Short Version of a Long Break

Well, I suppose an apology is in order...I did say I was going update more often, and then I waited until now. That's my bad. More bad news....no pics this time (since the batteries to my camera hate me...). But hey, it's all good. I got some new rechargeable ones!

So what's been going on, you ask? Well, I've been working a lot of Student Government stuff. We're trying to get a new lobbying group off the ground. Also, student debt awareness is high on my initiatives list this year. I joined a couple of student groups as well (United Students Against Sweatshops, Pi Sigma Alpha--the UIS Poli. Sci. Honor Society Chapter, and I'm seriously considering getting involved with the Innocence Project and the Women's Issues Caucus). So yeah, busy busy busy.

In other news, we had our first Student Ambassador dinner last Saturday. It was amazingly delicious. We ate at Los Agaves. If anyone has not yet eaten at Los Agaves, I highly recommend it. It's on Wabash sort of across from the mall. Mmmm....Mexican food.

Oh, and UIS had a Star Party last Friday. My friend Holly and I went to check out Jupiter and the moon, along with some assorted constellations. It was pretty cool. After that we had a few drinks and attempted to watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. We were extremely unsuccessful in the movie sector but overwhelmingly successful in the drinks sector. We did have a lot of fun joking and telling stories. The moral of this story is, "Go to the Star Parties and you will have a good night."

Well, I'm going to get some coffee and probably read the U.S. Department of Education's report on the Future of Higher Ed. (because I'm a political nerd...), or maybe a little Hegel (I'm a sucker for a good political philosopher). Be back later, with pictures!