtime where they beat Texas Tech 92-83.  After the Mean Green won, the fans rushed the court to congratulate the players on a job well done.  Even though it has been a few days since the game was played, people are still talking about how good the game was.  All I can do is sigh and regret how I did not go to the game.

The expectations are high for the Mean Green basketball team which won the Sunbelt Conference Championship last year and made it to the NCAA Tournament where they were knocked out by Kansas in the first round.  The Mean Green is expected to win the Sunbelt Conference Championship again this year and possibly go further in the NCAA tournament.  Having our basketball team go far in the tournament would be great publicity for our school.

After hearing about the exciting win UNT had last Tuesday against Texas Tech, I will do my best to try and make the next basketball game at the Super Pit.  Hopefully the game will have the same dramatic finish as it did in the Texas Tech game.


Fight the Good Fight
Ya Boy Archie Wright!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

An Evening with Dubya

 
 
Ok so here's the deal.  Former president George W. Bush spoke at UNT last night in the Coliseum to help promote his new book and give his viewpoints on some of the decisions he made as president.  Students received one free ticket to attend.  I attended the event last night which was filled with everything from drama, comedy, acceptance, and inspiration.
 
The night began for me waiting about 30 minutes trying to get in while security thoroughly searched everybody.  While outside a little bit of comedy and drama took place as I watched a group of protestors protesting Bush speaking last night.  The comedy part came when a bunch of frat guys came with a big sign saying they welcomed Dubya and shouting, “USA USA!”.  Eventually the cops came over and broke up the small quarrel.
 
Once inside my friend and I were able to find seats and briefly chatted with the people around us about the event.  Once the event started, Bush received a standing ovation that probably would have lasted for a long time had he not motioned to the crowd to sit down.  During his lecture, the president made several jokes in regards to the way Americans painted him as not being smart.  He also made several jokes about life after being president.  More drama and comedy came when in the middle of the event almost a whole row of protestors stood up and began protesting.  President Bush stopped and then remarked after the protestors were escorted out about the value of free speech.  Two more protests broke out during the night, but everyone usually clapped.
 
Overall, the president delivered a positive message about how having freedom is good in life, how students should ask questions if they do not understand something, the value of being sober in life, and how faith influenced him while president.  It was also good to see why he made some of the decisions he made during his presidency.  One instance was his highly criticized moment on 9/11 when he continued listening to the elementary school student read his book after being informed of attacks.  It was a fun-filled night and I am glad I went.

Fight the Good Fight
Ya Boy Archie Wright

Sunday, November 14, 2010

UNT Alumnus Responsible for Insomnia Causing Drug

 
Alright so here’s the deal, there’s a new drug on the market that was designed by a UNT alumnus.  The drug has swept the nation and has a dangerous effect of causing people to get insomnia.  If you want to know what drug I am talking about, I am referring to the new Call of Duty: Black Ops game that came out on November 8.  The new Call of Duty game sold almost 5.6 million copies for $360 million dollars on the first day.  The release of the Call of Duty will cause several students to buy the game and stay up all night trying to pass the game or play multiplayer on Xbox live.  Several students will begin by saying I will only play 5 minutes.  Eventually the 5 minutes becomes 1 hour, then 2 hours, and eventually the entire night.
 
One of the game designers, Cesar Stastny, was computer science major at UNT who is responsible for the design, production, and public relations of the Call of Duty Black Ops game.  While the problem for this oh so addicting game should go to Stastny, part of the blame should be given to the current interim chair Dr. Ian Parberry who has been creating gamer students in his LARC lab since 1993.  Dr. Ian Parberry has created students that have gone on to write their own books, start their own business, and hold senior-level positions at the top gaming industries.  Dr. Parberry has also increased his efforts to create more gamers by allowing the Princeton Review to name his program the Top 50 best institutions for studying game design.  
 
