First Year Diary 11

Hey everyone!

After returning to campus from New York, things have really started in full swing again. In FYP, we sailed through Purgatorio, and we’ll start Walden fairly shortly. On Tuesday in my International Relations class, Professor Thomas made us play a game to better understand the basics of international politics, and why some things just don’t work out. Each group was given $1,000. Either all ten times could invest in a bond that would yield 20%, or only three groups could buy a home run ball that would yield 30%. Even after a couple of tries, none of us were getting any yield because all the groups insisted on going after the home run ball. Professor Thomas just sighed and said, “Welcome to International Politics.” It made the class laugh. On Tuesday, I also had my first US Intelligence Community class. We only meet once a week, so it’s quite a long class. However, it is truly worth it. Professor Bunke is extremely well versed in the subject matter, and  it is an extremely interesting class. Needless to say, I love all of my classes this semester.

On Wednesday, I went to the men’s basketball game against Navy. Unfortunately, we lost, but it was such an energetic game! The entire gymnasium was bedecked in purple, and the crowd’s spirit was insane! Carrie and a couple of the other girls in my hall are in the pep band, and it was fun to see them play. This Wednesday, the team is going against Colgate, my sister’s school. Unfortunately, it’s in Hamilton, so I can’t exactly see it.

Yesterday, my RA, LC, planned a “Battle of the Building.” My side of the hall competed against the other side of the hall in events such as “How well do you know your roommate?” and the Lyrics game. Carrie was in Boston for the weekend, so I paired up with one of my friends from my hall, Mia. And, of course, my side won. It was a lot of fun, especially since it was snowing outside and none of us wanted to venture out.

Well, that’s it for now!

Hello everyone! I’ve been back on campus for less than a week now, and everything is already starting to get busy again. I just got back from New York with the ballroom team. We spent Friday and Saturday venturing out around the city. Michelle, Erin, Ashley, and I all went to go see “Chicago” at the Ambassador Theater, and the night convened with a team dinner in Little Italy. We competed in the Manhattan Amateur Classic this morning. It was a great weekend in New York!

I’m very happy with the classes that I have this semester. My Intermediate Latin and FYP classes are continuations of last semester. This semester in Latin, we’ll be translating The Aeneid. In FYP, we’re building upon the foundations of Western civilization that we studied last semester, but we’ll be analyzing the influences of Jerusalem and Athens in contemporary literature. Yes, I am very excited for that! I’m also very excited for my International Relations class. I want to do something in foreign affairs, so I’m eager to learn all that I can in that class. I haven’t yet had my first US Intelligence Community class. That’ll be on Tuesday, so I’ll be sure to update my blog.

I’ve got to clean up my side of the dorm and finish some more work, so I guess this is good-bye for now!

Firstly, Happy 2008!

Well, Winter Break has come to an end. It was great to spend time with my family, but I am quite eager to get back to campus! I thoroughly enjoyed all of my classes last semester, but I am quite excited for this semester. I’ll be taking Intermediate Latin (it’s a full year course), Freedom and History (the second part of my FYP course), Introduction to International Relations, and US Intelligence Community.

Unfortunately, due to the impending weather, I’m still in Georgia. I was supposed to leave tomorrow, but my flight has been cancelled. I won’t be able to get into Logan until Tuesday, it seems. Honestly, if I could, I would walk back to Holy Cross.

Over the break, I went up to the North Georgia mountains with some of my friends. While we were there, it “snowed.” By “snowing,” I mean that less than a centimeter fell. The picture really just makes me laugh because I’ll be returning to a campus covered in 6-10 inches of snow!