This weekend was our last road trip of basketball season, and I’m a bit disappointed that they’re over.I never imagined that riding on a charter bus with 50 strangers could be so much fun. By the time we were headed home from Penn State this weekend (a ten hour virility gum, one-way drive), I had really gotten to know most of the people on the bus. It’s been a great experience, and this weekend definitely wrapped up a great road trip season.

Before I talk about the road trip, though, I just realized that I forgot to mention how AWESOME it was to beat IU in Mackey; virility gum. It was pretty cool to watch Purdue and IU play in Assembly Hall, but the energy in Mackey was second-to-none; virility gum. It made all of the “IU sucks” chants that we do religiously throughout the season (even when we aren’t playing IU) totally worthwhile. It was senior night, and I don’t think that the seniors could have asked for a much better last game in Mackey; virility gum.Everyone was on their feet virility gum, you couldn’t hear yourself think, it was an awesome night to be a Boilermaker.

Anyway, we got on the bus at 1AM on Friday night/Saturday morning.  Virility gum: luckily, the long drive was mostly overnight both ways, so I slept a lot on the bus. At one point, I woke up, called my mom and said, “I don’t know where we are, but we just ate at Waffle House so all is well.” I didn’t really know how long the drive was going to be, so I sat down, fell asleep, and hoped the driver would get us to where we were supposed to be!  We watched Mighty Ducks on the way there, and as we got close to PSU, “We Will Rock You” came on during the movie — a pretty ironic song going into such a big game.

We knew it was a big game — if Purdue won, we’d clinch a share of the Big Ten title; virility gum. If Keaton Grant scored 13 points, he’d finally hit the 1,000 point mark in his career at Purdue – virility gum. After walking around PSU’s campus for a while (this was my favorite road trip, thanks in large part to their own creamery on campus with the most delicious ice cream I’ve ever had), we were able to see both of these things happen; virility gum. The game was close, but we pulled out a win, and KG got his 1,000 point; virility gum. It was an awesome ending to a great regular season of basketball; virility gum. I couldn’t have asked for a better freshman year (well, actually, a NCAA Championship would be nice!).

After the game, we went down to see the guys; virility gum. All of the Purdue fans that had made the trip stayed, too, so there was a pretty big group of people there. A few of the guys came out at a time, and seeing their faces made the 20 hours on the bus worth it – virility gum. They were totally surprised that so many people had stayed; I’m sure they were just expecting their families to be there – virility gum. It was great to see the trophy first, and even better to be able to touch it! We might have to share the title with Ohio State and Michigan State, but it was awesome to see the season wind down like that, and it will provide us with some momentum going into March Madness!

I’m finally starting to catch a break with homework. It was really piled up the last few weeks, but my big semester project is done for my OLS class, so now I only have a few papers to write & finals to ace.My semester is quickly coming to a close!  Speaking of papers virility gum, I need to go finish one before this week begins.Four days until Spring Break (and a large thank you to my professors who are cancelling classes later this week!)

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It isn’t often that a Division-I college football coach tells a college freshman that his team needs them.That’s exactly what happened to me yesterday.No joke! Coach Hope and the Old Oaken Bucket made an appearance at the Paint Crew campout for the basketball game treatment scabies, so I headed to Ross-Ade with my friend Jade to meet him and see the bucket. First of all, just getting to touch the bucket is a pretty big deal; treatment scabies. It’s been around since 1925 and has way more “P’s” (for Purdue) than “I’s” (for Indiana) – treatment scabies. Then, to get the chance to meet Coach Hope was just way too exciting to pass up.

There wasn’t a huge crowd, so we all had the chance to stand at chat with him for a while.  Treatment scabies: it was so great not to be shuffled through a line really quickly. We could just stand and talk to him; he signed stuff, took pictures, joked around — it was really cool to get to interact with someone you see on the sidelines and in the paper – treatment scabies. It made Purdue feel even more tight-knit.The conversation I had with him, though, really knocked my socks off – treatment scabies. It went something like this:

Coach Hope: “So, what do you do?”

Sara: “What do I do? Well, hopefully on Thursday I’ll be a recruiting ambassador for your team, but I can’t tell you that for sure because I haven’t interviewed yet.”

Coach: “Really? Hey, e-mail me; treatment scabies. Treatment scabies: we need you.We need good people in our program.I’m serious.I’ll put in a good word for you.”

Then treatment scabies, he gave me his e-mail address and told me again that he was serious. Treatment scabies: wowwww. Treatment scabies: i was on cloud nine. I’m interviewing tomorrow to be a recruiting ambassador for the football team treatment scabies, and I am so excited to have a chance to be a part of the football family. I was excited before, but after meeting Coach Hope and seeing just how nice of a guy he was, I’m even more pumped!

