Finals and Chapstick

A week from now most students will be loading up their cars to go home. The dorms close at noon on Saturday, December 13th, I doubt the RAs will have too much trouble getting students to leave though because we're all so excited to go home and see our family and friends. Another perk of going home is not having to shove quarters into the washer and dryer. However, before we can all enjoy the fun of going home, we must take finals.

*For Introduction to Ski Area Operations, Paul gave us a take home test that is due Monday at 5pm.
*Our test for Outdoor Emergency Care will be taken in 2 parts. This Saturday we are taking our practical test which consists of 4 scenarios. Then, next Tuesday we taking our written test. Luckily for us, because of National Ski Patrol regulations, we have two chances at every scenario along with two chances on the test
*Cyrus is giving us our Technical Math test on the last day of class (Thursday).
*Our Heavy Equipment Test is next Wednesday.
*PC Apps will be my last test of the scenario. It will be Thursday night and it's going to be on Microsoft Access 2007.

The cafeteria is serving a "Late Night Breakfast" on Monday night. I believe it is from 9 to 10pm. So, come take a break from all of your studying and enjoy a relaxing "breakfast" with friends... or at least enjoy eating while thinking of how unprepared you feel.

Open Gym nights are done with, but there are still two Pool Nights- Sunday night from 6 to 8pm and Wednesday night from 6 to 9pm.

If that isn't enough excitement for you, there is always the option of hitting the rails behind the residence hall.


If you want some iFilm CMC chapstick, Erin and I will be passing it out in the cafeteria tomorrow (Friday) night from 5 to 6pm. The chapstick is Orange Mango flavored. It also has SPF 15 and is designed to protect your lips from sunburn, dryness, and windburn... which is perfect for the cold, dry weather up here in Leadville where the elevation is 10,200 feet.


Tomorrow night the college plans on announcing who the new RA is. Six people (myself included) applied. The application process involved filling out an application, answering 13 short-answer questions, and writing a cover letter. Each applicant also had to get two letters of reference. Then we each had an interview with Sarah and Brett and now we are anxiously awaiting the results.


On Monday we doubled the size of Student Government. Several students had left, which resulted in there not being enough voting members to decide on how we wanted to spend the Student Government money. So, Monday at noon, Brett came roaming through the cafeteria, convincing students to join Student Government. Several students also gained officer positions. The purchase of a Wii for the Residence Hall was then discussed. There is no Student Government meeting this coming Monday because of finals. Student Government meetings will resume in January once classes start again. I don't know for sure, but I assume the January 12th would be our first meeting because that is the first Monday of classes. Intentions of activities to continue next semester are gym and pool nights. There is also talk of the occasional bowling night and a few ice skating nights.


If you still haven't signed up for classes for next semester, now would be an EXCELLENT time to do so as many classes are quickly filling up.


Colorado has been getting dumped on for the past week and the majority of the campus is LOVING IT. However, there is the occasional person who thinks that we need EVEN MORE snow. I suppose there might also be the rare person who is NOT happy that it is snowing, but if so, they're in the wrong place. Sunday night I-70 and Highway 91 were both closed... In the past 72 hours, Copper Mountain has recieved 9 inches of snow... Denver got 6 inches of snow last night... and most mornings for the past week students have woken up to a fresh layer of snow. Unfortunately the semester is soon ending which means that many of us are going home to slightly less snowy locations. Hopefully the snow will continue anyway so that we can return in January to amazing snow, because amazing snow equates to epic days skiing and riding.


Until next time... have fun, try not to slide around on the road too much, and hope for MORE SNOW!! :)