Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't written in awhile...It's been really hectic around here! Everyone's been having tons of exams over these two weeks. I took my U.S. history exam on Wednesday and it wasn't as bad as I'd expected: It consisted of 19 multiple choice questions and an essay. The teacher, Dr. McCarthy, has a pretty cool grading system set up. Each of the 19 questions is worth 1% of your final grade and the essay is worth 6%, bringing the total to 25%. I studied really hard and I'm confident I did almost perfectly on the multiple choice, but the essay is still up in the air. At the moment, I'm worried about my marketing and accounting tests that are back to back next wednesday night. There's currently a schedule conflict with the two tests but I'm working on getting it resolved.

Right now, everyone's going home for Columbus Day long weekend so its gonna be dead on campus. Since I live in California, so I don't really have anywhere to go! There's a handful of kids staying on my floor, and a number of my friends from around campus are staying too so we should still have a fun weekend. Some of my friends from California are at Fordham right now so tomorrow we're taking a trip to New York City to visit them! I'm really excited: There are only 2 east coast states I haven't been to yet and surprisingly, New York is one of them!

So as of today it's been a whole month of school and I'm really stoked: I've had so much fun and been so awed by this whole new environment. It's really flown by and I don't know what to say: I was worried for the first week or two that I wouldn't really fit in, coming from such a different enviornment, but by now I've made so many friends and met so many people! Our floor, surprisingly, has the least number of write-ups in McDermott, which means one of two things, either we're really well behaved, or we're just good at not getting caught.

I've been DJing my country show every Thursday morning which has been quite an experience. People will call in and come visit my studio, and everyone loves my show because it's the only country show on the station. I was just named DJ of the month at the station, something I was really shocked and honored by. The radio show is definitely my favorite extracurricular activity I'm involved in and I'd definitely recommend that incoming freshman apply for a show!

Another thing I've really learned to look forward to are the sports games. Because of the location, everyone is really into their teams. When the Pats or Giants play, everyone's watching, and same with the red sox and yankees. If the red sox play the yankees next round, things are gonna be absolutely nuts around here! I've hidden the fact that I absolutely hate the yankees so far, but if they both advance, I won't be able to hide it anymore. I'm still waiting for the Providence Basketball and Hockey games: you'll find me at every single home game this year!