Live-in's and Link Charts

Hello!

This is my first blog in a little while mostly because of how busy this week and last week have been for me. This weekend was pretty fun though because of the awesome Laker-Live-In event Mercyhurst hosts every year. It allows accepted high school seniors to visit the college, meet with the departments of their major, and they get to stay overnight with a current freshman. There are also plenty of activities for the Live-In's and their hosts to go to; this year featured the great dance/comedy act of X-clusive and the dance party in Warde Hall on the second floor. My Live-In was Jon from Massachusetts who was a really nice guy and he fit right in with myself and my friends! Laker-Live-In was an excellent experience of what college is life for the accepted seniors and was defiantly fun for all of the hosts as well!

However, all the fun from that weekend was cut a bit short by the link chart that I have to produce for my advanced intel class. It's a ton of work and has me working at the lab for around 6 hours a day. I wish we had more time to work on it (it's due on Monday) and I wish i didn't have my other two classes to worry about but it really is enjoyable work and it's a very rewarding getting it done as well. In fact, I'm off to go work on it now so I'll have to end this here.

Thanks for reading!

Springing Ahead

Hello everyone!

I've been through my first full week of spring term here at Mercyhurst and it's been going great! Though, I can't say it really feels like spring term...more like a second winter term.Thursday night we got a solid 4-5 inches of snow and I (much like the rest of the campus) was less than thrilled. The snow wouldn't be quite as bad if I didn't have to trudge 10 minutes through it to get to my 8AM advanced intel class. But the trip is surely worth it because it's probably my favorite class this term. This is the class where intel majors work on their infamous country study that has been known to stress and overwhelm many students. My country is Turkmenistan, a former Soviet Bloc state that borders Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. So far it has been quite interesting doing all of the research and I hope to stay on top of things as the deadlines begin to creep up on us.

My second class this term is European History Since the Renaissance. I'm a bit of a history nerd so I'm probably bias but I really find it enjoyable too. Our teacher, Dr. Howarth, is really funny and is engaging when he lectures to us. He also looks exactly like Steven Spielberg. I'm not kidding look:



Dr. Howarth



Steven Spielberg





                                       Also notice Dr. Howarth has a Indiana Jones type hat on. Coincidence?!? I think not!!!

My only other class is Religious Persons an Traditions, which I can't really judge fairly right now because we haven't really had a lecture yet or read the material. I think it should be fun though.

Tomorrow is also exciting do to the fact that we have Spring Tea for Ambassadors to cap off the long and difficult pledge process. It will be nice to finally get the green jacket and I'm sure the singing will be just as entertaining as it was in practice Thursday night. I'll likely post any pictures and comments from spring tea later this week so like it or not you will be hearing from me again!

Thanks for reading!

Final Countdown

Hello everybody!

Things have been going well since my last post (except the results of the Super Bowl >:/ ). It's almost the end of the term amazingly and finals and such will soon descend upon us all. Also tonight is the last step in my pledging tprocess for Ambassadors! The test tonight should not be as bad as the first one (or so I have heard) so I'm not that worried. Some of my friends are a bit worried about how they'll stack up in the end but I personally feel pretty confident after a solid solo tour and a really good speech! After Ambassadors wraps up then I get to turn around and worry about final tests, quizzes, and papers in the next two weeks. Trimesters really move fast around here but as long as you're a diligent worker you can always keep up with it. I'm excited for the early spring break but it'll be annoying not to see any of my friends from my home town who will be off at college and it will stink not to see my college friends either! If I have any complaint about trimesters it would be this particular break but honestly the benefits of less classes at once at a faster pace is worth the costs! Well I have to look over some info for my test tonight but I'm sure I'll post again before break starts in 2 weeks.

Thanks for reading!
Brendan

Post-After-Break Blog

Hello all!
Sorry not to be updating the week after break, it was a very busy/stressful week. But now that I've adjusted back into college mode after Christmas break things are going better. That is the one and only thing I haven't enjoyed about trimesters here at Mercyhurst, that we come back from Christmas break right in the middle of the term! Otherwise it's a great system. I was home this previous weekend so there aren't any pictures or exciting stories from the past weekend this time but having three full days off this coming weekend should prove for more fun and exciting times.

But for tonight I'll be eating some wings and watching the BCS National Championship with some of my friends. Oregon and Auburn should make for a good match up but I can't say I'm the biggest fan of Cam Newton's so I'll be rooting for the Ducks!

Thanks for reading,
Brendan