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Esports at HU: Solid Start, But Kinda… Basic?
Heya roomies, it’s AliasRZ, back from the dead after weeks of not posting. Today I want to talk about the esports aspect of Harrisburg University. Everyone knows we’ve got our own HU Storm teams, esports majors, and open classes for anyone who wants in regardless of your major. At our school, our esports team plays the usual stuff, such as Valorant, SSBU, Rocket League, and many other popular games on the market. But damn, it gets repetitive fast when that’s literally the menu. Kinda disappointing from a STEM school that prides itself on innovation and cutting-edge stuff. I’ve played games with growing (or at least dedicated) esports scenes that feel…
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āļø Back at it, Roomies. Harrisburg strikes again.
Itās me, AliasRZ, back after an eventful and extremely frustrating day navigating the mess that is Harrisburg in the snow. So, just recently, I set up a P.O. Box for ups so I can get my packages whenever, without the bull of dealing with the school. So, like many people at HU, I don’t have a car or anyone to drive me around, unfortunately. So, I recently set up a P.O. Box at UPS to avoid the absolute circus that is our campus mail system. Simple enough, right? Like many HU students, I donāt have a car or a ride, so I took an Uber after classes. Got to UPS,…
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š§ Ice Breakers Should’ve Stayed in Middle School
AliasRZ expresses frustration with college ice breakers, feeling they are unnecessary and reminiscent of middle school. In the first class of the semester, sharing personal facts often feels forced and forgettable, as students are more concerned with adjusting to their routine. The author calls for more effective ways to connect.
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š¦ ROM Package Retrieval aka Modern-Day Side Quest
Happy New Year, my fellow readers. ^_^ I havenāt been active lately (my bad lol), but Iām back to posting every once in a blue moon. So, getting into the story today: like many HU students, I went back to my family for the long winter break and didnāt have to deal with package delivery chaos or cooking fatigue compared to cough, cough ROM. For once, things were normal. Since I take Amtrak and donāt want to haul a bunch of luggage through those cramped aisles (seriously, just look at a photo online of the trainās interior (* ļæ£ļøæļæ£)), I did what made sense; I mailed two packages to campus…
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āNew Hire at GameStop (a.k.a. My Descent Into Retail Absurdity)ā
Welcome back to another post by yours truly, AliasRZ. As mentioned in my last post, I hadnāt written in a whileāmainly because of school, work, and general ālife being lifeā energy. So letās talk about the thing currently eating my free time and my kneecaps: my first job. After a year of applying, being ghosted, rejected, and ignored by every company under the sun, I finally got hired. At a GameStop.Minimum wage.Retail starter pack unlocked. I was hyped. Retail experience? Finally earning some money on the side? Sounds like a win. …Or so I thought. š§ Day 1: āTrainingā Training in quotes because really, it was me standing behind the…
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š HU Shuttle: Grocery Run or Budget Horror Film?
Welcome back, everyone. AliasRZ hereāfinallyāafter another long wait.(Yeahā¦ I know. Iāve been juggling school, work, and a sprinkle of good olā procrastination. Sue me. š¤) But Iām backāand I want to talk about something that should be helpfulā¦ but instead feels like a punishment: the HU Shopping Shuttle. š Great on Paper, Terrible in Execution So hereās the idea:Every couple of weeks, the university runs a shuttle bus to a nearby shopping plaza so students without cars can grab groceries and supplies.Sounds useful, right? Wellā¦ They send one regular-sized yellow school busāthe kind you’d expect to see outside a suburban elementary school.Not a city bus.Not a coach bus.Not a shuttle…
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š Professor Problems Pt. 3 The Final Boss
Heyo everybody, itās me, AliasRZ, back with another post. Today, I wanted to focus on the long-awaited part three and final chapter of The Teachers I Have Problems With at This School. So letās talk about this teacher.Weāll call him James. Now, James honestly looks like a pretty pleasant guy in his faculty photos. He’s clean-cut, has a friendly smile, and gives off āhelpful advisorā vibes. But in practice?Heās a pain to deal with. And not even in a fun, quirky professor way. Justā¦ frustrating. Week 1: And So It Begins Let me paint the scene. Itās the first week of the semester. Everyoneās getting settled. Schedules are kicking in.…
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Rant Entry: The Job Market Is Dogshit and Iām Tired
AliasRZ here.Sorry for not writing in a while. I’ve been dealing with the unholy combo of writerās block and general laziness (lol). Nothing exciting has happened latelyā¦ unless you count the slow burn of rejection letters and employment rage. This post isnāt really about HU stuff directly, but honestly? It falls under “Complaints about the Harrisburg Area” so Iām throwing it on the blog. š¼ The Job Hunt from Hell Let me start by asking a serious question: Why is the job market so dogshit? Last year, I applied to jobs using all the ārightā platformsāHandshake, LinkedIn, and Indeed. Most of them either: Also, sidenote: I was almost tricked into…
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Updates to the site and how we’re moving forward
Good evening, night, morning, whenever you’re reading this entry. I’m AliasRZ, and welcome back to Room Zero. We’ll be focusing on some simple announcements regarding the platform. So, as you can see, we switched themes! We moved from the Jaida theme to the Ashe Theme by WP Royal due to compatibility issues in managing the site. At Room Zero, we dealt with unfortunate limitations that made the site difficult to access, not only for us but also for our viewers, since Jaida is a block theme, and unfortunately, the geniuses at WordPress made it a pain to find themes that didn’t hide or lock necessary features. (No, seriously, there isn’t…
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Where Did All the Clubs Go?
AliasRZ here back again, and this time weāre diving into something that shouldāve been a strength of student life at HUā¦ but instead feels like a slow-motion collapse. Letās talk clubs. Before I started Room Zero, I did what many students do: I looked up clubs on the official HU pages. And wowāon paper?Weāre stacked. Pretty stacked, right? Wellā¦ š„ The Reality Check None. Not a single hobby group, niche fandom, identity-based collective, or casual social outlet is active right now. Interest Groups Status: šŖ¦ āNo Interest Groups are active at this time.ā Let me repeat that: Whatās Really Going On? This isnāt just bad luck. Itās a collapse in…