MacBeth Play

I'm not really the kind of person to watch plays, I'm much more of a musical kind of person. However, the Macbeth play was somewhat interesting. It was very confusing but it was definitely different then what I expected it to be. I thought they would stay true to the original play with a couple minor adjustments or differences. But I think it strayed from the original play. It was a bit confusing because most of the characters were played by females/women even if the character was a man they would have a female play the part of a male. It was also confusing because there were no costumes and many of the actors were playing multiple characters but you couldn't tell when they were playing a different character because there were no costumes and everyone just wore black. The lack of props and costumes made it difficult to understand. However, the most confusing part was the dialect. They used old English which is hard to read and understand but even harder to watch and understand. It was very difficult to understand what they were saying and to keep up with what was going on in the play. The most controversial part in the play, among my fellow FSSP members, was the kiss. Everyone in FSSP thought the kiss was strange, to say the least, because an older professor kissed a student. That was what most students talked about from the play. Overall, the play was somewhat interesting but defiantly confusing.

Guest Speaker Week 5/ Studying Abroad

This week our guest speaker was Irwin Apple. He was talking to us about acting and singing stuff like that. To be honest I found his lecture on the boring side, he told us a lot of stories about his life and how he went to school in New York and how much he loves New York stuff like that. However, this week for discussion we went to the EAP office, which is Education Abroad Program. We learned about the different opportunities UCSB offers to study abroad. We also learned that the program has requirements such as G.P.A and status of the student's year (sophomore, junior,etc.) I am very eager about studying abroad in India. So when I learned about the different abroad programs offered for juniors and seniors in India I was very excited. There were two in particular that caught my attention, the seven week summer program in india and the fall four month program. I really want to go to India but I have to wait until my junior or senior year. I found out that most abroad programs are for juniors and seniors but there are a couple programs offered to sophomores. I found out that next summer of 2014 I would be able to study abroad in France, Italy, and even the U.K. I have never been out of the country so I am looking forward to next summer going to study abroad. I don't know where yet because I'm debating between a couple places but I definitely want to study abroad.

Events for FSSP

Three of the four events I attended for FSSP were: The international dessert night, the felid trip to the co-op, and I visited the EOP office twice. My favorite event was visiting the EOP office because they were able to really help me with some information. I came in as an undeclared major because I was debating between psychology and biology but I finally decided that I wanted to major in biology so I had to change/declare my major. I went to the EOP office and they told me the steps I need to take to change my major which I took and now I'm a bio major! They were super friendly and super helpful. The dessert night was cool but the food wasn't all that international, it was like store bought. It was good but it wasn't authentic. However, I can't complain it was free dessert. The co-op trip was cool because I had never been to a co-op. The co-op inspired me to try Almond milk. The lady that was speaking to us was super chill. She was really friendly and laid back, she was also a UCSB alumni. I thought it was interesting that the co-op was created by students and is for students. These last six weeks at FSSP have been a really good experience from the classes, to my roommates, to the activities, it was a very fun six weeks. I would definitely recommend incoming freshmen to do FSSP.