All About Kira!!!!!!!!!!

Hi from the wonderful world of college!!!!!! My name is Kira Renee Aidan Kendrick and I am a Freshman at the University of Oklahoma. With President /Senator/Ambassador/Govenor Boren as chief educator there's no surprise that I'm a Political Science major. I knew I was coming to OU since the minute I was born. The OU chant says "Sooner Born, Sooner Bred, and when I die I'll be Sooner Dead" well that's me down to every dotted i. Even my family lives by that standard (All but my traitor OSU brother). All three of my brothers and parents were Sooner fans at one point and most of them remain so. With my hometown being Bridge Creek, just west of here in Norman, it's no surprise the closeness I feel with this town and more importantly with this University. My love of this school and this 'Boomer-Sooner' way of life inspires me everyday to play a part in this school that will hopefully live as a legacy to other students. Participation in The Adams Resident Student Association (RSA) as an executive, General Council for the housing communities, Student Congress, and even my involvement as Floor President for Johnson 7 give me a outlet for all the stress courtesly given to me by my classes. My classes might give me stress, but in retrospect that are pretty amazing. My Freshmen Seminar is wonderful. It will give me not only volunteer time and bragging rights that I have cooler professors, but I know it will give me valuable leadership skills that I'll be able to use after school and hopefully for the remainder of my life. My American Federal Government is one of those big lecture classes that you hear horror stories about, but in a class that size you get so many different veiwpoints. It's as enlightening as it is frustrating. Understanding Theatre is another lecture class, but this one hardly feels big. My Professor was and still is an actress. She makes every class feel as if we are in the actual theatre with her. Intro to Elementry Funtions is one of the easiest classes I could've gotten. I know most everything that we are covering. The TA that runs the class is one of those awkward math geniuses. He has a lacking of social graces but once you get him engrossed into a mathmatics problem he becomes a totally new person, someone who is completely confident in himself. Lastly, I have my Expo English course which is undoubtedly my most boring and most invigorating class. Our topic is exclusively supposed to focus around the Southern Region of the United States and the mindset associated with it, but you also have to understand that many of the issues associated with the southern states focuses on Feminist, Racial, and Economic tensions, and because of this our class covers so much more then just the Southern thought process.

And of course we have the much lighter aspect of college...friends!!!!!!!!!! I was one of only two students to come to OU from my Hometown, so in that aspect I'm friendless. The other person that came was a guy by the name of Jacob. We graduated together, grew up together, and even received the same senior favorite award (most opinionated). The main problem is that we both may have opinions but they are conflicting. Whereas I'm a Democrat, he is a Republican. Whereas I'm more liberal, he is more conservative. Whereas I advocate for womens rights in society, he believes that women should be baby/home makers. Though I brought no previous friendships with me, that doesn't mean I am lonely. I have already made friends that I know I can count on. The girls on my floor are quickly becoming my adopted family, and my acquaintences from my student organizations are so friendly and amazing. But above all that there are two people who keep me rooted and focused. I do everything i do as well as i can cause of them. They're my parents...sometimes i get aggravated, sometimes they get aggravated, but in the end I know that no matter what I decide to do about anything they will be supportive. They are my backbone for being here.

What's the best part of going to school at OU, you ask? Well, that ones easy...THE CAMPUS!!!!!! I visited many different schools in my senior year of High School and OU was by far the best atmosphere. There's a sense of community, a sense of family, a sense of belonging that all students share. If it's a smile on the South Lawn or a conversation with a new aquaintence at the Union, you always feel connected to everyone else. The stray cats adopted by the residence halls are friendly and the Squirrels are even friendlier. The class gifts around campus are not only unique but monuments and memory posts for students. Every Freshmen ends up with a picture in front of the round circular statue and the spoonholder holds suspicions and hopes for every student. Campus life and all that goes with it defines students' lifes, and in that OU is a pioneer and beloved home.