The class of 2028 reflected on their first week on campus.
MARY HALEY / THE QUADRANGLE
By Mary Haley, Asst. Features Editor/ Marketing Chair
As the new freshman class settled into campus for the first week of the semester, The Quadrangle spoke with some students in the class of 2028 about their emotions after their first week of college.
Gabriella Plasencia, mechanical engineering major
The Quadrangle: Why did you decide to study mechanical engineering?
Gabriella Plasencia: I want to concentrate in aerospace engineering, so I want to be an aerospace engineer.
TQ: How did you enjoy your first week of college?
GP: My week was great. I am enjoying most of my classes. I did not like breakfast for dinner [at Lockes] though.
Briana Loughlin, undecided in the school of engineering
The Quadrangle: Why did you decide to study engineering?
Briana Loughlin: My dad is a field service engineer, and my brother works at Boston Dynamics, so I felt like I should go into engineering.
TQ: How did you enjoy your first week of college?
BL: I like my classes, except for my physics lab. But the high from this past week was definitely meeting my friends.
Thomas McGovern, history major
The Quadrangle: Why did you decide to study history?
Thomas McGovern: So I am actually not planning on using my major. I am doing Air Force ROTC because I want to be a pilot, and I am just doing history because it is my favorite subject.
TQ: How did you enjoy your first week of college?
TM: My classes are all pretty good, and I met a lot of friends and they’re all really cool. [Manhattan University] is a really good place.
Colby Hicks, undecided in the Kakos School of Arts and Sciences
The Quadrangle: Do you have any idea of what you want to study?
Colby Hicks: Political Science, probably.
TQ: How did you enjoy your first week of college?
CH: It’s been good. I am taking a political science class, history, English and French. My high of this past week was [meeting] Thomas [McGovern].
Kristina Bopp, mechanical engineering major
The Quadrangle: Why did you decide to study mechanical engineering?
Kristina Bopp: I am planning on concentrating in biomechanics, which is understanding how the body works in connection to mechanics. We have machines like levers and pulleys in our body, and we have to remake those as artificial limbs, and that kind of stuff. I am either going into the automotive industry or forensic engineering. I figured with the concentration with the human body, it would help a lot, because both those fields involve the need to know anatomy to some degree. I have worked on race cars for about three and a half to four years now, and I have always wanted to go into [that industry], but I just recently found out about forensic engineering, and my first dream job was being a forensic psychologist. So, knowing that I can put two and two together is kind of cool.
TQ: How did you enjoy your first week of college?
KB: Honestly, I have had a lot of highs this past week. I have made a lot of new friends, and we have Love Island nights in my dorm, which is pretty fun. I am just happy to be here. Manhattan [University] is a good school.