October is going to be a really busy month for me, with a lot of stuff going on in BESS and NBSE, and this upcoming weekend I'm taking some time off to go to go away for the weekend with friends. The trip should be great, but it's requiring that I work 10 hour days this week, and 11 hour days Tues-Wed next week, and go in to work on the "off" friday next week.

Last Saturday I went to the exhibition hockey game. Matthews Arena was just renovated and it looked great! The new seats, even in the student section were a lot better than the old ones and it even made for a little more space for that awkward situation when someone from the middle of the row has to get out past 8 other people. The Doghouse (student section) was nearly full, and it wasn't even a regular season game, I'm really excited about starting to go to more games that I have in the past. One thing I had missed from high school was the sense of schools spirit, but I guess I just wasn't in all the right places, Hockey games are certainly the right place for that.

Also on Saturday BESS participated in a NSBE program called A Walk For Education, they'll be happening throughout the country this month, since October is NSBE's Technical OutReach Commmunity Help (TORCH) month. AWFE is a program where we walk through a community to distribute information about the college admissions process, local colleges, and financial aid. Here at Northeastern we also supplemented that with information about our other TORCH programming including a registration form for the computer classes we teach on Tuesdays.

Last night we started the classes and for the adult computer literacy class, we had barely enough seats and have had some people call in and say that they couldn't make yesterday but they still want to come to the rest. It was really exciting to see that our classes were so well perceived and that our efforts to get more participants, including walking in the rain on Saturday had worked so well. I'd also like to thank the staff at the Madison Park Development Corporation for their help in spreading the word about the classes.

Now I'm off to work, which is also going really well, but also really busy.

As always, feel free to ask questions!