fearless leaders

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Here's a picture of Renee, Scott and Ben. The three of them were in charge of the booth and did a great job with it. You may not be able to tell, but Scott and Ben are hopped up on sugar in this picture....scary!

more pie

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Here's a picture of Lisa getting "pied". We had a great board to stand in to keep us from getting too messy, though some of us got "pied" while we were just standing at our booth. :)

Pie in the face

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Today was Springfest, an annual day when there are tons of booths selling things, bands playing, and we have "Mr. Whitworth" competition (which I'm skipping out on as I blog this).

The Warren leadership team decided to do "pie a student leader" for our booth. It was great fun, even if it was a bit messy. I'd recommend using ONLY whipped topping and no chocolate syrup--the syrup is harder to clean off.

Here I am with Peter and Ben. We were covered in the goo for a good hour, but we loved it!

Godspell

I just returned from seeing the Whitworth theater department's production of Godspell. I went Friday and loved it so much, so I went again. It was soooooo good! I think it may be my new favorite musical. Not that I had a favorite musical before or anything...

My friend/former RA Philip played John the Baptist/Judas and I was so proud (beaming, really). He has an AMAZING voice and I love seeing him "in his element." A couple of my current and former residents were in the musical, too (7 of the 12 cast members, actually), and it was good to see them perform one last time (since i'm leaving and all...). I like them all.

I'd just highly recommend seeing Godspell if you ever have a chance.

Listening Party

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We had a fun activity on Prime Time tonight! One of my former RAs, Susan Bill, is helping publicize the band The Afters in the Spokane area, so she asked us if we'd be interested in having a listening party. My RAs thought it would be great, so we did it!

The band gave us sweet free gear (stickers, posters, demo CDs) and bought us a bunch of pizza, and we listened to their new CD during the party. They are a great band and I am a new fan. Check out some of their songs at http://www.buzzplant.com/theafters/index_groundforce.html and their website www.theafters.com

Here are Michael and Chelsea sporting their free gear and, well, being silly as usual.

My Team!

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I got a copy of the yearbook photo of the Residence Life team and thought I'd post it since it's a pretty great pic of us. These are the people I spend a lot of time with each day. They are all so great. I am sure going to miss them after I leave! :(

Adventures 5

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The last night of Flat Colin's adventures, he learned to play the guitar and frisbee. These are two of the most popular past-times on the Whitworth campus, so I decided he had to experience them to fully experience Whitworth. :)

Here, Jeff is showing Flat Colin how to play the guitar.

Adventures 4

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I decided that I wanted Flat Colin to experience the great fun it is to go to college and live in a residence hall! So, Flat Colin went with me to our lounge to "Prime Time" two nights while he was here. Prime Time is an activity in the residence halls that happens every night from 8 to 11pm. It is set up so that there is something going on in the living room of our home each night so students have someone to talk with and something to do every night.

Here, Jessica watches as Elizabeth teaches Flat Colin how to knit.

Adventures 3

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I took Flat Colin on a Sunday afternoon adventure to see Riverfront Park in downtown Spokane. The park is wonderful and one of the great features is the Bloomsday Runners sculpture. Bloomsday is an annual half-marathon that occurs on the first Sunday in May and it is a HUGE deal here. If you don't run or walk in the race, you can join the huge crowds as a spectator and cheer on the participants.

This sculpture is a salute to the big day. Flat Colin climbed onto one of the runners to get his picture taken...can you find him?

Adventures 2

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Flat Colin came to visit during the busy time of the year: RA Hiring. Every spring, all of the RDs and our boss work together to hire the 47 RAs who will work in the residence halls for the following year. Flat Colin came to our first big decision-making meeting and helped to take notes on the white board. Here he is sitting next to my friend and fellow RD Tim in the conference room!

Adventures with Flat Colin part 1

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I have just completed a week long adventure in Spokane and at Whitworth with Flat Colin.

The first adventure I took him on was to lunch in the Whitworth College dining hall with my leadership team. We go to lunch together every Tuesday after our team meeting, so we took Colin along with us!

Here is Flat Colin with Ellie and Chelsea!

"Flat Colin"

I received an exciting envelope in the mail today! It was my cousin Colin, who had flattened himself into "Flat Colin" much like Stanley in the book "Flat Stanley". Colin also had written me a letter asking me to take him on some adventures in Spokane. I am excited to show "Flat Colin" the sights of Spokane and take some pictures. I have asked some of my students if they will help and they invited him to lunch with us tomorrow to begin his Spokane adventures. I am thinking about driving him downtown to Riverfront Park to show him some of the sights there, including the sculpture of the Bloomsday Runners.

I just may post some of our adventures on this blog for you all to see!

keepin' it clean

I just thought you all would be happy to know that my apartment is quite clean. It was nearly spotless when my friends came to visit, and I have successfully kept my kitchen table, countertop, and other surfaces that make good "catch-alls" free of clutter. All it takes is putting things away throughout the day!

Yay for keeping up with a new year's resolution. And, actually, it's the first one I've made!

This week is exciting...full of RA interviews!