The Never Updated Blog

Well Never, it has certainly been a while. Almost an entire semester has gone by since the last time I wrote you a letter. My last semester at Laurier Brantford! It has been a whirlwind. This semester I have taken six classes instead of the regular five to make sure I am meeting all of the requirements to graduate. This, on top of the numerous hours I spend each week in my position as the Vice Commissioner of Student Services for WLUSU and the 12 hours I work part time at NCO have left me stressed and lacking in the sleep department. So, the highlights of this semester are:

• In late January I had my interview and ethical dillemma essay to complete my application to the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
• WLUSU Winter Conference at which I did a presentation on the proper lines of communication within the students' union - we went to Ringers after the conference (I enjoyed that immensely [it was my suggestion to go!])
  
• I received notice that I had not been accepted to the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, but I had been placed on a waiting list. This means that I may still get in if someone they did offer admission to declines it. That was the upside. The downside is that I may not find out until the end of July/beginning of August if I got in or not. This may mean that I will have to raise $15 000 for tuition and find a place to live in Toronto before the first week of classes at the end of August. Or, it may mean that I won't get in at all, in which case I will be taking a couple of DE courses to raise my GPA and then re-applying next year. Your prayers for me in this matter would be much appreciated!
• Reading week was good. I slept. A lot. And I mean A LOT. It was restacular. I really should have put in extra hours at NCO, but I really didn't feel like being yelled at by the friends and family of American inmates any more than I had to in my week off.
• Got called a "Racist N#$%^ lover" at work. That made me laugh. Seems like an oxymoron to me, or, maybe more accurately an Amerimoron.
  
• Went to the Winter Formal.

Fantastic.

• Went to the Pre St. Patty's Day Party.

Uber fantastic. It was our first licensed event in the new Student Centre. 87 people showed up and good times were had by all.

• Somewhere in there I wet to see Pinball Clemens. He was a fantasitc speaker, we sat in the front row and he spent much of the time talking directly at us. At one point he crouched on the edge of the stage right in front of me and yelled at me, shaking his finger in my face the whole time. It was pretty cool. Afterward he spoke to each person individually and autographed their stuff and posed for pictures. He tossed his Grey Cup ring down to us to try on and pass around the audience. that thing was hefty!

Uber nice guy. And a Christian to boot.

• Somewhere in there I Greased it up at the HMS Laurier(Historical Movie Society) 50s Pop Culture Night. I won the best male 50s costume. Unfortunately I have no pic of that, but if you ask really nicely I may decide to don the do, the tight jeans, and plain white tshirt with the Popeye candy cigs rolled up in the sleeeve and take a pic, jsut for yor viewing pleasure.
  
• Went to the Foot Patrol Banquet. Or as I like to call it Jeff-fest 2006. It kinda ended up being a big farewell party to Jeff who has coordinated Foot Patrol for two years and rescued it from almost certain collapse. So, I don't mind it being a bit of a Jeff-fest, as long as next year (if it gets run again next year) it is just a Foot Patrol party.
• last Friday was the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, it was a fun time and a good way to show the WLUSU volunteers just how much their time and effort is appreciated. But alas, I shal write another post about that.
  

This semester really saw BACCHUS come into its own. We had events that brought awareness to the committee's existance and their cause. It was a time of growth and development as the committee struggled to find its place in the Union, but I am confident that they will continue to grow and challenge the school to make healthy lifestyle choices next year.

LSFL(Laurier Students for Literacy). Oh, where to start with LSFL. I have found dealing with LSFL very frustrating this semester as their programs are not the kind that I can just go and see being done. Rachel, the LSLF coordinator, is so fiercely independent and always seems to have it all under such good control that I haven't always known how I could help her out. Despite my shortcoming in this, the committee has been a fantastic success!

I have already talked about Foot Patrol somewhat. The only thing to add is that we have been able to overcome some difficulties, not so much with others, and are still working on yet others. We have seen a lot of people really step it up to make Footy a top quality committee and I couldn't be more proud of it.

Anyway, I have babbled on long enough about mostly WLUSU stuff. Never, I'll let you go back to your slumber, and maybe I'll even write you another letter tomorrow.

-LL