Good Morning!
Some how Mondays seem to come so quickly and last so long! I am not quite sure why Mondays are dreaded by some students, faculty and staff but my guess today is that it has something to do with the temperature being 2 degrees at 8 am. Cold weather is a part of the territory in Albion Michigan, but 2 seems a little unnecessary.
This weekend on campus activities served as a welcome back committee to students. The Union Board on campus, which serves as the entertainment planning organization on campus, hosted Jay Black, a comedian from New Jersey. The show seemed to have went well as I noticed there were no seats left on the floor of the Kellogg Center and very little sitting and standing room in the balcony area. Jay was a former English teacher with some laugh inducing jokes about his former students. On Saturday night the Union Board filled the Kellogg Center again, this time with free ice cream, lip gloss, make your own t-shirts and street signs. I had no idea that making your own lip gloss was so easy and smells so delicious! I had never heard of making your own street signs but they went over so well the line was around and out of the Stack (which is the floor in the Kellogg Center where events are hosted). Students could also put their face in a picture which was transferred to a t-shirt. I am now the proud owner of a t-shirt depicting a 1950s arranged marriage scene.
Sundays around Albion always seem to pass slowly and softly. Sometimes they even pass without the scheduled morning alarm. Our campus host one dining hall for all students on board. With the new expanded addition, Baldwin as well all call it, became a place for reading and coffee breaks on Sunday since the first week of classes is over and students are beginning to dive into their assignments and reading list. Our dining hall includes several large screen televisions, individual booths complete with their own flat screen and fair trade organic coffee. Other parts of the campus were quite on Sunday as students evaluated and avoided the freezing cold temperatures outside.
Ah, the spring semester at Albion College begins.