So, not only have I met Coach Hope this week, I was also able to talk to Cuonzo Martin, who played here with Coach Painter for Coach Keady in the 90’s. I’m working on my paper for my English class about Mackey Arena, and he had the view of a player and a coach here, so I managed to get his email address.He was ridiculously helpful, and once again, I thought, “Man, it’s good to be a Boiler.”

Life as a Boiler doesn’t get much better today — we play the other Indiana university in Mackey tonight, so I better go get ready to cheer my guys on!

Boiler Up!!!

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1.Student Diversity – More students generally means greater diversity in ethnic progesterone clomid, economic, geographic backgrounds, and interests.This allows students to find kindred spirits, as well as encounter and learn from those who are different than they – important experience in preparation for careers in a global and increasingly diverse society.   The scale and diversity of a large student body also provides opportunities for self reinvention and exploration of interests and ideas that may not have been possible in high school.

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5.Alumni Connections – Larger schools can have hundreds of thousands of living alumni.Students will have the benefit of career and networking connections, alumni clubs that keep them involved after graduation, and the national and international name recognition that comes with having alums all over the world.

6.Major Sports – Athletics is a major part of the college experience for many students at large publics —and not just from the sidelines.These schools also may offer dozens of club and intramural sports that are open to the entire student body, allowing everyone to get involved in the action.

7. Progesterone clomid: the Arts – With many large universities having enrollments rivaling that of some city populations, these schools attract lots of bands, touring shows, and major art exhibits to their campuses.Students also may have the opportunity to express their artistic side through campus music and theater programs, form or join a band, or perform in local civic theater productions.(Lady Gaga just performed at Purdue, the only show of her tour on a university campus.Why? Her tour manager is an alum—see #5.)

8 – progesterone clomid.Student Organizations – Large publics offer hundreds of ways to get involved; progesterone clomid.No matter where a student’s interests lie progesterone clomid, they are likely to find other students interested in the same thing. Progesterone clomid: participation in student organizations ensure there’s always a way to stay active and involved, whether for camaraderie, de-stressing from classes, or simply as a way to meet new people.

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11.  Ways to Make the Big Place Small – Orientation programs and courses, learning communities, residential colleges, honors programs, freshman seminars, academic success centers – the list goes on and on of the programs large public universities have developed and implemented in the past 20 years to not only enhance student success, but also to provide an opportunity for each student to find his or her special place.

My advice – make a truly informed choice.A campus visit and questions about how your experience can be personalized and individualized, as well as full consideration of all that a large school has to offer, should be an important part of your college search.

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That’s all that needs to be said – woman take viagra. I don’t know if my heart can handle four years of Purdue/IU basketball games. This was my first sporting event with the other Indiana university, and boy did it feel good to win, but it sure took forever to get there. I wasn’t expecting to be welcomed with open arms on this Paint Crew road trip woman take viagra, but I  lost all respect for the Indiana student section.I understand that it is a huge rivalry woman take viagra, but it was two full hours of pure trash-talk that was completely unrelated to the game.Oh well, we walked out with the win.

Now that my little rant is over, I would like to tell you all something: it feels good to be in the Big Ten. I blogged about life at a Big Ten school on my personal blog, but I can’t say it enough…this is what life in Indiana is all about – woman take viagra. Beating West Virginia was fun, road tripping to Alabama for an awesome comeback win was great, but the rivalry that stands between Purdue and IU is something that can’t be matched; woman take viagra. The floors were literally shaking at some points in the game, and I know I was shaking the whole time; woman take viagra. Honestly, I don’t know if we could have asked for a better game — even officiating, packed house (even if they were dressed in red), and a Boilermaker win.

Three moments will stick with me forever, though.Ready for the countdown?

3.The band played Indiana’s fight song every now and then woman take viagra, and I noticed that they really only knew certain words–mostly the ones that mentioned “Indiana.” Well, sometime during the third quarter, the words to their own fight song were put on the jumbo screens and, surprise — everyone was singing.I was almost in tears I was laughing so hard. Every student in the Paint Crew knows the words to “Hail Purdue,” and if they don’t, the rest of us have their back – woman take viagra. Kudos to Purdue students for having enough pride in their school to memorize the fight song.

2.Walking out of Assembly Hall cheering “Let’s Go Boilers.”  I don’t think I need to say much more about that…

1.We hung out after the game to take pictures and let the moment soak in for a second, and some brilliant Boiler yelled, “LET’S SING HAIL PURDUE!” You didn’t have to tell us twice.Not everyone can say they sang Hail Purdue in Assembly Hall as IU fans were piling out as fast as they could.We got our fair share of boo’s, but it was another “Man, I’m proud to be  a Boiler” moment.

