After tomorrow it is official, Thomas is going to turn upside down. Tomorrow is the last official day of classes. Most of the professors hold their finals during finals week, however, sometimes you get lucky and have a professor that will let you take a final the week before to keep you from having to stay late the following week.
This is also the week where professors like to let their classes out early. At this point all of the material that was suppose to be covered should be finished with. You basically have 30-40 minute classes that explain your final and then they let you out to enjoy the sunny weather.
Also, a lot (if not all) of the students are starting to clean out their rooms. I noticed this morning that it seemed like the dumpsters are getting awfully full, already. This year completely flew by! My roommate and I were discussing earlier about how there are a lot of kids leaving that came in with us as Freshman last year. (The students that only signed up for 2 year majors.) I have to admit that most of them with be greatly missed.
And to finish up, I know the weather is getting nice out and people are becoming a lot more active, but please be careful. Most of us have a tendency to drive fast and goof around with our friends while driving to the lake or beach and the police are out. I was pulled over yesterday for just that reason. So be careful and everyone have a great week of finals. See most of you all next year. For those of you that are either graduating with a 2 year degree or a 5-4 yr degree, good luck! You will be missed.
For those of you that don't already know, Thomas has a free movie night where all the Thomas students (that can show a Thomas ID) get into the local movie theatre free after 7. Apparently, there were so many people that showed up for the7:00 showing for The Haunting of Ct. they had to ask some people to come back. (That probably would have been inconvenient, however, they gave everyone that came back another free movie ticket to come back whenever they wished because of the hassle.)
So, for those of us that did watch the movie I think we all enjoyed it. Not only was it exactly what I wanted to see-- a jumpy movie that wasn't bloody-- but it had a great story line behind it. I would recommend that movie to anyone that likes suspenseful movies with twists and turn that defiantly creep up on you. So before I give too much away, in case you all didn't already realize this, it was one of the best horror movies I have seen in years. It puts a new twist on old tricks that make you jump and nothing is expected. So I hope everyone gets a chance to go out and see it.
Like most of the Thomas students, the end of the year brings forth an added stress. It's not like the fall semesters finals, these always seem bigger. Not to mention it's right before summer so we are all starting to fall off the band wagon and are ready to be done. This weekend we made sure to have a stress reliever; I finally got in my first cast of '09. The plan originated from baiting in Turkey for the season that is rapidly approaching and then quickly went from anticipating turkey's for weeks ahead to wanting to do something NOW. So we did.
We drove to Johnson's Sporting Goods, grabbed some bait and headed out. Even though its still a little too cold to catch the big pike and bass we were anticipating just to sit on the water and cast was relaxing. The "plunk" of my spinner bait hitting the water, slowly reeling in my line while it catches the muck sliding along the bottom of the lake. It was a perfect way to let loose and forget about everything stressful that has been going on. Even my shoulder held out for a few casts before I had to take some medicine and wrap it up in ice. Hopefully the surgery this summer doesn't slow me down too much. Besides that, all is well. School is almost out and everything is in line for, what I am hoping is going to be, a great summer.
I hope everyone had a great Easter. It seemed like the majority of campus was really busy all weekend between sports and going home to see family. It was-- without a doubt-- a great break from the school food to go home on a holiday:)
Also, tomorrow night is the beginning of the housing lottery! It starts at 8:00. The only people that are excused from being there (that want to sign up for particular rooms next year AND met the financial standards) are school sports players. See everyone there and hope everyone had a great holiday! 4 more weeks until summer break!
Well, we are back from break and in the home stretch! It seems like this year is flying by. Including this week, there are only 5 weeks left. Unfortunately that means not only wrapping up classes, but signing up for new ones, completing finals, and packing for home. Luckily the rain over break almost completely eliminated the snow on campus. All that is left are a few little mounds where the mutinaus crew plowed :) And the sun is FINALLY out! In the 9 days of vacation I only saw the sun in 3 of them, and it managed to hide again and rain all 3 of those days.
Also, the housing lottery is right around the corner. It seems like this year has been go, go, go, and now that it's winding down there isn't enough time to complete everything. The admissions consolers have been doing a great job recruiting and I think next year will have another massive freshman class. Hopefully, we picked a good crew of RA's for next year that communicate with one another and get along.
