Roommate Bonding

Because there is a slight language barrier between my roommate and I, one way that we can have fun with each other is by doing pranks on other people. A few weeks ago, we used a MASSIVE super soaker to prank a floor-mate. Yesterday, we decided to pull another prank on a fellow floor-mate by using a smaller squirt gun.
We waited for an innocent victim to go into an empty stall in the bathroom to take a poop. Next, both my roommate and I would go into the empty stalls next to the innocent victim. We were both equipped with a small squirt gun filled with water. We both went into the stalls and started pretending to pee, but really just started squirting the water from the squirt gun into the toilet. After "peeing" for about 5 seconds, we started "accidentally" missing the toilet with our "pee". The "pee" started to splash on the ground and got closer and closer to the innocent victim.

The prank ended with the victim screaming "WHAT THE HELL!?!?" and my roommate and I both ran back to our room.

Hilarious Picture

haha. I just found this picture online and it reminded me of my roommate...

Table Etiquette

Hello all,
First, I want to give a shout out to all of the people reading and supporting this blog. Second, I want all my haters to screw off.

Anyway... I am taking another writing course this quarter. It deals with a policy or issue that we would like to change. I wrote a policy brief on Table Etiquette. I named the policy brief "The Study Abroad Culture Shock: Table Etiquette".

At DU, nearly 80% of the students study abroad at some point in their college careers, so I decided to try to implement a table etiquette class for each study abroad program. My roommate was my main inspiration for this topic. He never really uses a fork and a knife and is constantly burping and slurping while eating his meals. It got kind of annoying, but it is another culture difference that I cannot really get mad at.


Well, here is my project on Table Etiquette for study abroad programs. (My roommate is quoted in it!!)

Roommate Bonding

It was a beautiful day out. High of 80, low of 60. Spring was finally here, so what better way to celebrate than by purchasing a SUPER SOAKER for the dorm room. Well, it actually turned out to be a horrible idea because squirt guns are made to be used outside and create mold if used indoors. Anyway, my roommate and I decided to prank one of our floor-mates, and here it is:

Fake Alcohol Prank

Ok. A friend and I were kind of bored a few nights ago and decided it would be funny to prank my roommate. Enjoy
                                     

He was a lot of fun that night and was a great sport after we told him that it was sparkling apple cider.

Newspaper Article

I am taking a writing class dealing specifically with writing articles for a newspaper. The most recent event with the Chinese Mafia inspired me to write it. Here it is:

Chinese Students Culture Shocked by Plagiarism Policies at DU

A look into the bigger picture of a cheating scandal involving two Chinese students at the University of Denver.

   Cheating and Plagiarism are very similar in nature.  They are both considered as taking someone else’s work and using it as yours.  They are both not tolerated at the University of Denver.  According to the University of Denver Pioneer Pledge, which every student at the University of Denver works by, a Pioneer pledges, “to act with integrity and pursue academic excellence.” The University of Denver Honor Code later states “Integrity: acting in an honest and ethical matter.”

   Cheating and plagiarism obviously does not simply occur with only Chinese students at the University of Denver.  Cheating and plagiarism occur with students from the United States as well.  However, cheating and plagiarism are looked at very differently between the two cultures.

   Plagiarism isn’t however a complete culture shock to all of these Chinese students.  The students take a class that basically explains to them the dos and don’ts of the United States and the University of Denver.  “There are so many differences between here and China.  It is unbelievable,” one Chinese student said.

   A few weeks ago, there was a cheating incident involving two Chinese students.  One Chinese student simply copied off of another Chinese student during a Calculus Final Exam.   The cheating victim spoke about the event.  “Yes, I know that cheating is wrong.  And yes, the guy who cheated knows that cheating is wrong.  Directly copying off of another person’s paper is not the right thing to do.” The student was then asked about a related issue that is also against the school policy, plagiarism. 

   The Chinese student had a very different take on plagiarism and said, “Back in China, when we write essays, we can use other people’s work and call it as ours.  In fact, it is very common and that is how it is taught to us.”

   When showed the section of the University of Denver Honor Code relating to integrity, the Chinese student said, “I don’t honestly see how the United States thinks that using someone else’s work and research in an essay is considered to be acting dishonestly and not acting with integrity.  Back in China, we can write an entire essay that has none of “our own words” and then turn it in and get a good grade.”

   According to a recent article in “the Globalist”, “China is struggling with innovative thinking and the country is dealing with some major issues relating to quantity over quality.”

   As far as the cheating incident with the two Chinese students, the details are being worked out by the University of Denver administration.

It has been really interesting having a Chinese roommate so far. I have definitely had a pretty crazy roommate situation thus far. I really hope that I will have more stories to come.... until I get killed by the MAFIA!! hahaha just kidding.... but seriously...