Kazzrie Jaxen Quartet

C.S.U. Club’s – First Friday Nights Event!

• 7 to 7:30 – Coffee and Music
• 7:30 to 8 – A Guest Speaker
• 8 to 10 – Pizza and Games

I will be there enjoying the fireplace and music with friends before heading down to College Village to prepare for the next event of the night, Late Night Breakfast!

Late Night Breakfast @ College Village

Tonight at College, we R.A.s, will be “whippin’ up” some pancakes, eggs, and sausage for our residents! The food will be served at 10 P.M., if you’re a resident, come to the Village Hall Basement with room in your tummy!

I cannot believe that in just a few short days, the GCC fashion students will embark on our annual NYC trip! I have been counting down the days for months!  Our fabulous instructors have secured some truly amazing educational field trips for us, but don’t worry, there’s also plenty of time built in for shopping and taking in the sights.Let me just give you a quick rundown of the wonderful opportunities that we are fortunate enough to have been provided access to:

Tommy Hilfiger: I’m sure that everyone has heard of Tommy Hilfiger, but just in case, let me jot down a few words. This immensely popular designer does Preppy with an attitude! His looks have been swept up since the early 1990’s, and he’s a personal favorite of my mom.

Buffalo Jeans: First launched in Canada in 1985 as a womenswear and menswear label and now sells to prestigious stores such as Macy’s, and Bloomingdales, and has been worn by A–list celebs like Christina Aguilera, Halle Berry, and Brad Pitt just to name a few.

Collegefashionista.com: This technological marvel provides information on current trends, fashion editorials, features guest bloggers, and even snapshots of what national fashion students are wearing. It’s incredible, and I highly recommend checking them out!

LIM: Located in midtown Manhattan, the fashion capital of the world, LIM College prepares students for exciting careers in every aspect of the business of fashion.Whichever program you choose, you’ll be immersed in the real-world business of fashion starting on day one. Internships, guest speakers and field trips in the heart of Manhattan are all integral parts of your LIM College education. In the process, you’ll make industry connections that lay the groundwork for a successful career.

BradLink Communications: BrandLink Communications is a full-service media relations, marketing and special events agency that focuses on the luxury, consumer goods, fashion, beauty, hospitality, and entertainment industries.

National Arts Club: The mission of The National Arts Club is to stimulate, foster and promote public interest in the arts and educate the American people in the fine arts.We will be attending a Fashion Speak Friday event on the topic of Steampunk fashion!! Now, as someone who has been absolutely obsessed with Steampunk since I was eleven years old, I am beyond thrilled!

I can’t wait to keep you updated on all the fun and excitement!! Be checking your social media for our hashtag: #GCCINNYC

Guess what everybody, I am so pleased and excited to announce that I am now a proud member of GCC’s Alpha Epsilon Gamma!! What’s extra awesome, is that my sister got in too! Now we’re double sisters! It was a crazy couple of weeks of attending potential new member meetings, and I’m sure the six week orientation will be crazier still, but I am thoroughly loving every second of it! All of the girls seem so sweet and supportive, and I’m really looking forward to lots of laughs and love. Check out some pictures from the Induction night!

We all had to wear white, so my sister and I took a special (last minute) trip to the Galleria mall. Aren’t these shoes I found gorgeous??

My sister, me, and our new sister, Fuka! We’ve known her for a while, and are so glad she’s in the sorority too!After Induction pic to remember the moment!And a giant selfie with the Dean! 🙂

The induction ceremony itself was so sweet, but I can’t go into details. I can say that we were given Alpha Epsilon Gamma T-shirts (long sleeve, which will be SO nice in the coming months) and GCC Think Purple shirts to bring awareness to domestic violence. We were also given these cute AEG bracelets to wear during the orientation period.

Adorable, right?I can’t wait to see what’s in store with my new AEG sisters, and to blog all about it!! We will be participating in lots of upcoming events, as well as doing volunteer work, I’ll let you know how orientation goes! 😉

G.C.C’s Fall Fest Homecoming is this weekend! Friday, Saturday and Sunday are filled with fun activities for college students, and alumni. The first Homecoming event is the Cougar Crawl, which is happening this Friday at 5:00 p.m.

The Cougar Crawl is a tour of eight of the shops on Main St. It begins 5 p.m. at City Slickers, where shop owners will be serving food and giving away free t-shirts. Cougar Crawlers will continue down Main St. to Yngodess, Sweat Peas, Valle Jewlers, Burbon and Burger, Mane Attraction, Blue Pearl Yoga, and finally arrive at T.F. Browns for a party, where there will be food, a DJ and prizes. Tickets for the Cougar Crawl are just $5, and they can be purchased the Alumni Office, which is on the first floor of the technology building.