So be careful with the Call of Duty Black Ops game to not become addicted.  I myself am only going to play 5 minutes of the game…
 
Fight the Good Fight
Ya Boy Archie Wright!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

“The Evolution of a Friendship at DP”, Words From a Philosopher

 
Ok so here’s the deal, along with engineering courses that I have to take this semester, I also have to take a course in philosophy to satisfy the core university requirement of a humanities credit.  While I thought philosophy was going to be a boring course that tried to change my religious beliefs, it has actually turned into a very interesting and challenging course.  While some of the lectures do seem kind of pointless such as if you put your hand in front of your face and close your eyes how do you know its there, other lectures invoke thought such as what is justice or what is a friend.  In the philosophy course we read Plato’s book to get a better understanding of what is a friend.  One major detail that I got out of reading Plato is that a friendship starts out of goodwill and usually stems from a common interest.
 
Reading this in Plato made think of a lot of the friendships I developed at Discovery Park.  Most of the friends I have made at Discovery Park stemmed from either goodwill or the common interest being in the same class. 
 
From that common interest of being in the same class, our friendship evolved in working with each other on homework and projects.  From there, we learned that we shared a lot more common interests, such as going to the same church and being involved in the same fraternal organization.
 
I am glad I have these friends and think of how we probably never would have met if we did not share a common interest of taking the same classes at Discovery Park.
 
A word of advice to all you engineering students or potential students at Discovery Park, make as many friends as possible whether it stem from goodwill or sharing a common interest. 
 
You never know how much can evolve from the word Hi.
 
Fight the Good Fight
Ya Boy Archie Wright!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

UNT Football

Alright so here’s the deal, at UNT there are almost 500 student organizations.  One such professional student organization that I am involved with is the National Society of Black Engineers or NSBE.  Recently I agreed to attend a Dallas Metroplex meeting for NSBE in which other chapters around the Dallas Fort-Worth Area meet.  By chance the meeting happens to fall on the same night that the UNT football team is playing another home game. This puts me at kind of being disappointed right now because I would really much like to go to the game.  If someone was to read this blog, they would probably ask if I was crazy because UNT has not had a winning football team in the past four seasons.  But despite our not so winning record, I always do my best to attend the football games.  Football at college is one of the best experiences you will ever have.  It offers a chance to go tailgating before the game, get free food from the different tents, play games, and overall have fun during the weekend.  No matter how hard we lose, the fun experience of being at football game, hanging out with friends, and hoping that UNT might win always turn me back to it.
So as I drive to the Dallas Metroplex meeting for NSBE, I hope everyone takes advantage of good times you have going to college football games while in college because once it’s over, it’s over.
Go Mean Green!
Fight the Good Fight
Ya Boy Archie Wright!

Friday, November 5, 2010

WARNING: DUE DATES AND TEST ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR

 
 
I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween weekend.
 
Alright so here’s the deal, the semester is starting to draw to a close.  The second wave of tests and class projects are coming up within the next few weeks.  As tests and projects are nearing, several college students and I will wave off studying for tests or starting a project until the night before the test or the night the project is due. 
 
When it comes to tests and projects the worst thing someone could say is, “I will get started on it tomorrow, I promise”.  The reason this expression is terrible is because it always starts a daily cycle in which you tell yourself that you will start tomorrow, but you never come through and eventually you finally start studying for the test or working on the project the night before.  I have seen a countless number of friends stressed or on the verge of falling asleep after pulling an all nighter to finish a project or study for a test. 
 
I know that I am guilty of waiting till the last minute to finish a project or study for a test.  I have however seen the light and the benefit of not waiting till the last minute to study for tests and do projects.
 
The main pro about studying for a test and working on a project prior to the day before is that it’s less stressful and you receive a much better grade in the end. 
 
So make a promise to yourself to no longer wait until the last minute to study for a test or complete a project.
 
So in regards to my test next Wednesday and my project due in two weeks, I will start working on them TODAY, I promise!
 
 
Fight the Good Fight
Ya Boy Archie Wright!