The weather outside is frightful...again

It is windy, and snowy, and cold. One of my professors disnt even come to school today. one of the only bad things about living on such a small campus (in my opinion) is that the administration NEVER cancels school. However, many professors were not around today, so it was almost an unofficial snow day....almost.

Not that we had many snow days back home in Madison, WI. I think my last snow day was when I was in elementary school. One of my friends came over, and we bundled up into our snow pants and waddled outside. Then my mother gave us bottles of dry powdered paint in big canes with holes drilled into the top, and me and my friend "painted" the snow with bright blues, purples, and pinks. those were the days...

In other news, I got a bid for one of the sororities on campus. I actually find this proposition quite amusing. For those that know me, being a sorority girl has never been one of my top ambitions, in fact, it has never been on my list of ambitions at all. I am far more likely to jeer at sororities then to join them. I did, however, get a bag of goods from them including gel pens (ahhh....took my back to my childhood), sidewalk chalk, stickers, candy, and a pencil with the name of the sorority monogrammed onto it. yeah, that'll come in handy. anyway, needless to say, i will be turning down the invitation.

That is not to say that I don't appreciate sororities. When I was first looking at schools, I wanted a campus with no Greek life. Now that I am here, I realize that the Greek system isn't quite as bad as I thought it was, I am not just saying that because half of my fellow SOIs are involved with it :) They actually have a lot of parties open to the rest of campus, and help fund things like speakers and events.

Ok, time to get some work done. Have a good rest of the week.

and so the weekend comes to an end

This weekend was amusing. There were a ton of prospies (perspective students) here for a scholarship interview Friday through Saturday. I hosted one prospie, and we entertained ourselves by going to see a visiting magician, and then seeing Voodoo Barbie, the improve group on campus. Magicians aren’t really my thing, I mean, I don’t really believe in them or anything, but this guy was pretty amusing and willing to engage the hecklers in some amusing dialogue. Voodoo Barbie was entertaining as always, though they didn’t do the “oxygen deprivation” game, or whatever they call it. It basically consists of someone dunking their head in water and holding it there while two other troupe members do an improve scene. When the person cant hold their breath anymore, they bang on the side of the water bucket, and one of the people from the skit replaces them in the water. Then the skit starts again with the original person from the water coming in and explaining why they are wet. It is quite amusing. This was replaced by a mousetrap game, where they put a bunch of set mousetraps on the floor and then do a skit blindfolded across the floor. That was amusing too, but I still like the water one better.

Saturday I had to wake up around 7:00 so I could meet the other people on my interview team at 7:45. I like giving interviews not only because I like talking to all of you prospective students, but because often times you are placed on an interview team with people you haven’t really interacted with much before. My interview team consisted of one other student who I had actually met before, the head of residential life, and an anthropology professor. It was an amusing day, and it was great to meet the seven interviewees. Something I think is really great about our presidential scholarship is it is not solely based on academics, but also what you do outside of school and the classroom.

After the interviews and lunch, I went with one of my friends to the Pleasant Street Coffee House. I like their coffee, but I ended up getting some tea instead, along with a very good slice of cherry pie.

And now it is time for me to buckle down and do some studying for multiple tests this week

Hope everyone had a great weekend.