October 12, 2007
This will be a relatively short post. Not because I don’t care anymore, but because I have already written this post… but it has been erased from my computer and I can no longer find it. This week has been very busy, probably the busiest since I’ve arrived, which means that there are many events to go ever. Although not very in depth, this should give you a good feeling about what an average day entails for me. Here are the major events of this week… again:
- The Dean of Richmond College and several other important staff members visited Gray Court (my residence hall) and talked to us about what has been going on in our lives. They also provided free pizza. 
- I had Diversity Training for Student Government for three hours on Saturday. It was a rather long ordeal, but it was probably good for our group. The room was freezing, but it did keep us awake at 10 AM on a Saturday.
- InterVarsity sponsored a Dance Party at their apartments on Saturday Night. I got my groove on and it was a really fun time. It was really packed, but we made do. We had a lot of random people wander through in and join us in dancing and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
InterVarsity Dance Party!!!!
My friends and I relaxed from a long night of dancing
-I helped to throw a surprise birthday dinner for my friend, Kelly. We all met in D-Hall and one of my friends made her a cake. Due to limited resources, the cake was made out of waffles, strawberry jam, strawberries, and sprinkles from D-Hall. It was very impressive.
Kelly and her “cake”
- Sunday brought the Intramural volleyball playoffs. Our team was the highest seed and made it to the Championship game after one victory. After a tough match, our InterVarsity team won the Championship! There were only five teams, but it was still an awesome time. It has been one of my favorite memories of college thus far.
Our InterVarsity Champion Volleyball Team
- I began another Spanish presentation and had to create a TV show. We decided to make a comic version of Jeopardy, similar to some of the SNL skits. It wasn’t a lot of work and we all got a good grade!
- On Monday night, the current President and some of the other leaders of Student Government invited the newly elected Freshmen officials to go to Capital Ale House with them for Dollar Burger Night. Good times and cheap food. What could be better?
- I hosted two prospective students on Monday. Dominik and Jamal were my two prospectives from NYC and I showed them around campus and what a typical college night was like. I plan to continue being an overnight host and I may end up being yours if you come to campus. I also am applying to be a Tour Guide. If I end up being your tour guide, feel free to say hi to me.
- Finally, on Monday, I had a CORE paper due. I didn’t like it a lot and thought I could have done a lot better, but I had to call it good. My teacher had postponed it from Friday to Monday and it was due at midnight. Me, being the typical college student, finished the paper and e-mailed it to her at 11:52 PM.
As can be seen, I work late at night, but sometimes fall asleep doing it
- 1984 was performed by a professional acting group from Los Angeles on campus on Tuesday night. Eight of my friends and I went to go see it. Since I hadn’t read the book, I thought this would be a cheating way to know what it was all about. UR does a great job of bringing a wide variety of acts to campus and most of them are free to students. However, I did not really enjoy this particular performance. Since it was free, though, I guess I can’t complain.
- Also on Tuesday night, I had my first committee meeting for Student Government. All Freshmen guys are on the Programming Committee and we discussed the plans for Homecoming in a few weeks. More details shall come shortly, but it looks to be a fun time.
-There was a Leadership Dinner for Richmond College on Wednesday night. Many of the leaders of different groups on campus were there and gave details on what they had done and planned to do. It was also a pretty good meal.
- After the dinner, I had my first Richmond College Student Government Association (RCSGA) meeting. It was fairly simple and we looked at approving some groups for donations as well as listened to important student concerns. However, since I am Class Chair and cannot vote, I was not allowed to be in the room for the most important part of the meeting.
- My CORE teacher is in Norway and so we did not have class this week. Instead, we had two online chats. They worked quite well and I didn’t have to waste time walking across campus to go to class. My CORE class is getting more fun and all that we do is discuss the books that we read. I have some papers coming up soon for a Midterm, but life seems to be going well.
Some students in my online chat had fun on the White Board
- I had my second Spanish test. I think that it went quite well and I am hoping for a good grade. Most of it is still review from high school, but each test or quiz is an important part of your grade. The teacher is very nice and she seems to like me too. Just like high school, it is always nice to be in a teacher’s good graces.
- My Economics Midterm came back and I got a B-. With a curve, however, I ended up with a B+. I’m happy with that since that was the Midterm that I didn’t study for. I’m hoping that I can keep up the grades in this class since it isn’t too much work.
- I have slipped very far behind in Public Policy. It’s so easy to let this happen since you don’t meet every day and you just keep pushing the reading off to another night. I wrapped up the section on the death tax and found this very interesting. I found an interest in tax law, possibly, and find the numbers aspect of the political process to be the most interesting. The health care aspect is not exciting me, and the reading is very dry, but I’ll get through it.
- I received my second care package from home on Friday. It had a lot of food that is not healthy for me as well as Christmas lights, which always add a nice touch to a dorm room. Amazingly, I am not home sick. Fall Break is coming up and everyone is going home, yet I will stay here once again. I won’t see my family from mid-August until mid-December. I am so busy here and have constant contact with friends that I don’t really seem to notice. Everyone here seems to be busy too. Most of us were this busy in high school and we would probably be very bored if we weren’t always working on something.
My 2nd Care Package from Home
The contents of my care package
Thought to Ponder: Why don’t you ever see the headline “Psychic Wins Lottery”?
Quote of the Week: “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”- Galileo Galilei
Shout Outs: Dominik and Jamal, my prospective students; my family for the care package