For those of you that don't already know, we have a consoler here at Thomas that is about to have a baby!!! Everyone keep an eye out for when Cory Pelletier brings in baby Jack when he's finally arrived. It's going to quickly turn into a morning routine for us in the office to ask if he's finally here yet. Cory's wife Jen was due on the 3rd so he should be pretty close to finally saying hi to all of us that are waiting for him.
Just over a month left! It seems like Spring break marks the beginning of the end for the Thomas kids. The school year is almost out, so now it's time to plan for next year: Housing lottery, dorm deposits, pre-registration, etc.
The first thing to think about is what classes we want to be in. It's really important to have a good relationship with your advisor! Maybe, if need be, they could pull some strings to get you into classes that could potentially not be available to you or are already filled.
Next, you defiantly need to make sure the $200.00 deposit for the housing lottery is in by the 7th. That basically just guarantees that you will have some say in where you will be placed and with whom. The number draw for the lottery is the 9th and the 10th of April. That just tells you how good your odds are of getting top choice by not only seniority but also by luck. It's when you will be able to choose your room, and with whom!
By the 13th of April we should know where we will be placed next semester; hopefully in a spot that my roommate and I were planningn already being. It seems like there are a lot more freshman that will be joining the Thomas crew next year which means that a large number of this year's freshman will be battling to get into other dorm housing.
Luckily for some of us, I heard it through the grapevine that they have designated doubles in village next year. (Which if privacy, room, and cleanliness are important, village double will definitely be top on your choice list.)
Spring break is finally almost here, and the students are showing it. The weather is slowly, but surely, getting nicer. There is starting to be less snow and more mud. The sun is out almost always, and the sun is actually out past 5:00!! That also means that the semester is wrapping up and grades are counting now more than ever.
A lot of students over Spring Break will be heading out on vacation; some because of sports, others with friends to let loose and relax. Unfortunately, like the other students not leaving, I will be working.
This is the time of year that most kids drop the ball and get so excited for break and summer they lose focus on why they are at Thomas. It seems like most kids drop their harder classes around this time too because they realize how late in the year it is and don’t want their GPA to drop. It is the best time to buckle down. Like you, most of your professors are getting Spring Fever and don’t want to be on campus anymore than anyone else does. That means they are irritable!!! Go to class! It's the easiest way to stay on a professor’s good side. If you do need to miss class, email them first because when half the kids don’t show up because it’s the day after St. Patty’s day, your professors will not be impressed.
This is when teachers can separate kids they give the benefit of the doubt to, and the slackers. It could be the deciding factor on whether or not they give you the extra couple points for the B- instead of giving you the C+. Study hard, only a few weeks to go!
Like the majority of college kids this time of year, it's time for midterms. It seems like all year we only worry about finals and then these tests creep up on you. So here I am, Wednesday, and between today and tomorrow I have 3. So, this is what we call cram time. One or two days before a final we just cram, make study groups, write papers, review note cards, and pray that we do alright:-/ This is the time of year that you wake up at 4 in the morning to get in those last few hours of studying. (Keep in mind that's after staying up until 1 studying for the other test you have that day.) Not doing well on these tests can make or break your final grade in the class.
Luckily, here @ Thomas, our professors understand. They pile on the work, but they're flexible. For instance, I have a professor that will let us take tests up to a week later than scheduled. Granted, you need a reason but it's nice when you have to cram for multiple tests in a day, that are back to back, to give yourself the extra study time.
Also, we're on our last few hockey games now. We have two left. The last game we played against Colby and it was another hard loss to them. Luckily the guys are keeping their eyes on the next game. Hopefully it’s a good one against UMF and then on Monday the 9th we play MMA again. UMF should be a good game as far as playing and it will most likely be close, and the MMA game will more likely than not be pretty physical. So, no matter what kind of hockey games you prefer the next two should fit everyone’s likes. Go support you Terriers!
Where to start. Well, the week before leaving everyone on campus was comming down or had a full blown case of something. Kids had the flu, colds, and of couse a procrastination problem because vacation was a week away. Luckily I had managed to not catch any of it ( except the procrastination). After going home I managed to get both the flu and broncitis; I'm not thrilled about it. Now, we're all planning for mid-terms, unpacking, and seeing everyone that we didn't see over break. Thomas planned alot of activities for us this week to catch up with everyone.
