Who Wants to Be A Tour Guide?

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It is Wednesday! The week is half way over! It is been a very busy week. Between writing papers, doing tours and RA programs, it has been crazy. On Monday October 28th, I hosted my educational function for my floor. It was "Albertus Jeopardy." It was a very fun and intense game. I based the questions off of the history and faculty of Albertus. In the end, Kyle Soules won the cash prize. I hope every contestant that participated had a great time. 

Today, October 30th, the lead tour guides, Sharinna Luna and myself hosted an informational table in Bree Common for perspective tour guides. We were handing out a lot of applications! It seems that a lot of students want to become a tour guide, which is awesome! Being a tour guide is very fun and a great experience. Interacting with perspective students is a great way to share what it is like here at Albertus. If anyone is interested in becoming a tour guide, please let Sharinna or myself know. Also, you can grab an application if you visit the Office of Admission and ask for one! As you can see below, Sharinna and I had a good time meeting with future tour guides!

 

It's Almost Friday!

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Tomorrow is Friday! It has been a crazy week! On Monday October 21st, I went to see the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor speak at Southern Connecticut State University. She is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. This was definitely a once in a lifetime experience. It was amazing to see her speak about her rough childhood. She also talked about what it was like living in the South Bronx, New York and dealing with only being raised by just her mother. It is amazing to think that Justice Sotomayor went from the South Bronx, to Princeton University for her undergraduate studies then to Yale Law School for her Juris Doctor degree.

This week I also hosted a floor function for the second floor of Dominican Hall. We colored pumpkins and had pizza and soda. Many of my residents came and had an awesome time. All of them colored their pumpkins with unique styles. We talked about what classes we were going to choose for the spring semester and what we like to do for fun.

Fun Friday!

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This past Friday, October 11, 2013 was the Albertus@Night event hosted by the RAs. The RAs that were responsible for organizing this event were Carlo Santiago, Sarah Zeine, Alex LaRosa and myself. Since Halloween is quickly approaching, our theme was the "Slenderman Experience." This was based on an actual game where you would have to find eight manuscripts about the Slenderman, who is a paranormal creature. It was very exciting to see all of the groups we had participating. As the groups were going around campus, they had to avoid the Slenderman at all costs. If they were caught by the Slenderman, they would have to surrender their manuscripts to him but then they would have to continue to find the manuscripts that they did not find. As a coordinator of the event, I was walking around campus to check up on everything that was going on. While I was walking around, I was able to hear all the screams of teams that were frightened by the Slenderman. That was extremely funny. As the teams made their way back into the Pub, they were welcomed by cookies, brownies and milk. I would like to give a special thanks for all of the teams that participated and made this event such a success.

This is a picture of our two "Slenderman." As you can see, they were quite creepy!

Wednesday!

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Thank goodness it is Wednesday! The week is half done! This week feels like it has been moving by so slowly. I have done a lot of things so far this week. I had a test today on Plato's Republic for my Classical Political Theory class with Dr. Imholt. It was tough because it was all essay but I feel like I did a good job on it. After studying in the library for over two hours, I hope I get an A. This class is difficult because of all of the old political philosophers and their theories of how they thought things should be run. It is a great class because you really get to see the foundation of the United States government and the theories behind it. 

Today was a great day because I went to Ray and Mike's to grab a sandwich. Ray and Mike's is located right off Whitney Avenue in Hamden. They have a lot of great sandwiches to get. The sandwiches range from roll, sub and giant. The "Macdaddy" and "Irresistible" are their best-known sandwiches. My sandwich of choice is the Chicken Parm sub, which is extremely good. I highly recommend going to Ray and Mike's anytime you need a great sandwich.      

It's Friday!

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It is finally Friday! It has been yet another exhausting and work filled week. Even though it has been a long week, I have had a great Monday-Friday. Major League Baseball playoffs began! It is such a great experience to watch these games especially when you are at school hanging out with all of your friends. The wild card games were very intense. The Pittsburgh Pirates won an awesome game against the Cincinnati Reds to make it to the post season for the first time since 1992.......it has been 21 years! The team that I am rooting for in the playoffs is the Saint Louis Cardinals. I am rooting for the Cardinals for two reasons; 1. I am a huge fan of Carlos Beltran because he used to be a great player on the New York Mets. 2. I love Yadier Molina because he is the best defensive catcher baseball has seen in a very long time.

Another exciting thing I did this week was attend a film festival that was hosted here at Albertus Magnus College. There were two films that were shown. One was about a massacre that took place in Argentina, which killed over 35,000 people. The second film was about another massacre that took place in El Salvador. This massacre took the lives of over 75,000 people. This film festival really made me realize that the United States needs to pay attention to these issues happening in other countries.