Back to classes! I went home last week for spring break to hang out with the family for a little bit. All my friends from high school were in town so we hung out, played basketball and took advantage of the nice weather just about every day.

I came back to campus over the weekend and had fun reuniting with my college friends. We were all instantly reminded at six-thirty on Monday morning that spring break was over when we had to go to weights. One exciting thing that happened was full pads practices outside started back up for spring football. It was fun to get back into the swing of things and hit a little bit. More...

There was certain energy on campus this past week… Everyone was ready for a break. Although we were getting ready to get out for the break, there were still some exciting activities on campus.

One thing that happened was an activity put on by one of the Avila students. He took the initiative to teach people about the dangers of alcohol. He set up a putting green in the Marian Lounge and let people try to sink a putt while wearing drunk goggles. It was a good way to show students how impaired you become when drinking and that you should NEVER drink and drive. It was hard to stand up wearing those goggles I can't imagine driving with them on. More...

This week was like any other week on campus as far as school goes. Classes went on as scheduled, and we still had weight lifting every morning Monday through Friday. There were, however, some exciting occurances!

There was yet another girls/boys basketball double header. The boys game was intense! It was back and forth the whole game, but the boys ended up losing. The girls beat Benedictine so now they are first in the conference and have a real shot at making it farther. They play Wednesday and I am sure I will see many of the Avila students there. If you are planning on being an Eagle someday, bring your friends and your family, the team can use all the cheering they can get! More...

It felt good to be back in school, and everyone was glad to see each other. The tensions were high as the Superbowl was drawing near. You could see a definite separation in Cardinals fans and Steelers fans. People were walking around campus with their “Terrible Towels” or decked out in all red. Although everyone had their team of choice we still participated in activities together.

The Marian Lounge had free wings served during the game. Steelers and Cardinals alike got the opportunity to act like true football fans and chow down on some good ol' fashioned buffalo wings. I really wish I would have brought along my camera to take photos. On second thought, the game was so exciting, I probably wouldn't have remembered to take pictures anyway. More...

I must admit I was a little sad to be leaving campus back in December, but I was ready for a nice break from classes. Over the break my cousins from St. Louis came to town and we spent a lot of time together. We went to my grandma's house and all of my extended family came to celebrate Christmas. It was crazy! There were about fifty people playing games and having a good time. It was overwhelming to have so many people around, but I enjoyed every minute of spending time with my family. More...

This week was just another week on campus. There wasn't too much going on that was unusual. In most of our classes, we have slowed down on learning new material and started talking about our finals. I think I speak for most of students here when I say that I'm getting nervous for them. The library is also getting more frequent visitors since people are starting to study more for their tests. However, some people go there to study, but end up socializing more than anything.

Avila's Alumni Association does this thing called First Friday Freebies. They give away an item to all students on the first Friday of each month. Sometimes it's a t-shirt, other times cool highlighter/pen combos, and other cool stuff. Christmas is approaching and we got the perfect first Friday freebie this month! It was a purple coffee cup with a lid on it. I have a feeling, there's going to be a lot of mom's opening Avila University coffee cups for Christmas. More...

This week has been a great week on campus. It was the first week since we've been here that we didn't have football practice. It was nice to actually get out of your classes for the day and have the rest of your day off. Apparently, the only thing any of the football players do is play basketball because we've played almost every day since the season ended. And of course...I dominate on the court. (yeah right)

Winter is starting to creep in now and it is obvious if you look around on campus. There are a lot more students taking advantage of the underground tunnels and everyone who is outside is walking very quickly. The campus looks picturesque with all the leaves falling off and blowing around on the ground. It is so pretty. More...

So, Sunday we had tons of students from high schools come visit campus. They were attending this event called View AU. I got to hang out with them when we went ice skating at Crown Center. It was a blast...even though we froze half to death.

After we ice skated, we came back to Avila and hung out in the res halls with other current students and showed the visitors what a typical Sunday night is like here on campus. They also got to go to class the next day and then attend an awesome Psychology in Action seminar that was put on by our Psych dept. It was very interesting and it got me out of class which was nice! More...

Hello everyone. Welcome to my Student Journal page. I'm Chuck and I'm a freshman here at Avila. I play football (well...I'm red-shirting this season) and I'm majoring in Psychology. I can't believe the first semester is almost half way over and I must say it has flown by. I remember when I got here I was a little nervous for what it would be like to be on my own, especially living with people I'd never met before. I don't know what I was worried about. The transition ended up being pretty easy and the upper classmen treated me like I had been there as long as they had right from the start.

The first thing I got involved in on campus was football. We started the season off with a lot of conditioning including a three hundred yard shuttle run to try to get people in shape. It was pretty tough but it was fun at the same time. It was an interesting transition to go from being a senior to a freshman again on the field. For a while it was eat, sleep, and dream football. More...