The document is a photo journal by Colton Bishop describing various people who have impacted him during his first semester at Loyola University. It discusses how his assistant basketball coach Dan Ficke helped him adjust to college life. It also mentions how his little brother, roommate Andre, friend Carly on the women's basketball team, and roommate Matt have variously made him smile, challenged his beliefs, helped when he was struggling, and he feels will be a lifelong friend. It provides short descriptions of several other people and places that have been meaningful or influential during his first semester.
2. Someone who has made me feel
comfortable this semester at
Loyola is my assistant coach Dan
Ficke. Ficke has helped me get
adjusted to college life and went
to Loyola him self not to long ago
so he had been able to give me
great advice on a number of
topics since coming here.
3. Someone who makes me smile every day is my
little brother. I miss him so much and have so
much fun with him every time I visit home but
everyday I facetime him and he tells me stories
about his day which always brightens mine.
4. Someone who has challenged my beliefs is my
roommate Andre. He has different religious
beliefs than me and a couple of times we've
had friendly debates about these beliefs.
5. One person who has helped me when
I was struggling is my friend Carly.
Carly is a freshman on the girls
basketball team and can relate to a
lot of the things Im going through. She
has always been there to talk when I
needed someone to vent to.
6. Someone who I feel like will be a lifelong
friend is my roommate Matt. He is the very
first fellow Loyola student I ever met and we
have a lot of things in common and always
have a good time. I think our friendship will
last well beyond college.
7. My mother has taught me very meaningful
things since I've been at school. She always
calls me and has helped learned lessons
about growing up and taking more
responsibilities.
8. Someone who is very different from me but
I share commonalities with is my roommate
Cam. Me and Cam like many different
things and act differently but we both work
extremely hard in basketball and
academics and also share some interests in
common.
9. Someone who I feel is a strong leader is my
teammate Franz. Franz is one of the hardest
workers on our team and leads by example.
He is also a very encouraging leader unlike
some leaders sometimes are.
10. Someone who I want to be more like is
my dad. My dad is loving, fun, hard-working
and honest. These are all traits I
have problems with sometimes but he
inspires me all the time to be better.
11. My favorite place on campus is Reitz Arena. This is where I get to do the thing I love
everyday which is play basketball. Game days are also the best because of the super
fans cheering you on.
12. My favorite place in Baltimore is
obviously the inner harbor. The harbor
is beautiful, there's so many things to
do, and its only a 10 minute drive from
campus so whenever I can get down
there for a few hours I do.
13. A place where I feel comfortable on campus is my
locker and the lounge in the locker room. This is a
place I can go and relax and watch TV a lot of
the times without even my teammates being in
there. I go here all time to wind down a day.
14. The chapel is a place I go
sometimes to get away from all the
noise and pressures of college life.
Here I can quietly think and reflect
on things going on and my life and
always feel refreshed and calm
after leaving.
15. A place that has taught me something new
is the city of Quebec in Canada. In Quebec
we visited many historical places and
learned all about Canadian history.
16. A place that is very different than what I am
used to is my whole apartment suite. I have
never lived with so many people, people who
were even strangers not to long ago. This is why
living in a suite is so different but also fun.
17. A place that inspires me is the study. I go
here every day for hours and I see so
many people and athletes working hard
by themselves, in groups, and with tutors.
This inspires me to do best academically
so I can have a successful life.
18. This picture represents diversity to me
because were all strangers of three
different races but now we are the
best friends and have fun all the time
together.
19. This photo of campion tower represents
community to me because campion is like its
own little community of college students. I know
tons of people in campion and we all have a lot
of fun hanging out. Everyone on our floor
regularly leaves our doors open because we trust
each other so much and were always looking to
talk with each other.
20. This photo represents service to me
because it is was taken in my Multimedia
class where we are working on a
commercial showing off under armor gear
which we hope to show to under armor in
the hopes of getting clothes donations to
give out to the less fortunate people of
Baltimore.
21. This photo best sums up my first semester at Loyola
because it is a picture of our whole basketball team
smiling and having fun. We have been with each other
a whole lot traveling to many different places and
playing a lot of basketball. This is why it sums up my first
semester.