Reflection

1. What did you enjoy about this project?

I enjoyed just learning more about the history of Trinity and what happened where I go to school. A lot of these projects seemed like things that happened in another world but it is fascinating to learn that many of these projects still resonate with the campus today. Another thing that I enjoyed was actually interviewing alumni. Those interviews were fun and interesting to conduct, the road to it was not though.

2. What surprised you about this project?

I was surprised to learn that there was no women's or co-rec league in Flickerball. The campus in general just seems (and seemed) so progressive that it was somewhat shocking to learn that it was not offered. Another thing that was surprising about this project was the mass availability of old Trinitonians and Mirages online. I thought I was going to have to scour through pages on pages of yearbooks and I amthankful that was not the case.

3. What was the most challenging part of this project and how did you manage it?

The most difficult part of this project for me was honestly time management. With other difficult courses sometimes I put this project on the backburner and because of that it stayed on the backburner for too long. There were many times where I had to play catch up and work for many hours at one time on this project so that it could get done. Eventually, I was able to schedule time for it but it was definitely difficult at first.

4. If you could start over what would you do differently?

I would have posted immediately on the Omega Phi alumni page once I knew I was doing this project. Waiting did not help anybody and procrastinating on that just made my life a lot harder. Thankfully, it all worked out but I would have been much less stressed about this project if I had done that earlier in the semester.

5. What did you learn about history and/or the historical process through this project?

I learned that Trinity is a very unique institution. The sports we play here are mainly orthodox but sometimes new things come around that are embraced by the entire campus, such as Flickerball. Trinity embraces the new (and sometimes the weird) but it really just builds a stronger and more vibrant campus and community.

6. What did you learn through this project that can be applied to life outside the classroom?

I learned that history and research is not just conducted within the confines of a library or an online search engine. Research can also relate to anything. I never thought that I would conduct research relating to Trinity. Talking to those who have lived through any time period will yield interesting results and can be done for anything that one would want to conduct.