November 07, 2009

Conclave!

The rest of my week has been quick and painless. On Thursday night I went to a talk about Latino identities in American politics for my Political Science class. I thought the talk was interesting because it gave me a new perspective on minority perspectives on being American that I never knew.  Friday during my Political Science class we had the same speaker come back and talk about difference races in relation to their identification of racial terms. The rest of the day I didn’t have that much to do in my classes since most of my classes are starting new topics.  After my last class at 12:10PM I had lunch, prepared my work for the weekend, talked to a few pledges about life, and then headed off to the gym.  After working out I had a few minutes to get ready for the Beta Conclave event in Indianapolis. The event was very interesting. Everyone was dressed up really nice and all the Beta chapters in Indiana were present as well as some from Ohio. I thought it was really great meeting different Beta alumni from recent graduates to even a famous Beta Senator. I was surprised at how well organized and vast the Beta Theta Pi fraternity is! After Conclave I came back to Wabash and helped my pledge-brother Billy Powers create a poster board for the shirts we are selling tomorrow for the mission trip to Botswana Africa. Hope I can get some sleep this weekend!

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November 04, 2009

I Think I Might Be Turning Into a Cville Native...

Thinking about this time last year I didn’t realize how bright it gets when we move forward one hour. For the one obvious reason, on Monday morning at 7:45 the sun was up bright and shining which was the complete opposite last week. This week I experience an overload of work that had been pushed back till Wednesday. Although I was happy some of my work was pushed back I was upset that Wednesday was going to be one crazy day. On Wednesday I had two tests and one paper due, along with all the reading and work. Thankfully I worked though all of my school work like a real Wabash man does and even had time to attend all of my regularly scheduled club meetings and track practices. Looking back at where I was last year I had already ordered my plane ticket home to RI. Come to think of it, it hasn’t even crossed my mind on when and how am I going to get home for the holidays. I like to attribute this to me coming into my own here at Wabash and even in Crawfordsville. I have met so many people and learned a lot, but as the famous quote goes “there is no place like home”. I am pretty sure I need t put finding out what my plans are for Thanksgiving are, on my agenda as well. My plan for the rest of the week is to work ahead so that my weekend is clear and relax central!

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November 01, 2009

All Over the State This Weekend!

This weekend was supposed to be fun. Turns out it was mildly interesting.  I was supposed to leave town Friday night but had a change of plans and did homework. Around 10PM I went over to the Lambda Chi house, all the way across campus, to watch the movie 1408, with my friend Zach and his associate brothers. The movie was scary to a point. After a while I felt that the movie was trying to scare me over an over again with the same material. The next day I woke up to an empty room. Both of my roommates were off to different sporting events representing Wabash while I was in my room all alone. I accomplished some school work then got dressed and headed out to Ball State University in Muncie, IN for the night. To be honest, I really didn’t like it. I felt Ball State was just a dreary, generic, large school.  I am not trying to doubt anyone who went there; I am just saying…I didn’t care much for it. After hanging out at Ball State for the night, on our drive back to Wabash Sunday morning I received a call from one of my pledge-brothers. Turns out one of my pledge-brothers was stuck in Bloomington, IN and didn’t have a way of getting back to school. So, when I got back to Crawfordsville around 12PM, borrowed another pledge-brothers car and drove an hour and a half to Bloomington and back. I think the fact that I had the instinct to just get up and help one of my pledge-brothers out really speaks to how close of a pledge class we are. Besides I have only been to Bloomington four times, and on the way down and back I really wasn’t really paying attention. My not paying attention made the ride down to Bloomington interesting. This week on Wednesday I have two tests and one paper due, so I am anticipating long nights. Next weekend looks like real fun with the Beta Conclave, and our Soiree.  

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October 31, 2009

Well, What Do Ya Know...

The end of my week has been the week of the New Englander. As odd as that sounds it is true. On Thursday after my one class I went to the library to get a head start on my weekend work. After printing out my work I decided to head back to the Beta house. Right when I walked out of the library I saw and greeted Ethan Rowe! Now if you have been diligently reading my blogs you would have noticed that Ethan Rowe is the only alumni I have ever met from RI. Before I came out to Wabash for freshman Saturday, we had lunch and talked about what I can expect during my freshman year. I was surprised to see him walking around campus, but turns out he was here for a teacher’s recruitment event. That night I spent my time studying for my Philosophy of logic test. At the Beta house we have a long tradition of performing reverse trick-or-treating. This entails that the pledges go around to every room and give the brothers candy! The point is that if you this during your freshman pledge-ship, then you might have three more years of receiving candy through our tradition.  On Friday right before my logic text I saw a student decked out in all Boston Red Sox gear. I asked him where is he from and he told me he was from Boston. I was immediately surprised because I honestly thought I was the only student from New England. The few minutes we had before the test we talked about how we got to know about Wabash in New England. I think it is very funny how Wabash is a bigger place than you might think.

