Chris http://www.wcublog.com/ en chris@wcublog.com Copyright 2007 2007-03-15T14:28:00-06:00 Long Time no Update http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/long-time-no-update/ Well, it has been quite a while since I have updated this blog.  There has been a lot going on and I have been super busy that is why I haven’t been able to update.  We recently just had spring break and it was a blast.  I went to Tallahassee, FL for the first 3 days and played golf then for the remainder of spring break drove down to Panama City Beach, FL.  I went with one of my fraternity brothers, Ashton.  We played over spring break two times in Tallahassee and I beat him both times by a combined stroke total of 7 strokes.

A few months ago I won the position of VP Finance for the Inter-Fraternity Council.  We have a great Executive board and great Graduate student advisor.  Three weeks ago as an executive board, including Tiffany(grad student advisor) and Tim Inman( Director for geek life here on campus), we went to the South Eastern Inter-Fraternity conference.  It was held in Atlanta, GA and over 50 over schools IFC Exe Boards were there.  Over 400 campus leaders gathered together to bring back great ideas to their own school.  We had great keynote speakers that spoke to us as a large group and also had amazing small group leaders that would lead roundtable discussions in any number of topics.  As VP Finance here at WCU, I learned many great ways to create a better budget and make our money last longer. 

There is only 8 weeks left of school so it about crunch time for me.  I am currently looking at internships in Charlotte and Atlanta for the summer.  I have had interviews with a few companies and hope to hear back from them soon.  Till next time. 

]]> 2007-03-15T13:28:00-06:00 Fall Break http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/fall-break/ The semester has been going on strong so far.  Classes are getting tougher and tougher as time goes on.  We just had registration time for upper classmen in the past few days.  After a day of fighting with the computer and rearranging my class schedule I think I got what should be a tough little schedule for next semester. 
A few weeks ago was Fall Break, we had off Wed, Thursday, Friday.  Instead of going home myself, and one of my Fraternity brothers Ashton went down to Tallahassee, FL.  Other than some of Ashton’s family living in Tallahassee, there was Florida State University.  A huge College, about 25,000 more than Western Carolina University.  We met some of our fraternity brothers down at FSU, they have a huge Chapter 150 brothers compared to our 40.  It was really cool and interesting hanging out with some of them and seeing what they do at FSU compared to WCU.  We also went to the FSU vs BC football game that Saturday.  BC or Boston College is always a team I pull for, being Catholic and all.  Boston College won the game 24-19.  The weather was incredible over break, it was mid 90’s for the football game compared to mid 40’s at WCU.  Overall, very fun week and cannot wait to travel somewhere else to do it again.

]]> 2006-11-02T19:21:00-06:00 5th week grades http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/5th-week-grades/ This week 5th week grades comes out.  The semester has been going on good for a while.  And Good news, we have another new member.  Luckily, with Sig Ep with our Balanced Man Program we are allowed to pick up new members any time of the year.  That is why the Balanced Man Program is the best Member development program.  We have been working on Homecoming the past few weeks, the planning, meetings and so on.  And Homecoming is only in less than 2 weeks away!  Every year groups from IFC(fraternities), CPC(Sororities), and NPHC(Black Sororities and Fraternities) are grouped up in teams of 2 or 3 organizations.  We do certain events together, like a relay at the soccer game, banner contest, and most importantly build, and put together a Homecoming Float that will be in the homecoming parade in Sylva on the Friday night before Homecoming Saturday. 

This past week the Greeks(IFC + CPC) adopted or hosted the Women’s soccer game, where the lady Catamounts defeated UNC-Asheville 3-0.  At halftime, they had a greek relay and some fraternities and sororities participated in the relay where we had to do soccer skills.  Sigma Chi eventually won, even though Paul Young, a member of Sigma Chi and friend of mine cannot chug Powerade to save his life. 

