The story..it was the first special game of the night, make the letter “H”. I joked to my boyfriend and said that I should win this since my name is Heather and begins with an “H”. I only needed about 8 more numbers to win so was not too excited. Then they called six of my numbers in a row!! I couldn’t believe it. When they called my final number I literally jumped up and screamed BINGO!!!!!! I was so excited when I went to dab my final number I actually missed my sheet and stamped the table!

I won the family fun night basket. It was a huge basket filled with all sorts of games. I was pretty excited because I thought to myself..now I have all sorts of Christmas presents to give to my younger cousins!

This was my first ever bingo win and it was very exciting!!!

Some advice, DON”T PROCRASTINATE!! I know it’s easier said than done. But on another note..GOOD LUCK ON FINALSSS!!!!!

There will be lots of events going on during finals week hosted by different RA’s to help take the stress away and the edge off. I know in the past there has been free massages and hot cocoa and more fun activities. I encourage everyone to attend and take a break from studying..we deserve it!

There was a pretty good variety of entrees to choose from and about four appetizers you could choose. We ordered onion rings and then I got some sort of chicken pasta and my roommate ordered zesty lime chicken. She enjoyed her dish and I enjoyed mine. We left feeling very satisfied!

I am not sure if there is one closer but we went to the Applebee’s on Padonia Road, about a 20 minute drive. Now typically I would not drive that far for Applebee’s, I could settle for Friday’s right down the road, but we happened to be in the area and decided to stop.

Togas and Guitar Hero, sounds like my kind of night! This is in reference to the volunteer activity I participated in that I wrote about earlier, CAACURH! I think all that attended can say that it was a huge success. I felt very helpful and had a lot of fun as a volunteer, I can’t imagine how fun the experience must have been for those who were actually in a position at the conference.

My roommate and I showed up at the hotel around 4pm and collected “spirit beads” from other colleges and university’s that entered the hotel. Now we weren’t exactly sure what the spirit beads were for but we do know that you wanted a lot and the school the earned the most spirit beads throughout the conference won some sort of prize. After counting and tallying the winner we were told to come back later to help with the after party.

The after party…this was a good time! Everyone came out dressed in togas with ivy in their hair and were ready to have a good time. There was an entire room with a DJ for dancing and there was a separate room with refreshments and snacks and GUITAR HERO set up on a giant monitor with loud speakers!! I was in charge of the sign up sheet and encouraging people to sign up, and believe me, it didn’t take much. I rocked out to songs like “Santeria” and “Beat It”..it was a lot of fun watching people jam on the guitars and belt it (some not that great) on the mic.

Although volunteering was fun, next year I would love to get involved on the committee and encourage many people to check it out!!

If you are looking for scholarship hours or just want to be involved in the school, you should attend CAACURH 2008. CAACURH stands for the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls and is composed of student leaders within the residence halls. A conference is held this weekend, all weekend, 11/14 - 11/16 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Timonium. This is a great opportunity to get involved and meet students from other schools. Stevenson’s team needs any volunteers that are willing to help ensure that everything runs smoothly. If you are interested contact Brandy at bcannon@stevenson.edu or su_philanthropy@caacurh2008.com. For more detailed information such as a schedule, visit http://caacurh2008.com/701.html. I hope to see you there!!

They are both delicious but I decided to survey several Stevenson University students to see which they preferred. I surveyed 15 students and it came back 11 to 4 in favor of SubConnection.

For those of you attending Stevenson University, students, faculty, staff or even if you have come for a visit, I would appreciate your comments on both SubConnection and Pandini’s. Which do you prefer and why?

SubConnection photos will be posted shortly

What is it like to have an on-campus job?

Nice, because you can walk to work and they are very flexible with your schedule if you need to call off for school work; school comes before your job.

Would you recommend others to get an on-campus job?

Yes. It is very convenient and they work with your schedule and that cannot be guaranteed at another job.

Additional comments:If you want to work for the dining hall, which I recommend if you are trying to earn some cash because you can work the most hours, then make sure you have good time management skills. It is very easy to get behind in your school work. Do not be afraid to tell them you have too much school work to do and need off or to be cut early, they will accommodate you.

Below is a video of Katie while working. I apologize that you need to turn your head sideways to watch the video, I was having trouble on YouTube trying to figure out how to rotate the video and was unsuccessful.