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October 29, 2009

Here Comes the Work!

I do not mean to complain but it just seems like it is one of those weeks were the work does not stop, and it seems like everything is due at once! Monday in C&T, I was given a paper that was due the next Monday which was about 4-6 pages. In my Logic class I received news of a test on Friday. On top of that there is always the homework, readings, club meetings, fraternity meetings, track practices and everything else. I find it interesting I am finding less and less time to relax during the school week since I am so bogged down (which is a good thing). To add to my stress this week I had an internship interview on Tuesday in Indianapolis. I had to wake up extra early to get dresses up in a suit and tie, plus drive to Indy by 8:30AM to Bakers and Daniel downtown.  The job interview was for the special events intern position at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum over the summer. The interviewer looked at my resume and mentioned to me that that position might not suit me, which took me by surprised. She then suggested other internships that would be a better fit for me at the Museum which after think about it for a while, seems like a blessing-in-disguise. Since I had that internship interview at 9AM in Indy, I missed my 9:45 classical rhetoric class (which just so happens to be my favorite class). One student (who will remain nameless) decided to put my cell phone number on the board so that after class everyone would txt me asking me why I wasn’t in class, since I am a stickler when it comes to class attendance. Well, his plan backfired since the class has over 20 people and I only got 5 text messages. I hope he has a pretty good excuse since I’m going to be in class on Thursday! Come on weekend! 

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October 25, 2009

Costume Change

 

As expected the rest of my weekend was very fun. On Saturday afternoon after coming back from IU, I got down to cleaning a little before starting my homework. I did homework up until about 8PM when I began hearing blaring music coming from about 10 different rooms in the house. At this time I knew people were putting on their costumes for the Halloween party.  I knew I better start getting ready to. So while trying to get ready I discovered my Rick James costume was not complete! I couldn’t find a good enough shirt to go with the extremely tight jeans I had. So I decided to make a quick costume change and become the character Tyrone Biggums from the Chappelle Show. What was funny is that I had all the cloths in my closet to complete the homeless, street bum look. After I was done with my costume I went around to see everyone else’s, and I was surprised on how creative everyone was. Some of my pledge brothers were geeks, convicts, and cartoon characters. After the party the night ended with me hanging out in an upperclassman’s room eating pizza.  Sunday I woke up early to do laundry and read.  I went to the basement to fold laundry for a few minutes before church, but while I was down there the people I ALWAYS go to church with just so happen to leave without me. So I had to borrow one of my pledge-brothers cars to go to church. After church I went over to Brock Grahams house to finish my homework because I knew it would be completely silent. This week looks pretty good with a summer internship interview on Tuesday and a test on Friday.

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October 24, 2009

IU was the Start of My Weekend

The final days before the weekend are the hardest days to get through. Sometimes it seems like Thursdays and especially Friday mornings drag on for so long.  On Thursday in Classical Rhetoric it was obvious that many other students who were taking the class felt the same way I do due to the attendance of the class. That night I went to AMPD where our guess speaker talked about the Jesuit beliefs which were interesting. Friday is finally here. At noon when classes ended I went to the bank to take out some money for the weekend, talked to my dad on the phone, and played (my new favorite) Café World on facebook for a while. One of my pledge-brothers (Jeremy Coons) contracted Swine Flu (H1N1). So he instead of getting the entire house sick he stayed in his room and called if he needed anything. I was nice enough to make him a sandwich for lunch and bring it to his room. Around 5PM a good friend (Alan Tom) and I drove down to Indiana University in Bloomington to get away from Crawfordsville. I was basically overjoyed because I’ve been to IU twice but only for track meets and I haven’t gotten a chance to see the campus.  On our way down there we witnessed a fender bender, listen to LMFAO and Jay-Z, and ate Taco Bell. Hopefully the rest of my weekend is just as much fun.

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