Hello Friends! I must say, I have had such an amazing week! My 21 st birthday arrived on April 20, so I decided that I should celebrate all month long. Now, where do I begin?

This week Avila had our annual student appreciation carnival. The carnival featured an inflatable obstacle course…and I definitely dominated every opportunity I got. They even had a live band who dedicated a song to me for my birthday. The carnival festivities were so much fun. After the hype of the carnival there was the annual Field Day in which different teams on campus compete for the mighty eagle trophy and bragging rights for a year. Last year, the Admission Office won the event and they were hoping for a repeat this year. Unfortunately, this year the office got second, as the Jets (a group of students that are in West Side Story, which opens this weekend) took first.

This past week has been very busy! I often like to keep busy and it seems like the days go by faster when I'm out and about.

  Last year I became a member of Psi Chi which is our psychology honor society here at Avila. However, I was never formally inducted. This year I was able to officially become a member along with another student, Ashley. We were inducted at a delicious Italian restaurant called Cinzetti's. We all stuffed our faces and discussed plans for our upcoming trip to Chicago for Psi Chi at the end of this month. (I'm so excited!) More...

Spring break finally arrived!!!! This semester has been extremely hectic so this spring break was overdue and I will add that it was well deserved. It's been awhile since I have seen my family, so I decided to spend the break back home in St. Louis with them.

I love nature so one of my favorite things to do is to go to different parks and enjoy the nice weather outside. Since it was nice this week, I went on nature walks with my brother. We found a pond on one of our walks and we skipped rocks into a pond and walked around talking about a few current events. More...

Organized chaos has been the theme in my life so far. Everything has been hectic but very fun. There were a lot of events on campus this week, and I tried to take part in all of them.

First on my agenda was the women's conference basketball game against Baker. The final score was close, but Avila came out on top with the final score being 65-62. The game winning, buzzer beating shot was a three-pointer by Ashley. It was a really intense game. All of the AU fans celebrated by flooding the gym floor. If you were not there, you missed the game of the century. Go AU! More...

Hey Guys!!! This week has been all about foot oriented activities. In an effort to get back in shape, a few friends and I have decided to become a little more active, however, we wanted to find “unconventional” forms of exercise.

  Our first activity was roller skating. What could be more fun? It was such a great work out. I was able to listen to music, skate, dance, and dress in a cute outfit all at once! Speaking of my outfit, my friend Christa and I decided to go retro and dress in all 1980's inspired clothing for the event. Our outfits were so cool, that people were coming up to us all night, asking if they could take pictures with us. More...

I'm back from winter break! I hope you all had a great time away. I know I sure did. I enjoyed seeing my family every day, as I consider us to be pretty close. Let me give you a rundown of what I did this break

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Right before I went home for break, I went to an exciting Chiefs game. We played the Dolphins and it turned out to be a close game. Good thing Arrowhead Stadium is full of fans yelling and jumping up and down, otherwise I would have been frozen to my seat in the brisk 11 degree weather. I also went out to eat with the residence hall staff. We enjoyed our great dinner at Applebee's!

Hey guys! What's up? It's almost my favorite time of the year…Christmas! I know you're probably wondering why I'm so excited a week before finals, but the truth is, I love the holiday season. I love to eat, sleep and spend time with my family and friends. But what I also like to do is spend time with my friends here on campus before we all go our separate ways for winter break.

This week was kind of mellow actually. First I went to the men's basketball game. It was a pretty close game! While at the game, I got to see a few friends that were visiting from California. So it was great to see them. More...

Hey friends! I put that explanation point at the end to express my enthusiasm for all the new beginnings that came along this week. Aside from being miserably ill this past week I had a lot of fun. So here's how it all began… More...