Wednesday the cafe is hosting a cooking class for deserts, Thursday is the Hockey game against UNF at Suki, and Basketball played Green Mountain on Friday followed by Husson and UMF. It should be a good week. Hopefully everyone has fun. Enjoy the first week back!!
So far we have had a great season. With one loss to Colby we are playing extreamly well. We aren't as sloppy and are working alot better as a team to out wit, and out manuver the competition. Here are some Photos to the last game we won 6-5.
It seems like right before every vacation; teachers want to get all of the fresh information out of your head before you leave. I'm pretty sure they're afraid we'll forget over a week break all the information they have been teaching us since the last vacation that we had in December. I don’t know if I’d rather it be like this, a lot of tests in a short span of time, or, have homework over vacation. So for the past week and a half it's been crunch time.
By Friday I will have had a test in all of my classes (seeing as I had one on Thursday and another of Friday of last week). So I guess it's just study time now. I will have missed my second hockey game of the season as of tonight because of homework. I have to study due to a huge Madore test in World Geography. Kind of bummed, but I guess that you come to school with education as a priority over sports-- who would have thought.
Also, Friday I have my first macroeconomics test of the year. This year seems a little better than last in micro but I guess I won’t find out whether or not that means I do better or not until I get my test grade back. Since my roommate and I are both in the same class it is a little easier because we can study with each other and normally answer each other’s questions before we have to take the test.
Either way, I'm looking forward to having a break. It's one week closer to summer time :) And then I won't have to think about crunching down on test info for another 2 months.
Last night I was playing around on the internet and found some pretty interesting videos and quotes that I figured I'de post.
"In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." -Theodore Roosevelt
“If you haven't the strength to impose your own terms upon life, you must accept the terms it offers you.” –T. S. Eliot
“In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.” -Mark Twain
(Relate the last quote to George W. Bush. It was a situation that some people would have been against either way he tried to fix it, so he did it the safe way. He made a decision to defend our country by any means necessary (in this case a war), which also passed in congress, and we revolt against him? If he chose not to do something and more of our "American's" died, would you have thought the same, or would you be reprimanding him for the decision he didn't make? He was elected into office as a leader and that’s how we need to still think of him. He did what he thought was best in a time of crisis. I agree with him 100%. How many of you that bash him for his choices think you honestly could have done a better job? Or better yet.... Do you honestly think Kerry would have done better? We don’t know if he did make the right choice, but I’d rather be safe than sorry. Too many people died the first time around to chance another attack. Look at it this way, if we did get hit again, and more people died, would you still be against the Bush Administration or would you have finally joined on the band wagon and shook the hands of a real leader? One that was okay to put himself on the line and take a stance most people would have been afraid to make. He isn't here to make friends; he's here to defend and lead the land and people that thousands upon thousands of great men died for. If that doesn’t get the wheels turning in your heads, then maybe you need to be thinking about whether "American" is the correct terminology we should be using for you all.) Also, some informative videos that I think some people should listen really closely too.
In case you for some reason need some help figuring out what different parties tend to stand for, listen to this. http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/
I think that if more people paid attention to what exactly they voted for, the results would have been different. People hear the word change, but without knowing what change is-- they see the face behind the words and vote. They think that is a good idea. I spoke with kids at Thomas who said they didn’t agree with the republican that was in office and so as a result, voted for a democrat that is going to bring us down farther. Am I defending what our last president did-- no? But I think that all of America's citizens are unaware of what is truly going on. I think we are under a blanket of chosen ignorance. We choose to listen or to shut out words because we are afraid they will change our minds. Rather than getting off our own pedestals to come down to realization, we would rather hold our heads in the clouds. We are in America, not heaven. It's not perfect and we aren't untouchable. Just some words for thought
So, I've come to realize that only part i really dislike about college are the Monday mornings. I feel like all weekend we hang out with people and stay up late, and Sunday night we spend trying to whip out homework. Thats not so bad on the weekends when you dont have that much, but on weekends where they load it on, it's miserable.
Last night I was up untill 2 doing homework and I was awake at 7 to get ready for work. As if that weren't bad enough, I lost my gloves and so I was left to walk to class bare palmed and thinking I had frost bite :-/ I felt pretty bad for the bartlette students because apparently they had a fire drill at 1:30 this morning-- really glad it wasn't us!
