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My name is Steph, and I am a senior Marketing major with a Communication Studies minor. Since this is my last year at Butler, my main goal is to enjoy every moment that I have left, while doing as much as humanly possible. I am a marketing analyst at the Butler Business Accelerator, a Speakers Lab tutor, and a Butler blogger (obviously). I also am an Alpha Phi, the President of the Butler University Student Foundation, a member of Alpha Kappa Psi (a professional business fraternity), and a member of the Butler American Marketing Association. In the small amount of free time that I do have, I love crafting, watching large amounts of television, and enjoying my favorite comfort foods, like sweet tea.

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From Freshman Year to Senior Year – Part II

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Stephanie

Last week I blogged about the things that have changed about me over the last few years, and I had too much to fit into one blog.  Imagine that.  So here is Part II.

Handling stress/being busy

It’s not that I didn’t know how to handle being busy all the time when I first came to school, but I just didn’t know what being busy really meant quite yet.  Each semester I have become more and more busy, and I have slept less and less.  But somehow, it got easier with each semester, probably because I learned how to actually apply myself and how to use my time wisely.  Each semester I had to work harder in my classes, and I had more things to do for clubs and stuff on campus.  Because of this, I was able to slowly get used to the entire process…which was really pretty nice.  The best part of all is that this semester, my final semester, I think that I am the least busy of my entire college career.  It’s a beautiful thing….but now I don’t know how to handle having free time.  It’s strange how things work like that…isn’t it? 

Friendships

Just like everything else, friendships change over the years.  I’m still friends with my best friends from freshman year, but during the last few years I have met different people and formed new friendships that I absolutely love.  Most of these have been through living with new people in Alpha Phi, people that I either didn’t know before or just didn’t know well.  Second semester sophomore year, I lived with Meghan, Liz, and Lauren…and over the course of the semester we became best friends.  In the next few months, Meghan and Liz are getting married, and we are all in each of their weddings (so precious..I know).  So, we are basically the stereotype sorority girls…since we met in Alpha Phi and now we are going to be in each of their weddings.  Last semester, I moved in with Katie, Lauren, and Brooke…and we just fit together.  We weren’t sure how it was going to work out, because we are all such different people, but now I couldn’t imagine living with anyone else and I think we only get along so well because we are outrageously different.  I’m so glad that I stepped out of my comfort zone to live with people I didn’t know well…because then I wouldn’t be close with any of these 5 beautiful ladies.  Love you all!

Meghan, Liz, Lauren, and I.

Brooke, Lauren, Katie, and I.

 

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From Freshman Year to Senior Year – Part I

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Stephanie

One great thing about being a senior is that a lot of our professors love to use class as an excuse to give us advice about life.  In order to make this somewhat academic, they assign lots of papers or reflections about whatever topics we are going over in class at the time.  So, I’ve spent the last 5 weeks or so thinking about my college years…and how I have changed since I came to Butler.  Some aspects of my life are completely different now than I thought they would be, but most of these changes are all positive, and just a natural part of growing up.  Here we go…

My hair color…

If you didn’t know, I used to be blonde.  Really blonde.  But a few years ago I decided to go back to my roots…literally…to be a brunette again.  Do blondes really have more fun?  Nope.  They don’t.

Freshman Year….
Senior Year…

Leaving Butler…

When I first came to Butler, I thought that I would go home every 2 or 3 weeks.  For awhile, I kind of did because I visited friends at other schools and went home often.  Eventually, my life got so busy that I just couldn’t make this traveling all the time thing happen anymore, and now I barely have time to go home at all.  I wish I could visit my family and friends more, but it is also kind of nice that I love being here at Butler so much that I am fine with staying.

Instead of leaving, I try to get everyone to come visit me here, or I try to split my time between visiting others and them coming to see me.  This way, I can even share a little bit of my love for Butler and Indy with everyone who comes to visit.  I’ve even noticed a difference in how quickly I leave for breaks.  Freshman year, I couldn’t get of my last class on Fridays fast enough to get me on the road to go home.  Now, sometimes I will stay at Butler for an extra night just to hang out with my sorority sisters at Alpha Phi or to just relax on campus.

Check back soon for Part II!

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