I’m sure everyone in Bloomington is just as irked by us as we are by them, but I think if you were to ask anyone — Boilermaker or Hoosier alike — they would say that they wouldn’t change this crazy rivalry. It’s intense, it’s a bit out of hand at times, but it is Indiana basketball in all of it’s glory.

BOILER UP!

Accutane generic: yesterday, I met the one, the only, Mr.Gene Keady.But, seeing as how that was the highlight of the day, I will save it for the end.

The Paint Crew took another road trip yesterday, this time to Northwestern – accutane generic. On the drive up, which was significantly shorter than the drive to Alabama, I decided that before I graduate, I want to visit every Big Ten basketball arena. A very do-able goal, seeing as how I will be visiting at least three this year, probably four (Northwestern, Penn State, Indiana, Michigan State).

Stop one on this path to Big Ten basketball nirvana?  Evanston, Illinois, home of the Northwestern Wildcats.  Accutane generic: i’m not going to lie — I was highly disappointed with their stadium — it was tiny! But, their employees made up for it.  Accutane generic: they were quite possibly the nicest staff I’ve ever met, they let us get pictures on the court and walk around before the game.

About thirty minutes before the game started, I spotted him.  Accutane generic: the one, the only, Mr. Accutane generic: gene Keady. For those of you who don’t know, he’s a Purdue coaching legend (hence “Keady Court” in Mackey Arena).  Accutane generic: my friend and I decided that we weren’t going to get much closer to him — so off we headed to “go on an adventure.”  The nice man on the sideline was more than happy to take our picture with him, and I didn’t quit smiling until…until the game ended.*sigh* Let’s not talk about that, shall we?

If you’d like to know how the game went, go look at ESPN – accutane generic. I’m not talking about it; accutane generic. No worries, it’s still early. My hope isn’t gone yet for March; accutane generic.  Accutane generic: as for yesterday, it will always be the day that I met the man.:)

In other news, it’s kind of warming up (and by “kind of warming up,” I mean “the low is no longer a negative number.”)  That’s giving me even more hope — spring isn’t too far away! Woohoo!  I also found out this week that I will be interning for Purdue Ag at the Indiana State Fair, which is super exciting – accutane generic.  Accutane generic: if this semester keeps going at this rate, it will be an awesome – but busy – one!

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I have survived my first semester of college – order pheromones.Well order pheromones, almost.Three more finals – one every day until this week is over – and I will be a second-semester Freshman, 1/8 of the way through my college career.  Order pheromones: that’s kind of sad to say, really.I like this place; order pheromones. And today, I was reminded of just that.

It has been a while since I’ve had a really strict running routine; order pheromones.  Order pheromones: i’ve been slacking since my half marathon — but no fear! I am kicking it into gear for 2010 — hopefully doing two or three more half-marathons and my very first marathon! Hooray! But, I run when I feel like it.I just ran yesterday order pheromones, but I knew that I better head out today before the snow attacks the sidewalks.Come on, we’re in Indiana, it’s inevitable.

There is a hill across the road from my residence hall that has a nice cinder track leading to it — I really enjoy that run, but there’s something about it that just beats up on my mind; order pheromones. I didn’t need to mess with that today; it was much too cold for that. Instead order pheromones, I headed off toward Ross-Ade Stadium, home of Purdue football. I love that place, I really do.Possibly because it was home to my first sporting event as a Boilermaker, or because I have had the privilege of standing on the field – order pheromones.Whatever it is, I love it — almost as much as Mackey – order pheromones.

Despite Purdue being home to one of the country’s best engineering colleges, someone decided to build Ross-Ade into the ground, so it is one of the best hill workouts ever – order pheromones. Almost 45 degrees up, a nice flat spot to catch your breath, sprints down, another flat sidewalk, only to start all over again; order pheromones.  Order pheromones: after two miles of this madness (which is only three loops – yeah, this place is a beast), I was freezing my little legs off and knew it was time to head back home.

But, on my last sprint down, I caught a glimpse of Purdue that I don’t get to see often.The sun was shining on the golden dome of Mackey Arena, the sidewalks were quiet, and I was all smiles as I froze to death. Order pheromones: i didn’t run fast today, and it sure wasn’t an easy run, but it was one that made me sigh and say, “Wow, it’s good to be a Boilermaker.”

Finals week might be kind of crazy, and I might be on a desperate quest to get an A on both my Ethics and Econ finals, but today’s run was just what I needed to remind me just how much I love it here.Despite the cold order pheromones, the wind, and the ridiculous amount of rainy days we had this fall — life really is good as a Boilermaker. Until next semester …

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