Elections are coming up in around a month and there is a lot of action around campus, Heath Schuler is coming to WCU in a few weeks to talk to students on a monday night on the UC lawn. 
A couple weeks ago i joined the International Business club, we are meeting once a week to discuss a future trip next semester, probably during spring break to visit a foreign country, we are talking about Holland, the UK, and Canada.  We are checking prices of flights and hotels over in those areas.  While over there we will of course check out the country and also check out a company that we choose after we find out where we are going.  I am definlty looking forward to that. 

]]> 2006-10-03T21:25:00-06:00 RUSH WEEK http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/rush-week/ RUSH week has started and it is already almost over.  The first two days of rush, Monday and Tuesday, we had campus sponsered IFC events.  Last night was great, we had a BBQ meet and greet.  Met all of the potential new members, had a great meal cooked by one of our brothers Russ Pangle.  We had an awesome turnout by the way, I think the grand total was right around 23.  Tonight we are grilling out and playing volleyball on our volleyball court.  Hopefully we will have as many as last night.  Rush week is going awesome so far, hope it continues. 

]]> 2006-09-14T18:26:00-06:00 Week went by fast. http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/week-went-by-fast/ Well, this week has blown by. I have been kinda busy with classes, studying, and other things. I am really enjoying my classes so far still. My Tuesday’s and Thursday’s are filled up with 4 classes, two in the morning and two in the afternoon so its a very full day. In Management 300, we had to subscribe to the Wall Street Journal which is a different change to someone who has never read the publication before. The reading in it really is not all that bad. I am planning a lot of Fraternity Events around here on campus for the semester and am very excited about these. We will be doing many, community service projects including Roadside Cleanup of Highway 107, where our chapter has adopted that part of the highway. We will be also putting on an Alcohol Awareness seminar/program for the community and campus. Tonight was the first softball game for SigEp and we WON. This year looks to be another great one in Intramurals and the Fraternity. 

]]> 2006-09-08T01:47:01-06:00 Start of the new School Year. http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/start-of-the-new-school-year/ Well, Summer is over and gone and the new school year has started.  Only being in classes for one week now, a lot of stuff has been going on.  The sororities are in full season, because this week is Rush week for them and in less then 2 weeks, Fraternities will start our Rush.  Rush, in general has changed a little bit since I first went through rush.  Overall, I am very excited and think SigEp will have a great Fall Rush of 2006.  I didn’t update as much as I would have wished this summer because I was extremely busy with working a lot and working at camp this summer.  The camp is called “Camp Care” and it is a camp for children that have been affected by cancer(sibling) or currently have or had cancer.  This was my real 2nd year with camp and this year I was a Counseler, last year I was a Counseler in training or CIT.  This years camp theme was Mardi Gras and it was so much fun.  During the year, we also have things called “Reality Checks”, they are when kids and families and staff all go do something on the weekend like a boat trip, zoo, or going to a panthers game.  The Camps website is Camp Care.
Overall I am excitied for this year, just last week we had Valley Bally Hoo here at WCU.  It is somewhat of a kick-off to the year event where organizations have tables and there is tons of food, games, and music.  Classes look like a lot of fun so far.  Being a Junior Marketing major I am just now starting to crack into some of my major, Marketing classes, which look great.  I also in the planning phases of starting a new student organization, which I will talk about more when I know more information. 

]]> 2006-08-30T19:25:00-06:00 Summer is in full swing http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/summer-is-in-full-swing/ Well, finally the summer is in full swing and summer classes have just begun.  Luckily, I am not taking any summer classes and just working up here in Cullowhee.  Actually I am working in Cashiers at Mountain Top Golf and Lake Club and it is a lot of fun.  Since summer classes just started for everyone that is in summer school and campus up and alive again finally.  For about 3 weeks between the end of the spring semester and and the beginning of summer school this place looks like a ghost town.  Working at the Club is awesome, pretty much everyone that works there is a student or recent graduate in every position at the club, whether mangement or golf staff like me.  I always played at another private club in Cashiers on Sunday and shot my best round of summer at 81.  Hopefully by the time my golf club opens(July 1) I will be shooting around 75.  Till then.

