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George Kolb, the Director of Athletics, Recreation, and Intramurals at RWU, will be taking a new job as Assistant Vice President for Athletic Development at Villanova University at the end of the academic year.

"The Waking Life" comments

Last semester was the first time I saw this section of the waking life. I am not going to lie and say that I understood and founda profound meaning from this segment. Actually in truth, I didn't even understand what it was about. Why was everything a dream. Last semester, I just let it go it was early and we moved on to something else that caught my attention better. What is funny is that this semester after seeing the clip I understand and think that it is really amazing. That what we humans simply strive to cominucate with eachother and when we find someone who understands what we mean when we say the word "love" is what we are always looking for. Of course I am sure it is more complex than that but it is truely amazing(for lack of a better word) that we are able to convey what we mean to each other. It is good just to realize that we can acomplish alot by simply finding meaning to the things we do and are able to tell eachother about it.

Symbols in Communications

When we first began to talk about symbols you don't realize how important or frequently they are used in everyday life. When I see a sign on a door with a woman I know that it is the womans bathroom. I will know that whether I am in America or another country. It is amazing that symbols or drawings can stand for something and cross a lanuage barrier between people. If I watch the spanish channel I can understand what is going on even though I can not understand more than a few sentences. It is gestures and facial expressions that show how someone is feeling or what they are thinking more than words and sentences. Sometimes a person says something but it is not what they mean. It is a persons job to find out what a person really feels. Maybe that is why relationships are so hard, sometimes people can't seem to find out the others feelings. Or it could be that guys don't realize that girls never mean what they say, atleast that is the stereotype. Maybe this stereotype partialy was right. But whether or not people can figure each other out its made easier by universal symbols. Having a standard way of communication leaves means for understanding.