Hi everyone! I am beyond excited to have the opportunity to join the blogging team
here at LC. The past couple of weeks have been pretty crazy. I am a member of the
women’s volleyball team and conference started for us last week. We have been on campus
and training since the middle of August and practice four days a week and lift two days
a week when we’re in season. This past week, we were fortunate enough to have two back-
to-back home games. Our student section was crazy loud and we really used their energy to
help us win against Linfield. Our game last night against University of Puget Sound was a
nail biter and we took it to five sets (if you’re not familiar with collegiate volleyball, the game
is determined by who can win the best three out of five sets) and it was close, but we ended up
losing 2-3. Our head coach Emily Hayes stressed that this wasn’t really a loss. She stated that we
never really lose, we either win, or we learn.
here at LC. The past couple of weeks have been pretty crazy. I am a member of the
women’s volleyball team and conference started for us last week. We have been on campus
and training since the middle of August and practice four days a week and lift two days
a week when we’re in season. This past week, we were fortunate enough to have two back-
to-back home games. Our student section was crazy loud and we really used their energy to
help us win against Linfield. Our game last night against University of Puget Sound was a
nail biter and we took it to five sets (if you’re not familiar with collegiate volleyball, the game
is determined by who can win the best three out of five sets) and it was close, but we ended up
losing 2-3. Our head coach Emily Hayes stressed that this wasn’t really a loss. She stated that we
never really lose, we either win, or we learn.
The volleyball team are the most recent winners of the ChamPIONs award at our annual
ELCYs awards night. Basically, the award went to the team that displayed the best
performance in and out of the classroom. Our team motto is “Live It!” Living It means
putting others before yourself as well as doing the right thing in the hardest situations even
when you don't want to. As a team, we Live It everyday by representing Lewis & Clark and
the volleyball program as a whole. We Live it together by pushing ourselves each and everyday
through our frustration and tiredness and we do it for the person next to us. We, as a team, Live It
both on and off the court by pushing each other to be the best version of ourselves each and everyday.
ELCYs awards night. Basically, the award went to the team that displayed the best
performance in and out of the classroom. Our team motto is “Live It!” Living It means
putting others before yourself as well as doing the right thing in the hardest situations even
when you don't want to. As a team, we Live It everyday by representing Lewis & Clark and
the volleyball program as a whole. We Live it together by pushing ourselves each and everyday
through our frustration and tiredness and we do it for the person next to us. We, as a team, Live It
both on and off the court by pushing each other to be the best version of ourselves each and everyday.
Last night, we honored women and girls in sports before our game. Each player on our team chose
a female athlete that we considered as a role model to us. I chose Megan Rapinoe because of the
conversation she fueled this summer with the wold cup. Serena Williams, Bethany Hamilton, Kerri
Walsh, and Gabby Douglas were among some of the female athletes that we honored.
a female athlete that we considered as a role model to us. I chose Megan Rapinoe because of the
conversation she fueled this summer with the wold cup. Serena Williams, Bethany Hamilton, Kerri
Walsh, and Gabby Douglas were among some of the female athletes that we honored.
This upcoming week, I am looking forward to my psychology and rhetoric and media studies
classes. Both of my professors for those classes are new additions to LC and I think that they
are most definitely the best professors that I have ever had. Heather Hayes is my rhetoric professor
and Sarah Haverly is my psychology professor. Both of them are so incredibly passionate about
what they teach that it has made me excited to go to their classes.
classes. Both of my professors for those classes are new additions to LC and I think that they
are most definitely the best professors that I have ever had. Heather Hayes is my rhetoric professor
and Sarah Haverly is my psychology professor. Both of them are so incredibly passionate about
what they teach that it has made me excited to go to their classes.
So far in rhetoric, we have analyzed Hitler’s Mein Kampf and how Martin Luther King Jr called
people to protest. We have also dissected advertisements and looked at them from different
frameworks and asked ourselves whether each ad is effective or not. In psychology, we have talked
about different research methods that psychologists use when they test their hypotheses as well as
learning about the different kinds of conditioning that have been discovered such as classical
conditioning.
people to protest. We have also dissected advertisements and looked at them from different
frameworks and asked ourselves whether each ad is effective or not. In psychology, we have talked
about different research methods that psychologists use when they test their hypotheses as well as
learning about the different kinds of conditioning that have been discovered such as classical
conditioning.
Looking into this upcoming week, I have a pretty busy schedule. We have two home games
again which is awesome! And it is supposed to start actually raining which I am very excited for.
See you next week!
~ Izzy
iartiaga@lclark.edu
again which is awesome! And it is supposed to start actually raining which I am very excited for.
See you next week!
~ Izzy
iartiaga@lclark.edu