One week down 11 more weeks to go.

This past first week of classes has pretty much been getting back into the swing of things. As usual, the typical college student over summer forgets what it feels like to do homework, write a 10 page paper in a night and not to mention balance the whole social life on top of all the academic requirements. My first week of senior year was extremely interesting. This term I am taking Microbiology, Animal Behavior, Research in Biology sequencing DNA and my first Nursing class ever; Human Physiology and Pharmacology. I am pretty excited about my classes this term; however I am not excited about Human Physiology and Pharmacology being offered as a night class. As a freshman I promised myself that I would never take a night class and it came down to my senior year for me to take a night class. Nonetheless, it is an amazing class and my professor makes it extremely interesting by sharing her personal experiences with us from working in the hospital.

Well enough about the academic world. This first weekend was also a big weekend for Volleyball on campus. The women’s team hosted a Dig Pink Tournament that included University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and two teams from our Empire 8 conference; Hartwick College and Alfred University. I have been a student assistant coach for the team since freshman year and this is the first time that we have finished 3-0 after this tournament. We definitely sent a message to the Empire 8 Conference. This past weekend was also a big weekend for both women and men volleyball recruits. I hosted two of the male recruits from Pittsburgh, Michael and Alex. These guys were a load of fun and not to mention great athletes. During their overnight, we went bowling for bucks in the college’s bowling alley, hung around in the campus center, played volleyball for a bit and played Wii tennis for the majority of the night. All in all it was a good time.

Of course no school year could begin a weekend without the famous foam dance party. This year Student Activities Board went above and beyond with the foam dance party by providing to foam pits. I thought this year went really well considering that we had over 500 students attend. I am looking forward to this school year especially considering that it is my senior year. It is now time to savor the traditions, the memories and the friendships.

Peace and Love world. Stay tuned to the next edition of what’s up in EC.