Extracurriculars

This week has been quite interesting. As you have heard from the last post, there was a commotion about parking that broke out during the middle of class. Ticket officers who have not visited our school in 5 years decided to ticket all students in the parking lot this week. As you can imagine, this did not go over well with us. The tickets were for $30 each, plus you would have to pay an additional $115 dollars to get a parking pass for our (unmarked) lot. The outcome of the issue has yet to be determined - no one knows if we need to get these passes or if an alternative pass will be suitable. Some students have gone so far as to start a petition stating that such ticketing is outrageous because no sign marks the lot and it is not written on the SU parking map that our lot requires a pass. We will see what happens with this one!

This week SU also hosted a free bowling night for all students. My friends and I definitely took advantage of this, especially because it was on the night after our first exam. It is held at a local bowling alley and students pretty much get the whole place to themselves from 9-11. All games and shoes are included in the package so you wouldn't have to spend a penny unless you wanted food or drink. Another place where you might spend money is to pick and play your favorite songs - which is something my friends and I often can't help ourselves with. Overall, it was a great night of release after a tough week of studying leading up to our first big exam...

...Speaking of the exam, it went really well for me, and it seems like it went well for a lot of other people too because the average was an 88%! I definitely felt like I grasped the material well and wasn't too worried going into it, but then afterwards I was surprised and pleased with my score. It only motivates me to keep up the good work and continue trying to do my best.

This weekend there were a lot of little assignments that needed to get done. We had kinetics homework, biostats homework, outpatient lab prelab and 20 top 200 drugs to memorize, and a kinetics exam to study for. I also had to fill out my application for a leadership fraternity called Phi Lambda Sigma that is due on Monday by 5pm. This involved updating my CV and completing their application which involved a table to fill in and 2 short answer questions. I hope I get in!

Well - kinetics test is on Thursday - time to start studying...