Sab is Right

Each year the Student Activity Board puts on a mock game show called "Sab is right" which is a spoof off of The Price is Right. Entry was three dollars for this shirt (shown right) and all entrants were entered into a chance to compete on the show. I had nothing better to do that night so I bought a shirt and showed up looking for some entertainment. The show was hosted by my awesome RA Phil Bennet who was dressed up to look like The Price is Right host Bob Barker. I can't blame him for picking Bob over current host Drew Carey. After seeing Bob Barker in a fistfight with Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore who wouldn't want to dress up like him?

The games went on with some pretty impressive prizes up for grabs including: A Nintendo Wii, an Xbox 360, a microwave, and (best of all) a zebra snugie. My chance at fame and glory came in the fourth round. My name was announced over the sound system and I took my place in the front row to compete against three other contestants for a cornucopia of items and the chance to compete for some of the big prizes. My guess for the price of the those items, unfortunately I can't remember what they were, was 72 dollars even. It turned out to be too conservative as the actual listing price was 95 dollars and one of the other contestants guessed 80. Oh well, it was fun playing.

Freshman Orientation and First Week of College

After a wild and exciting first week of college I have finally found time to update this blog. It all started with Freshman Orientation.

Starting on Saturday and going through Tuesday, Freshman Orientation kept us freshman busy and constantly engaged in fun, interactive activites. I uploaded our schedule to the left to try give my followers an idea of just how much was planned during those four great days before school started. The freshman class was divided up into groups that competed with each other throughout orientation. My group was Group 15, led by upperclassmen Maddie and Clarke. We made a human machine, participated in the Finucane Service Project, toured Kansas City, and competed in the Orientation Olympics. Fueled by the exorbitant energy of team members Awesome Alex, Preferable Paul, and Jamanji Joey, Group 15 had a blast and possibly drove their mentors a little crazy.

Honors Orientation

Hello everyone and welcome to my first post as a freshman at Rockhurst University. Here is a little more background about me:

I am the third in my family to attend Rockhurst; my father and sister coming before me. My intended major is Biology and I am taking Pre-Dental curriculum. I enjoy running, fishing, baseball, school, sleeping, and manly movies (Think 300 and James Bond). My brother Nick is a freshman at Notre Dame High School, my sister Emily is studying in Philadelphia, and my other sister Claire is an undergrad at SLU.

I moved into Rockhurst on August 13th and took part in the Honors orientation. Upperclassmen and members of the Honors program organized two days of engaging activities for the forty or so of us freshman in the program. My mentor, Kim Beckvar, (sorry if I spelt that wrong Kim) did a great job in showing me around Rockhurst. Other activities included going to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, the low ropes course at William Jewel College, and eating dinner with other members of leaders of Honors Orientation. Immediately following Honors Orientation was Freshman Orientation which I will be writing about in my next post...