So for anyone that has anything to do early on Monday mornings, do your homework early, dont lose your gloves, and be thankful that you're just tired because it could be worse!
Last night Jenni and I went to the movies because it was the monthly "free movie night" for the Thomas students. Walk in, show your student ID-- that kind of thing. We made sure to get there pretty early because we figured that it would be packed. I think that all the RA's were excited about the movie as well because while the previews were comming on Ben Kenny, Billy Oxford, Joshua Stubbs, Andrew Folan, and a few other kids piled into the movie to look for seats. I was very impressed with Josh because he brought a few of his residence that didn't have a way to get there. Granted that means you listen to corny jokes on the way to watch it, but it was nice of him for the gesture.
As far as the movie went, I wasn't expecting such a large amount of cussing in such short periods of time. That kind of caught me off guard but it was a really good movie. I think the entire theatre was laughing the majority of the movie and then at the end we all were in a dead trance.
The last game I went to where Thomas played MMA there were 3 cops anticipating the fights that broke out after our win. Well this time there was only one, and thankfully he wasn't needed. We won 5-2 and it was a really tight game-- untill the last period. Sully had some amazing saves in goal, and Slade went back to the way we all remember him-- being part of the fight.
Unfortunatly the MMA guy that tried to knock him down didn't realize who it was he was going after. Following many attempts to make Slade fall, Slade knocked him down-- twice. He seemed a little embaressed after the first fall and went back after Mike, but even more embaressed when Mike knocked him down the second time. Thankfully he stayed down to save himself the humiliation a third time! It was nice to actually watch hockey where they played the right way, seeing as during Unity games we aren't allowed to check because of their insurance policy for sports.
Not only was it a really good game but this time the basketball players weren't busy so they could come cheer on the team as well. It probubly would have been a little more fun if they had some music playing but thats a topic for Ice Man (a.k.a. Jacob Pullen). So everyone shoot him an email about music and see you there!
Thursday we have a game against KVCC and it's going to be a doozy so hopefully everyone shows up and cheers on the team! See you at the rink!!!
Well last night we had one of the best campus activities, a hypnotist. He came on campus and was an absolute riot. Everyone had stomach pains from laughing so hard. It wasn't anything people would be too embaressed about the next day-- except maybe Cliff J. rocking out to Nsync. Kenny Roy, like last year, was a bundle of laughs thinking someone was pinching his behind. (Poor Kenny had the same hypnotist do that to him last year.) Also, Christina A. was a pretty good power ranger. (I wonder if she thought she was the pink one.) Thomas also learned that some of the kids on stage could sing! Journey karaoke seemed to be a big hit. Luckily, it didn't go too late. My RA and I had to work on some Business Finance homework. Hope everyone is doing well and see you on campus soon.
P.S. Monday night at 9:50 Thomas College Hockey plays against MMA. They tend to be pretty intense games so wear your Thomas t-shirts and support our guys (and girl)!
I'm so proud of our hockey team. We beat Unity 7-2 and played a realy good game. We had alot of new players this year and our team came together nicely. Only one really big issue where I would have thought a fight was about to break out between a Unity player and Nate P. Luckily Slade was there to grab Nate. Slade breaking up a hockey fight is new for him, usually he's right in on all the action! Really proud of our goalie too. There was a close call about if the puck for Unity actually went into the net or not but he managed to catch it! As always Thomas supporters flooded Suki Areana and cheered the team to a really respectable win. I don't think Unity was very impressed but I think even they knew that it was a game well deserved. We also had some basketball games last night against Husson. Both teams lost but played hard. Still learning how to work together with all the new teammates is a hard feat to overcome right back from break. Either way as far as sports go we're doing alright. Tonight, off to see the hypnotist!
Hi everyone, I'm Deb. We are just comming back from Christmas break and are starting off the new semester! Some of the RA's came in early (along with the students that played sports) however it seemed like yesterday the majority of us were all moving all of our things back onto campus. I still haven't received my books yet but ordering them off of half.com was deffinatly the way to go. I saved close to $200 just from ordering them offline used from other students as appose to buying them new off the bookstore! Hope everyone else is having a great new year and hope to see everyone at Thomas soon!!!
