The Home Stretch

Well it's certainly been awhile since my last post, sorry about that! I have quite a few things to catch you up on! Earlier this month the Elmira College Ski Club participated in Greek Peak's Hope on the Slopes. For those of you who aren't familiar with the event, it is essentially Relay for Life on skis; everyone is given a small radio receiver that counts the number of runs they ski by the end of the eight hour event and the winning teams are recognized. Though the event does get fairly competitive, the main focus is still centered on raising money for the American Cancer Society. The EC Ski Club made Elmira proud, we raised a total of $905 between the four team members and two of our team members placed first and third in the number of runs for the women. Overall it was a great event! Everyone had a blast supporting a great cause. Also along these lines, the Elmira College Relay for Life took place two weekends ago. As always the event was a tremendous success, the student run committee really takes care of everything. I don't think there is a better organized event on campus all year. My roommate, one of the officers in WECW (the college radio station) was there all night DJing, and there were performances the entire night long. Relay for Life really is one of the most fun events all year.

February feels like yesterday but April is already just a few days away. This is it. The homestretch of term two. We have two more weeks of classes and then one more week of finals. It's going to be a rough three week sprint, but luckily I have a number of things to look forward to that will see me through to the end of the term. Opening day for the Phillies is this Friday, everyone will finally be able to get a glimpse of the Phillies' ridiculous starting rotation and I couldn't be more excited for baseball season. Also, next weekend I will be accompanying the Elmira College Air Force ROTC on their weekend long field training exercise as an embedded reporter for the Octagon (the EC student newspaper). I'm not usually a writer for the Octagon, but as a military junkie I jumped at the chance. Expect a copy of the article and perhaps a more detailed description in a few weeks. In addition, I have a week long break after finals to look forward to! Regrettably I will only be going home for the first weekend, the rest of my break will be spent in Elmira studying with my MCAT tutor. Luckily I'm finally starting to notice an improvement in my scores after putting in more than 15 hours every week. Also, after my break I have five weeks of term three to look forward to. I will be taking two classes, one of which is on the holocaust (appealing to my passion for history), and playing intramural softball which I am greatly looking forward to.

Well that's it for this entry! Back to studying for the MCAT... I know that I promise this often, but I will really try to keep my updates more frequent from now on.