Dr. Irwin Appel and EAP

I can't even explain how thankful I was that Dr. Irwin Appel came to speak. When I was touring UCSB last year, one of my concerns was that the theater department just wouldn't compare to UCLA's, which was the main reason UCLA was my first choice of schools. Dr. Appel assured me, however, that the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program would be as beneficial to me as I wanted to make it. I will absolutely be auditioning, but he DID make me a bit nervous. There are basically only six open spots in the program for the upcoming year--that's the six best actors at UCSB. The only way I can ever find a spot in there is if I practice and train really hard, and have an actor's confidence. I loved MacBeth; it was incredibly well done and thought out, and the actors were absolutely on top of it. Shakespeare is not an easy thing to memorize, so they must have worked incredibly hard on producing it. The actors were all clearly very talented, it would be an honor to be one of them one day.

For our Int 95 Field Trip we went to the EAP Office for studying abroad. I have always wanted to study abroad, ever since I was in 7th grade and my friend's sister came back from her study abroad trip to Australia. She couldn't stop gushing about how beautiful it was, and what an amazing experience she'd had. If I were to study abroad, I would definitely go to Spain. Unfortunately, this may not be in my future. I have a lot of pressure on me to graduate in 3 years--taking one of those 3 to study abroad might cause me not to graduate on time. And if I get in to the BFA program, I definitely can't take a year in a different country. They would need me here. So Spain may not be in my future, sadly, but one never knows. Good things happen all the time, I may get lucky somewhere along the line!