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Carly

Sometimes I’m Just Happy I’m Older.

by Carly on January 25, 2012

in Academics,Campus Community

What a way to celebrate my 20th birthday: 7 AM wake-up, 8 AM Organic class. I’m not sure which is more fun: having my birthday fall on move-in day for second semester (as it did last year) or having my birthday fall on the first day of classes (as it did this year). Anyway, despite the fact that I had to spend it doing homework, yes, my birthday was still pretty good—thanks for asking. I’m pretty sure I don’t look like I’m twenty. And apparently my priest at my church at home doesn’t think so, either. My case in point: earlier last semester, he asked me how high school was going. Then I had to point out to him that I’m a sophomore….in college. Totally embarrassing. I guess that’s what I get for going home every weekend!

I wish I had something more enlightening to discuss this week, but, unfortunately, despite the fact that I’m a year older, I don’t have any sage advice to be shelling out to anyone reading this. So, I guess I’ll be like all of the other old folk out there and read in my anatomy book before I retire to bed early.

Have a fabulous rest of the week, everybody!

-Carly

“We’ve Been Had” by The Walkmen

P.S. While on the subject of old people, please check out what is arguably my favorite music video ever, for the song “Wait & See” by Holy Ghost!. It features the fathers of the guys of Holy Ghost! pretending to be their sons. It’s pretty hilarious if you try picturing your dad lip singing and wearing skinny jeans in a music video. Plus, as always, the images of New York are super awesome. (In case you haven’t noticed, I’m still not off of my Holy Ghost! kick quite yet…)

Tagged as: back to school, birthdays, Getting Old.

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Marielle

It Feels So Gooood To Be Back

by Marielle on January 19, 2012

in Academics,Organizations, Activities & Events

Break was fantastic. Break was phenomenal, break was magnificent, break was everything I could have wanted and more. But since break is over and I’m back at school, I might as well be happy to be back! And I am: happy to be around my friends and happy to get started with what should be a fun semester.

I’m excited for lots of things this semester: Track meets, the Environmental Fair, the Spring Formal… I’m even pretty excited for my classes: Business Management, Anatomy and Physiology, Biochemistry, and American History. My schedule is pretty balanced, too, so I should have plenty of time to get homework done.

So here’s to the new semester! May it be a good one for all!

Tagged as: Academics, back to school, new year

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Shannon L.

It’s a New Beginning!

by Shannon L. on January 19, 2012

in Academics,Campus Community

I always love the beginning of a new semester because it’s a chance to start new and fresh. I like getting all new classes, it really makes learning more interesting. The long winter break was definitely refreshing and readied me for this new semester. Waking up for my 8 AM class however, wasn’t too easy. But I know with time it will get easier, hopefully. With this new semester I hope to try harder in my classes, eat healthier, and work out more. Hopefully I can keep up with my new semester goals! I’m also hoping for some snow this semester! So far we’ve had a pretty mild winter, and I’m kind of hoping for maybe a snow day or two, but we’ll see how that turns out. :] Overall I’m excited to be back at Fontbonne and to have an awesome second semester! Good luck to all my fellow students! :]

Tagged as: back to school, new year, winter break

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Deanna

Eventful First Night Back

by Deanna on January 19, 2012

in Campus Community

Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. day, was our first day back in the dorms. It was very exciting to be back in our own little homes away from home, and great to see everyone as well. Just after I got back from the DSAC for dinner, my work called me in to close, so I sadly missed out on hanging out with my friends for the first night. Then when I got home from work, just as I got to my door, I realized that my key was not on my key ring. I started freaking out and was worried my roommate was asleep and I would have to find an RA to get in. Luckily my roommate was awake, so I set my things down in my room and then went to retrace my steps to see if I could find my key. I stopped by my friends’ room and asked them if they had seen my key, one of my friends said she had seen it in the hallway but did not pick it up. I gave up and decided I would worry about it the next morning. Just as I was brushing my teeth and getting ready to go to bed, I heard a voice down the hall say, “where’s Deanna? I think I found her key!” It turns out that someone had picked it up and placed it on the top of the trashcan. I then went to bed relieved and ready to rest up for the first day of classes. It then decided to storm and so I woke up to close my window and then again a half hour later to sirens going off. I peeked out the door to see if anyone else was up and our RA was knocking on everyone’s door telling us to go downstairs because Public Safety wanted us to. So we were all sitting in a hallway for about 15 minutes and then we were allowed to return to our rooms.

Although it was quite an eventful first night back, I still got enough sleep and was fully prepared to begin classes. I am glad to be back to The Joe! :)

Tagged as: back to school, new year, work

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Here We Go Again!!!

by Elizabeth P. January 19, 2012

Well here we are again! First blog of the second semester! Today feels like a whole new year for me. I have a new room, roommate, and classes! So far I love it! It is great that I can just jump back into the groove of school and hanging out with my friends. I always [...]

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Aaaand We’re Back!

by Elizabeth January 17, 2012

“So, didja do anything fun over break?” Five dollars says at least one person’s going to ask me that in the course of the next few days, and I’d better have an answer ready! I didn’t go anywhere – my whole extended family comes into Saint Louis for Christmas  – but I had some great [...]

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My Most Challenging Class This Semester Isn’t Even a Class

by Erica October 12, 2011

Hello to everyone reading this blog! This is my first blog for this semester and there is good reason for why that is. Let’s just say that I’m SUPER involved here at Fontbonne and keeping up with everything can be quite challenging. Don’t get me wrong though, school is challenging enough, and as a Speech-Language [...]

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Where Everybody Knows Your Name

by Alumni Posts September 16, 2011

Hello, everyone! I’m a transfer student. This is my third year attending college and my first at Fontbonne, and I gotta say, it feels so good to be part of a university again! Since the semester started, I’ve discovered a whole plethora of reasons why Fontbonne is the school for me. I’m having trouble just [...]

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Home away from home

by Deanna September 14, 2011

I have always been a big fan of smaller schools, and this was one of the major factors in choosing Fontbonne as the University I would attend after graduation from St. Elizabeth Academy High School. I have three older siblings, two of which went to universities in different parts of Missouri, and although that is [...]

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New Beginning

by Lizzie September 12, 2011

As one of the new freshmen at Fontbonne, I know I’m excited for many things: new friends, new experiences, and a new environment! It’s been great for the first few weeks. Many challenges will soon emerge, but I’ll face them no matter what. College life really is different from high school. I miss my friends [...]

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