Wowee wow wow! Today I went with some friends to see the cherry blossoms, and BOY were they gorge! Gorgeous, I mean. tee hee It was really crowded with tourists, but worth it to see the light pink petals falling softly onto the Potomac. *sigh* I heart DC. Before that, we also went to this Japanese festival because my friend Kate needed to interview ( Read more... )

As Ali said, Tuesday evening was the Study Abroad Picture Show, which turned out pretty good! I was a little anxious about it, since I had a busy day Tuesday even without the picture show. Around 4:45 I went to the Honors office to pick up the soda and chips from Gretchen (super nice, works in the Honors office as an advisor) and hauled them over ( Read more... )

I am currently watching one of the most bizarre, hilarious movies ever! (We do that a lot in my group of friends.) It is called Red Dawn, and it is about when the Soviets and Cubans take over midwest American in World War III. A group of 8 high schoolers manages to escape, and apparently save the day. I am not that far yet. Perfect movie for a ( Read more... )

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So YAAAAY! The Brain Bowl was AWESOME! Although our turn-out wasn't as big as it could've been, there were still a good number of people who came, including several professors who weren't even in the Brain Bowl itself, which was great. Ali did a fabulous job of explaining the details below, so I won't go in depth again. Overall, the professor- ( Read more... )

So today is the big day! Student Honors Board has been planning this event since before we went on Christmas break. It is two hours long, and we have several activities. There will be a quiz bowl as the main event for the middle hour. The first half hour is going to be this fun game where everyone who enters gets a name tag stuck to their back ( Read more... )

Okay, so yesterday was AMAZING. I came to school in the fall thinking I wanted to double major in Political Science and Public Communication with a minor in International Studies. After being disinterested in my world politics class and realizing the Spanish class I loved didn't count for an International Service minor, just a major, I decided to ( Read more... )

Wow, it feels SO nice to be back at AU, seriously. I went home for break, which was relaxing, but quite boring. Hopefully next year I can go on an Alternative Break trip to some place warm. My friend Casey went to Jamaica, and my friend Mike went to Bolivia...how awesome ( Read more... )

Wow, I can't believe its been so long since I have actually posted. Last Thursday and Friday I had big tests, Thursday in Statistics and Friday in Spanish (plus a quiz in Mass Media). I got out of class Friday at 2 o'clock, my super shuttle was scheduled to leave at 3:30 and I had to do all the dishes and finishing packing my laptop and stuff! ( Read more... )

So today is Wednesday, which means I went to Stanton!!! Woo! Just for a little background, Stanton Elementary is a public school in an area of southeast DC called Anacostia, a really poor mostly minority area of the city. Kyle and Stacy from SHB started a program last year where students from American go to the elementary school and help with the ( Read more... )