]]> 2006-06-03T14:15:00-06:00 Last Week of Classes http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/last-week-of-classes/ Well here it is already, the last week of classes. Yesterday was “reading day”, I guess school thinks it is good to cancel classes for the day so we can read. So yesterday was good, finished up group final project, and slept a lot. Also, yesterday we had the Greek Awards Ceremony. Many different awards were given out, most improved GPA and Intramural Champions, which happens to be us, SigEp. So yup, 3 years running now, we are All-Campus Intramural Champions. I have been desperately working for about a week or so on a presentation for my Leadership class, taught by Bart Andrus. Bart is pretty much in charge of everything, all Greeks, leadership program, clubs, etc...Bart has some involvement. I am doing my presentation on Authentic Leadership which is another way to look at leadership and running a company. Bill George is the author of the book, and I just finished reading it the other day, it is really interesting.
This Saturday is the SigEp Volleyball Tournament that I have been planning. Unluckily, I did not plan the rain that looks like will be falling on that day. What can ya do, you know?
Also, last week WCU had its first ever Greek Tailgate and Cook off. There was an actual Cook off, where Bogart’s a local restaurant donated hamburger meat to every greek organization participating. Luckily, we have a great cook in our Fraternity and made his famous family Black and Blue Cheeseburger. It won over the judges in a landslide, and SigEp now will have a weekly special item named after us at Bogart’s. So that is pretty cool, also we had the most people there out of all the Fraternity’s and Sorority’s so we also won a Coke Tailgating package which includes, new tent, coolers, grill, coozies, and everything else you need for an awesome tailgate. In addition to all that, we also won 2 reserved tailgate spots for each home football game next Fall, with signs. SigEp definitely showed everyone why we are the best. 

]]> 2006-04-27T00:41:00-06:00 Almost Finished http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/almost-finished/ Well, School is almost finished, classes are coming to an end, teachers are assigning huge projects at the last minute in hopes to help your grade but really keep you stressed out with exams coming up.  Easter break just flew by, felt like I was just leaving Cullowhee to go back home in Charlotte and the next minute I am back in Cullowhee.  I have not updated this in a while, because I have been super busy with classes and meetings and so on.  Also the Intramural Soccer Tournament is starting this week, hopefully SigEp can make another run to the Championship and win it all again.  By the way, SigEp Formal in Atlanta was awesome.  I think everyone had a good time and it went great!  I recommend to anyone to hold an event at the 755 Club at Turner Field, we will be doing it again next fall. .image The weather is perfect in Cullowhee now, the windows are open and no need for jackets and jeans.  Speaking of good weather, I just recently got accepted at a brand new Golf Club out in Cashiers(25 mins West of WCU on Highway 107).  So the summer is looking very good so far, and now I got my job.  Well time for another busy week of classes and meetings to begin

]]> 2006-04-17T12:11:00-06:00 Work, Work, Work http://www.wcublog.com/chris/comments/work-work-work/ It seems like I have been working non-stop on an endless amount of things for weeks now.  We just had our Parents Weekend with SigEp and that went great.  A lot of parents showed up for a great BBQ, cooked and prepared by one of our brothers.  We gave our awards to brothers for Highest GPA, Brother of the Year, Most Athletic, and so on.  I think the parents really enjoyed it.  Classes are almost coming to an end, but the work load is not.  I just took the hardest Statistics test I have ever taken in my life about 30 minutes ago.  I am pretty sure I did decent on it, enough to keep my average up.  Soon enough though, summer will be here and it will be great.

Formal is also right around the corner, well in 4 days.  I am very excited, hopefully I can get a couple pictures to put up here of Formal.  The Intramural Soccer season is also in full blast right now, and SigEp is 2-0.  Hopefully we can repeat this year and win All-Campus Soccer again.  I also was offered a bet, from many of my brothers.  If we win All-Campus Soccer this season I will shave my head.  Something a bunch of them have been wanting to do for some time now, hopefully we win. 

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