Hey everyone! It’s good to be back from winter break, though I will miss relaxing a bit. It was pretty fun, my dad, my sister and I all went down to the Florida everglades. It was great. It was nice and warm, and we saw upwards of 70 alligators! It was so cool. Anyway, this semester is shaping up well.

Continuing with a number of classes I had last semester, I will be taking Graphic Design II, Great Works II, Drawing II, and a classics course called Egypt in the Greco-Roman world. I am very excited about Graphic Design, for I have heard that we will be using the computers and different kinds of software on the projects in this semester. It should be a lot of fun. And I am looking forward to the advanced Drawing and Great works courses too. I loved the first semester of. We learned some really interesting history that took us up to the late Gothic period, and will be continuing on with that this coming semester. The classics course seems like it will be very interesting as well. I love classical mythology, and studying Egypt from a classical point of view should be fascinating. Hopefully I will continue some animation in my free time, and I plan to do an Independent Study in animation next year.

There will be a lot going on outside of class as well. I am returning to my positions in the Library and the Office of Admission as a Public Service Assistant and Tour Guide, respectively. Hopefully next year I will be an Admissions Intern. That would be so much fun.

My friends and I are still living in the Hunger House, so we will be working with the Cupboard of Kindness every first and third Monday of the month. We will be doing another food drive this semester, as well as a social class dinner. People will pay to come, and then they are assigned a social status, and the meal you eat depends on that status. It should provide people with a good look at the gaps in the social structure.

We also plan to have a lot of Rock the Vote events this semester in the Democrats. With the 2008 election coming up one of our main goals is to get as many students registered and informed as possible. We just want to get people involved, regardless of how they vote.

Well, that’s about it for now. I’ll let you all know how classes are going, as well as everything else. Until then!