On October 29, I went to Who’s Line in the campus theater. Multiple times throughout the semester the theater club hosts these shows, and anyone can go. I had gone to previous Who’s Lines, and my friends wanted to go, so I went as well. Who’s Line is just a combination of small, short skits performed one after another. The audience also participates in a few skits by picking scenarios or getting to go on stage and taking part in a skit. At this Who’s Line, one of the skits was Party Quirks. In this skit, the audience gave three performers party quirks. This means that each performer would get a different quirk and would have to act with that quirk until the party host guessed his/her quirk. This skit is always funny because sometimes the quirk is very hard to act out or guess, and the audience is also a part of the skit.
Another skit the theater club did is the alphabet game. The alphabet game is when two performers are talking to each other about a topic of the audience’s choosing, but the first letter of the first word the first person says has to start with an A. Then, the second person starts with B, and this progression continues until they get to Z. This skit is always very funny as it continues on because it is usually impossible to say anything relevant with letters like X or Z. These letters usually result in x-ray, xylophone, zebra, or other words that usually don’t work with the topic. The performers also get frustrated when they have to say these words, and that increases the humor of the skit.
The last skit is helping hands. This skit is always very good to end Who’s Line. It involves four people: two people get behind two other people and function as the hands of the other person in front of them. Food is then placed on a table in front of the people and the two people using their hands feed the other two. There is also a variety of food like salad dressing, bread, cereal, and others. This skit usually ends up as two people having their faces covered in food, and everyone laughing as the show reaches its end.

On September 27, I volunteered at the Atlantic County Animal Shelter in Pleasantville. This was an honors service activity that takes place once a semester, which means I can continue with this activity. For this project, a small group of honors students traveled to the animal shelter to help with whatever was needed for about four to five hours. During this time, I, with my two friends Victoria and Drew, swept, vacuumed, and mopped the floor. We also took out the trash and put in new trash bags. Other students cleaned the cages for the cats or helped with the sick cats. Although we were there for about four hours, my part in volunteering only took about one hour. With the rest of our time there, Drew, Victoria, and I helped for a little with the sick cats. After this, we played with the cats and then the dogs.
I can honestly say that playing with the cats and dogs was the best part. However, the overall experience was a very good one. My part in volunteering was very efficient and a necessary cog in the overall operation. I know the workers there were grateful for what we did and would welcome us back in a heartbeat. It was also enjoyable cleaning up, because I had my friends Drew and Victoria with me. Also, during this time, I meet one of the parrots that would consistently say, “Hello.” After this, the cuteness factor increased though. Drew, Victoria, and I went to help with the sick kittens which mostly just sneezed but acted normally other than that. We got to hold the kittens and play with them which was one of best parts of the day. Once the kittens were taken care of, and everyone finished their jobs, we were allowed to play with the dogs. Playing with the dogs was a great reward for a few hours of work. We were allowed to take a few out, and these dogs were very energetic and ready to play. It was a great ending to the day. This total experience was one of the most enjoyable service projects I have done. I would definitely recommend it to other students, and there is a high possibility that I will go again myself.

On September 6, I participated in the eleventh annual Day of Service hosted by the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. This is an event that usually only lasts a few hours for each project. However, it still has an impact not only on the Stockton community, but the larger community around us. During this day, there were many service projects such as Books Without Borders, Girl Scouts, Water Watch, and others. I ultimately choose to give my time to Water Watch because there was a big group of us, and we had done clean ups before. Also, it was one of the few we could do together and seemed to be the one that interested us the most. Within this project, the goal was to contribute to making and maintaining a cleaner environment.

On this day, we personally helped the environment by doing a clean up of the campus. We were given gloves, trash bags, and grabbers, and we split into smaller groups and had designated areas to clean. However, since our campus is one of the cleanest in New Jersey, there was not much to clean up at first. Once we looked closer, though, we saw that there actually was a small problem with trash. Along the walkways and around the buildings, there were a large amount of cigarette butts. We cleaned up all of these and the other little amount of trash that was left. The cigarette butts were by far the hardest to clean up as they were tiny and hard to grab. This was annoying because there were so many and most were not even near the gazebos.

Although the cigarettes were annoying, it was overall an enjoyable experience. I was able to spend time with friends, listening to music, while also contributing to making a better, cleaner environment. It was hard work in the hot sun, but it made me feel good about myself knowing that I helped keep our campus beautiful. I know that most people won’t even realize what I have done, but I would definitely do this project again. I believe that clean ups are important because someone has to take steps to keep our environment clean.