A quick rundown - I spent half of Spring Break in Destin, FL and the other half at home with my family and best friends from high school. But I really missed Tulane and was glad to get back! Since I've been back, there has been so much going on.
My first weekend back included an all-Greek service project called Letters for Learning - we spruced up a "modular school" (lots of trailers) in New Orleans. It was great working with my sorority sisters and my friends in other fraternities and sororities to make Sarah T. Reed school a more cheerful place for its students! (On the right is a picture of my ΣΔΤ sister Erica sawing some wood for our building project)
That night was our sorority's formal, which was SOO much fun! It was held in the back courtyard of this really classy restaurant, Broussard's, which was right in the French Quarter... so of course we hit up Bourbon Street at the end of our night! (On the left is a picture of my ΣΔΤ family: my twin Sam, my grand-big Dana, my big sister Erin, and me) The next morning I gave a tour for Honors Weekend (despite the lack of rest I'd gotten the night before) and hosted a prospective student, Amelia. It's so cool seeing so many people on campus! I've been giving lots of tours and participating on panels lately for Destination Tulane, which is going on all April, so basically, I'm getting a chance to meet a lot of next year's freshmen!
The next weekend was busy too: Relay for Life was Friday night in Fogelman Arena, Beautify Broadway was the next morning with ZBT and Kappa Sig. (Right: me, Gillian, Sam, Erica, and Carlie picking up trash on Broadway) That night we had a fun 90's-themed mixer with ΔTΔ. There were a lot of great costumes - I was Kelly Kapowski from Saved by the Bell!This past week meant elections for USG (Undergraduate Student Government). I was running for re-election, and I won a seat as a Senator for the class of 2011! It was very exciting, and I can't wait for our new term to start! Thursday night some of my friends and I went to a party at one of the fraternity houses (FIJI). Friday evening I went to "family dinner" with Dana, Erin, and Sam on Magazine Street at Nacho Mama's - sooo good! We went to a party after, but rain kind of killed the party mood. Yesterday, I had to get up early and give another tour for Destination Tulane...
and then my parents and grandparents arrived on campus for a visit! They took me out to Commander's Palace, a really famous restaurant in the Garden District, for an awesome Jazz Brunch. It was delicious food, awesome atmosphere, and great company... a great day with my family! (There's a picture of my mom and I in front of Commander's Palace). After a couple hours, my ΣΔΤ family and I went to FIJI's Karaoke for Charity party. There were lots of people there, and all the freshmen in my sorority got up on stage to sing together! It was really fun, and all the money they raised went to the Red Cross.Whew! Now you're just about caught up. I've also been really busy with classes and studying and stuff... finals are coming so soon! There are two other really big things going on in my life right now: Crawfest Board and Tidal Wave Committee.
This year, the Associated Student Body is hosting Tulane's second annual Crawfest - an all-day free music and crawfish festival right here on campus. I'm on the planning board for this huuuuge awesome event, which will be happening this Saturday, April 19. Everyone tells me that the first annual Crawfest was one of Tulane's best events EVER, so I'm eager to experience my first one this year. If you'll be in town, you should stop by as well - it's free and open to the public. We've been working really hard and I'm super excited about it! One of my next posts will be completely dedicated to Crawfest, so look for that soon...Tidal Wave is the committee that plans all of the events for Homecoming week. I'm this year's Court Chair, so we're already working to come up with the theme and activities for Homecoming '08... look forward to the game on Saturday, October 4 - it's early this year!
So now that y'all are filled in, I'm going to do some laundry and get back to some homework. As always, email me with any questions or comments. I look forward to hearing from y'all! -- ahollier@tulane.edu
NOLA♥
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