the spring is about to break!

What's up guys, spring break is officially one week away but I have so much stuff do to before it! Let me start off with the positives first. This week my fraternity has been keeping me busy with a bunch of cool events such as Thursday's sushi night, and of course tonight's Cowtown Throwdown! The dance is a charity event for the victims in Haiti so it is a win-win situation.

Tomorrow morning, the new members and I are going on an overnight retreat to further our brotherly bondage. I was stoked to find out I won the inter-fraternity council's scholarship. Lately I have been really gung-ho about the leadership opportunities in my fraternity. Anyways, enough about Greek life for now. Yesterday was the start of the Intramural soccer league and unfortunately I hurt my ankle again! But we got the W, and I hope to be at 100% for next week's game. With all of these extracurricular activities going on, I have been taking academics a bit lightly. Since next week is the week before break, all of my major tests and homework assignments are due. Being behind in my readings doesn't help at all, but generally I perform better under pressure. I am currently developing my battle plan for tackling my midterms while also planning my tanning routine for break (just kidding)...
PZ
WAW

My busiest week at USD has just been completed. I am extremely tired and pushed off all my homework for the early Monday morning. Most of my time was spent on extracurricular activities with little focus on homework. Thankfully, the only important thing I had to do was read hundreds of pages of Moby Dick. On the flip side I was super busy trying to apply for a few jobs. I applied for pretty random ones such as working for the 2010 Census and being a Resident Assistant. As of Friday I officially pledged for the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. For a week, I spent time with the brothers doing a bunch of fun events such as rock climbing and skeet shooting. I have a feeling its going to be one of the best decisions of my college career. My resident hall has a strong presence of Sig Eps so it's definitely going to be a fun year. If anyone has any questions about fraternities just email me and I will try to answer them.
On a culinary note, I just discovered our amazing sushi chef at lunch time. I encourage all of you to be adventurous and try the special when you plan on visiting USD.

Enthused

WOW I didn't expect the first week back was going to feel so long, but fortunately it wasn't due to hours of lallygagging. Last week I said I was going to talk about my professors and classes so I will give you guys a brief cliff notes on my academic life.
Introduction to Logic, Prof. Wagner- So far we are taking a microscopic look at different types of arguments and all the different components to make one valid or invalid. Wagner is goofy, but passionate.
Survey of Calculus, Prof. Bean- Applies calculus to various business applications so I find it very informative. Bean is very fit and active for his elderly age.
Philosophy in Literature, Prof. Gratton- Read various pieces of literature and deduce philosophical elements from them. Class is very subjective and tangents are common. This is my favorite class mainly because of Gratton's humor.
Macroeconomics, Prof. Lavelle- Currently learning about the types of interest rates and inflation. Lavelle is highly experienced in the economic world (Lehman Bros for 20 years). Instead of strictly teaching concepts and definitions, he gives us his personal knowledge and hints on economic issues.
Information Systems, Prof. Rathswohl- I haven't had this class yet because my professor is sick. First class is tomorrow morning.

This weekend was probably the best I have had all year. I am not sure if I said that a few weeks ago, but this one was it for sure! There were a bunch of parties going on and this was the first time I went out on Friday and Saturday. Here is a picture of my buddies and I strolling along the boardwalk at Mission Beach.

There is a lot going on for me this week. Fraternity rushing begins on February 4th, RA applications are due soon, Ambassador meeting, and my birthday is on Saturday! I am looking forward to rushing because for me joining a fraternity is a way to be active on campus. I also want to become an RA next year so I have been working on my application for the past few days. I think at tomorrow's Ambassadors meeting I will find out my "overnighter" schedule. So maybe one of you guys reading this will be staying with me. Time for me to hit the books.
PZ
WAW