This week has been crazy....and it is only going to get crazier. GWIS (Girls and Women in Science) is this weekend, and as I am a coordinator in training for it, i am in the thick of things. International dinner is also this Sunday, and I am coordinating all of the food. I am really excited for international dinner, because we have lots of people cooking and it sounds like we are goijng to have some amazing food here. Beloit has a few Mexican restaurants and such, but not any (that I know of) other ethnic foods...like Thai or Indian (my two favorite types of food). I am looking forward to some really spicy curries.

Last night I went to an accepted students reception in Milwaukee. I met some really cool perspective/admitted/definitely coming here students. Afterwards we went to Kopps, which is apparently some cultish burger joint. it was pretty good :) It reminded me a bit of eating in Italy (not the food...definitely not the food) because it didn't have sit down tables, just tall ones to stand and eat at. there was also a very big spoon and cherrie in the middle of the place...

I just got a new book today called "A Billion Lives: an Eyewitness Report from the Frountlines of Humanity". the reason for this purchase was because the author is currently on campus going to classes and giving talks., Jan Egeland (the author) is a former UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and a former UN emergency relief chief. his book is AMAZING. I had 5 minutes between walking back from the bookstore and the start of my next class to start it...and I ended up being about 10 minutes late to my next class.

I haven't done much this weekend, just eat, sleep, and study...mostly.

Today there was a candidates meet and greet for the upcoming school board/city council in one of the lounges here. The Dems ran it, so it was only the candidates that they were endorsing. I had actually already met many of them, as they have been combing the cafeteria for the past few days. One even made homemade brownies, mmmm....she has my vote (and not just because of the brownies).

Paul Stanley, a physics professor and my FYI advisor, had dinner for both last years FYI (my FYI) and this years FYI tonight. he ordered pizza....including an anchovy one (yuck). it was fun to have a reunion with people and to meet Paul's FYI for this year. I am also probably going to OL for Paul's FYI next year...so look for me :)