All day Saturday there will be a huge Volleyball Tournament in the gym. Students from Erie, Jamestown, Monroe, Niagara, Fingerlakes and GCC will be participating. Come and watch! There will be an Arts and Crafts Vendor Fair in the Forum from from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and our campus bookstore will selling Alumni Mugs 20% off !

If you live at College Village you will probably hear the “Rods and Rock” Car and Bike cruise happening in the G.C.C. parking lot. It begins at 9 a.m. and continues until 4 p.m. There will be
donuts and coffee and the first 100 cars & bikes will receive a gift bag. Come by even if you don’t have a car because at 11 a.m. the 2nd Annual Baseball Game will begin! Later on in the
afternoon GCC’s and ECC’s Men and Woman’s Soccer teams will be competing. Go Cougars!

Sunday at 4 p.m. the Genesee Symphony Orchestra will be performing in the Steiner Theatre to close out our Homecoming! There is plenty to do this weekend, and I hope to see you at the festivities!

Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the Chinese traditional festivals, which is also popular among the countries influenced by Sinosphere. The festival is every August 15^th in the Chinese Traditional Calendar, which is September 27^th this year.

• Origins and Development

According to historians, the Chinese have celebrated the Mid-Autumn since Chun & Qiu Period (770 B.C. – 476 B.C.). It was for emperors to offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors. People celebrated this because of their happiness from bumper harvest. Since Northern Song of The Song Dynasty (960 -1127), Mid-Autumn has been a festival for every family to celebrate. From The Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), Mid-Autumn became the second most important festival after the Chinese New Year. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn has been an official holiday for everyone not to go to study and work.

• Customs and Celebrations

In ancient China, people prayed to the moon with their families and sacrificed their mooncakes, watermelons, apples and some other fruits. They also guessed the riddles written on lanterns, ate different mooncakes, watched Sweet Olive flowers, and drank cassia wine. Nowadays, people get a break from their studies and work, and go home to meet their families. Every family buys mooncakes and cooks a lot of food for the dinner. People like to gather together because Mid-Autumn is a symbol of both love and family.

• Myths and Legends

There were a lot of myths and legends about gods in ancient China. They were either the imaginations for science from the people in ancient times, or stories to encourage people to be a better person and work harder. About Mid-Autumn, there was a famous myth or story about Yi and his beautiful wife Chang’e. Yi is a strong hero who saved the world; Chang’e is a beautiful and kind woman. It was a myth to encourage people in Eastern Han of The Han Dynasty (25 – 220) to be nice and work hard, and also praise true love.

Until next time!

Bella

So just last Thursday I joined the film club! There’s only been one meeting thus far, but I can already tell you that I am very excited to make some movie magic with such a diverse group of students. Everybody seems so friendly and eager to create, and I just can’t wait to see what we all come up with together! Since we’re on the subject, I might as well take this time to share my “top films”/ films I am most influenced by. This list is by no means definitive, and I’ll probably remember about twenty more after I publish it, but here’s my best shot for early in the morning!

**Oh, and I am NOT numbering these, because they are in no particular order.**

The Princess Bride

Leon the Professional 

Kamikaze Girls

Heathers

Lolita (1962 Kubrick)

Edward Scissorhands

Labyrinth 

The Warriors

Interview With the Vampire

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Alright, that’s about all I can think of at the moment. I am immensely influenced by the aesthetics of these films in all I do creatively. I’m sure that they will work there way very heavily into my fashion design. If you haven’t seen any of these films, I cannot recommend them enough! And hey, invite me and we’ll have a movie night! 🙂

With all the hustle and bustle you might have just cruised on by some very important information! The college is packed full of bulletin boards and flyers advertising everything from club meetings, sports tryouts, and new classes and seminars! So stop and take a look around! You certainly don’t want to miss out on the activity of your dreams, just because you didn’t see the sign. I snapped some pictures of a few very valuable signs around the campus, but there’s lots more where these came from!

Open Mic Night, feeling daring??Historical Horizons: A Fall 2015 Lecture Series. Anybody want to be pitch perfect? 😉You just can’t beat learning, AND pizza!Grammar & Paragraph Mastery could be an amazing class for anyone struggling with college level writing practices.The opportunity to work for a real radio station?!? That’s amazing!!

Now you know some of the great opportunities you might have missed just strolling around the campus. What are you waiting for, go check them out! You won’t regret it!

*Just a side note, how adorable is this lovely fairy house?!