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Alicia's Blog

It's crunch time

With finals only 2 weeks away, I'm definitely feeling the pressure with final projects and exams looming over me. I have a couple of really late nights ahead. I have a group presentation in ConE tomorrow on Geothermal Heating in...

VEISHEA the best week to be a CYCLONE!!

This past week was VEISHEA which is a week long celebration of being an Iowa Stater. There are BBQs on Central Campus all week, intramurals, there's a parade and all night concerts on the weekend, pancake feed at midnight, not to...

Exams

It's Tuesday and with 3 of my 4 exams complete I'm hitting the books yet again tonight for Physics (the beast of them all). I'm pretty confident in my other exams, but I really need to put in a good night of hard core studying...

AND We're back

Well I've had my break now back to it. I have been completely bombarded with club meetings, budget allocation, study sessions, etc. I have only one exam this week in Statics which if I actually get time to study between now and...

Spring Break

Spring Break 2008 was a total blast! This year I traveled to Waveland, Mississippi with AGC for Katrina Relief. We arrived on a Friday evening to our camp which fully included makeshift showers, porta-pottys, tents and the works....

2 days then...BREAK!!

So, thankfully I do not have any tests this week. I am catching up on homework and getting ready to head to Mississippi for break. I'm still meeting with my group for projects every couple of days and we are just about ready to...

Overwhelming Group Projects

Whoever thought group projects were a good idea was definitely crazy. Normally, after the first round of tests, professors think we need some “team building” therefore we are assigned group projects due the week after Spring...

Meetings

This morning I got up and went to the Lied rec at 7:30 and ran a couple miles. The university is voting right now whether to update the workout facilities on campus. I’m not sure how I want to vote yet because all the new stuff...

Time for a break

It’s finally Friday! After a grueling 2 weeks of exams I have decided to take a break today. I will go to class, turn in my homework and gain attendance points.  I only have 3 classes today which include Calc 3, Physics...

Testing Time

Talk about a crazy day! This week I have two tests on Wednesday; Physics and ConE 221. I’m going to have to study really hard for Physics, we’ve gone over 7 chapters so far, so I have a couple long nights up ahead.  It’s...