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By Anna L. Davies ’19, an English major with a history minor. For the past three years, she has worked as an editorial assistant for University Communications and OWU Magazine. What excites her most about postgrad life is going to bed at 10 every night. And also getting a dog.
As part of her duties as an intern with the Student Involvement Office last summer, Anna Davies carried luggage, slept too little, and gained some insights about her future.
It was promoted as an internship doing event planning for summer orientation. It turned out to also involve running on three(ish) hours of sleep during orientation sessions, dragging boxes of bedding up the Welch Hall stairs after the elevator broke on freshman move-in day, as well as the eventual realization that I hate event planning. But the dry run to help prepare me for the “real world” before my senior year also turned out to be the best summer of my life.
Freshman Anna on one of five travel learning courses she took while at OWU, this one to Belfast. Naturally, the English major found some books.
In 2015, as a new student at OWU meeting my orientation group, I was freshly moved in and freaking out because my parents had just left. I was completely alone for the first time in my life. I told everyone in my group how happy I was to be here, but obviously I was terrified. I pride myself on being an independent person, but I couldn’t help wondering how I was going to navigate starting all over again: no friends, academics much more challenging than I was used to, a dorm room shared with three other people, the slog of young-adult insecurity.
That’s where my mind went when I filled out the application to be a student co-director. I did it for students like freshman Anna, who just wanted to hear she wasn’t alone and that feeling stressed and lonely was normal. I wanted to be the person who told new students to make the most of their first year, and to let them know that it only gets better from there.
President Rock Jones helped recognize Anna (right) and her friend Penell Paglialunga ’19 for their work helping to plan orientation with “You Are OWU” awards in September.
Different routes for the same life experiences. Every time I reassured an anxious student that he or she would find a niche here, I realized I was talking myself down from a crisis, too. It was cathartic — I had the leadership position, so I led with empathy. We’re all just trying to play like we have it together. What matters most is when we let the façade drop and collectively admit we have no idea what we’re doing, but we’re trying our hardest to get oriented in life.
So as I step out into the unknown, I’ll carry the life lessons new students taught me: Show compassion. Be true to yourself. Believe and trust that things can only get better. And when all else fails, dancing outside Beeghly Library with 488 of your closest new friends during a new-student block party is a great option.Yes, this has a huge impact on the average person, because luxury properties are 1) a haven for money laundering, and 2) artificially driving up real estate prices in NYC, making it unaffordable for average people.

New York real estate regulators decided they wouldn't "come down too hard on money laundering" on this because it would "devastate the New York economy." See [Ezra Klein's interview with Adam Davidson](https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vox/the-ezra-klein-show/e/55606470), around 24:00.Looking for a house with that wow kitchen? This spacious three bedroom detached cottage in Lythe has the most beautifully appointed kitchen/dining room that gets glowing reviews from all the staff in the office. Bryar House which is set back from the main road in Lythe offers parking to the front and a small garden area with a pathway leading to the rear garden for which the vendors have created a tranquil relaxing garden area with an open summer house which benefits from fixed seating and stone paved patio area. The rear garden is leased from Mulgrave Estate for £150 per year. Internally the property continues to impress from the wide entrance hallway you go through to the lounge which has a feature curved glass stove from Town & Country fires. From the lounge a large opening flows through to the kitchen/diner/snug area. The kitchen is a real thing of beauty which has been finished to the highest of standards by the current vendors and features an oak island with marble top and ceramic induction hob. The rest of the units are made of solid wood painted in off-white and benefits from integrated Neff appliances. To the first floor you have a fully tiled travertine bathroom with a bath, w.c, handbasin and separate shower unit. There is a large master bedroom to the front of the property with large picture window, to the rear there is a further double bedroom with sea and rolling countryside views. To the second floor there is another double bedroom with the possibility for a snug seating area and large walking store room which would double up as a walk-in wardrobe. Internal inspection is a must as this property is very deceptive from the front elevations and has a lot to offer once you step through the door.I have a friend who uses a wheelchair and I'd like to help make her winter commute safer by allowing her to call for help easily. Any ideas?
I have a friend who has cerebral palsy and gets around in a motorized wheelchair. She has a job and gets to and from her job by taking the bus as well as driving along the sidewalks. Unfortunately we live in Wisconsin and the winter gets rough. People are jerks about not shoveling their sidewalks and she often gets stuck. Last year she even tipped over in an effort to drive around a snow drift, and fell off the sidewalk and was laying in the street. Luckily I was with her and was able to flag down a few people to lift her and her wheelchair back onto the sidewalk, but the experience really shook her up.
This winter I'd like to find something that would make it easier for her to call for help when needed. The perfect thing would be a cell phone with just one huge button that called 911, but I'm sure that doesn't exist. But something cell phone sized that we could attach to the inside of her arm rest would be great. Also, whatever it is shouldn't require a great deal of manual dexterity, since her fine motor skills are not great.
There are devices like this (UK site, although I'm sure they're available elsewhere).
I know that it's had a legacy of ridicule due to its advertising, but Life Alert was made for exactly this.
Actually, yes, there are all kinds of cellular medical alarms, in fact, so many of them that I have no idea how you figure out which ones are legit and reasonable. They are the next-gen "I've fallen and I can't get up" alarms, with GPS locators, but you're paying for a monitoring service. On the other hand, it means they can call 911 with a location, where a cell call straight to 911 is not going to immediately provide that information.
There's also phones like the Jitterbug and Firefly Glowphone.
The latest issue of Make Magazine had an article on this very issue. I only skimmed it but this guy built a device for his daughter's chair that would call 911 and a couple of other numbers for her. I don't know how technical an article was but it might be enough to get you started.
Hey, it's on-line! Here's a link to the article.
Again, it looks like it might be a bit technical.
There is also this phone that has one large button the pack which I believe can be programmed to do a number of things including sending an automated text message to up to 5 people.
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