This....is.....the weekend!

Finally, first week of classes is almost mastered, at my fingertips, gone! It's been a crazy week getting all my homework, meeting new professors and people in my classes. I have tackled but I don't know how much longer I can do it guys. Nah, i'm just kidding, I'm doing fine. SO this weekend, my plans? Let's see, tonight is my fraternity brothers soccer game so I think we are going to go cheer him on and than a bunch of us are going to the Funnybone comedy club tonight to see a hypnotist. Than there is the long three day weekend called Labor Day that I plan on being extremely lazy throughout the WHOLE weekend! Well I better get to class, that's the last thing I need to end the first week is being late!

So ya......2nd day of classes!

Today was the 2nd day of classes and I'm super stressed out about all the homework I got thrown onto me today. It's really stressfull the first few days getting in the swing of things but I am sure everything will work out fine. I just gotta take it one day at a time and keep up on my reading!
This weekend is Labor Day weekend and I am going and I am pumped! I haven't been home for awhile since I worked in the Admissions office all summer. Well I better get back to the homework. peace out cub scouts!

Cab........do it, all the cool kids do.

So we have this little organization on campus called CAB (Campus Activity Board), its definitely alot of fun and easy to get involved in if your looking for an easy way to get involved on campus and meet tons of people!

We also have this thing called the Stormy Nights program......pretty cool stuff lemme tell ya. Every Friday and Saturday night we have free concerts and comedians, discounted movies at the movie theatre here in town for $2, we also have on Friday nights Midnight Breakfast(which just means that Pfeiffer Dining Hall opens up at midnight and they have a huge breakfast buffet and they will have Bingo in The Grill and they give away awesome prizes! Saturday nights they have some kinda free food in The Grill and they will have karaoke up on the swaure at Signatures Bar and Grill. So what I am trying to say is weekends are the best part of the school year here at Simpson....it makes the weeks go by some much faster, meeting people, haveing fun and obviously just living up college! So if you have any questions about CAB or how to get involved leave me a comment or shoot me an email! See ya later!

Greek Life....why not?!?!

7 out of every 10 people listed in Who's Who are Greek!

3/4 of Congress is Greek!

Greeks run 85% of Fortune 500 Companies

Famous Greeks!
Sheryl Crow
Martin Luther King Jr.
Michael Jordan
Shaquille O'Neal
Bill Cosby
Condoleeza Rice
Ashley Judd

OK, so now that I have given all of you a few cool facts about Greek Life, I want to let you know what Greek Life has done for me here at Simpson. When I moved in the beginning of my freshmen year I knew I wanted to get involved in something, but i didn't know what. I realized the first 3 weeks of classes was what all the Greeks called "Rush." It was alot of fun going down to all the fraternities and meeting the guys and making alot of friends.

Needless to say, a year later I am now an active member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the larger national fraternity in America! It has been a roller coaster ride, but by far the best decision I have made in my life. I have made better friends through Greek Life than I ever had in college and I also have made more non-greek friends as well. It's a win/win situation!

Here are a list of all the fraternities and sororities on campus as of this fall:
Fraternities Sororities
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Kappa Kappa Gamma
Alpha Tau Omega Delta Delta Delta
Lambda Chi Alpha Pi Beta Phi
Kappa Theta Psi

GO GREEK!

I see cool people on campus!

So, finally students are moving back onto campus. Athletes moved in today, greek students and slowly moving in all week. It's awesome! I can feel the energy of Simpson's campus slowly building as it usually does. I am looking forward to starting classes too crazy enough. I have classes MWF at 9am, 10am, and 11am, so i'm done everyday by noon and on TTH I have class at 8am(BOO!!!!) and 11am so I am done by 1215pm everyday. I am really pumped about all that.

Also this weekend a few friends of mine and I went to the Funnybone Comedy Club in West Des Moines and went to Red Robin to eat. It was great seeing everyone again. I have a friend that leaving to go to London for a semester here in about 2 weeks so that kind of sucks but I know he will have an awesome time. Well I better get back to work here in the Admissions office. See everyone soon! Lata

Simpson Traditions, they're awesome!

So as I sit here thinking about what to blog about, Simpson Traditions came to mind. There are so many things that bring together all of us Simpson students, that make Simpson pretty much amazing.
One thing that they do every year is the Annual Stand Around. It is a bunch of cranival games set up like a mechanical bull, rock climbing wall and many other things. They also hand out t-shirts and other simpson things as they blare a DJ int he background. It is a great time for all Simpson students to come out and "stand around" to catch up and see everyone after the long summer.
Another fun thing that Simpson does at the beginning of the year is Greek students help all the incoming freshmen move in to Barker and Kresge that Saturday. It's an awesome way for incoming freshmen to meet upperclassmen and vice versa. If you want to know of any other Simpson Traditions or fun upcoming events this fall feel free to comment on my blog! C ya Later!

Iowa Private College Week

Hey everyone-
So this week is Iowa Private College Week, and it's been pretty much amazing. I have seen several friends I haven't seen all summer, seeing alot of prospective families and students, and also seeing a bunch of my professors. I mean yeah it is pretty hott outside and somedays this week it has even rained on us giving tours, but hey, it's worth it.

I am also working at Signature's Bar & Grill at night as well and I think I am going to keep doing that this fall. It's a really good time and I like the people I work with. I realized today I have alot of stuff to finish up before everyone moves back onto campus. I got to get ready for events coming up, fraternity stuff, and classes. I think my class schedule will be pretty easy this fall. I guess we'll find out! See ya later!

Starting this fall!

Hey everyone-
I am so pumped about this fall starting it's ridiculous. Well let me tell you a little bit of whats going on in my life right now. I just got back moved in to my Fraternity (SAE) because I lived on campus all summer working in the Admissions Office as a Student Ambassador. My fraternity means alot to me, so it's kind of a big deal.

I am trying to get more involved this fall, I was pretty involved last year but now that I am more comfortable with things I want to do more. My other buddies from my fraternity move-in in about 2 weeks, which is just flippin awesome.

I won't write you guys too long of a blog to start out with, but feel free to shoot me emaisl with questions or whatever! I'm going to try to blog everyday, so check back as much as you can!