Just Another Week at Coe College

Dear Readers,

I would like to start off by saying that I have lived in Cedar Rapids for almost 3 years now and I am still finding new cool places to eat and hangout. For instance just this past Thursday I went out to a local hotel in town and had $3 all you can eat wings (+the cost of a soda)! Following that I decided to go to my show on KCOE radio with some of my buddies. The show didn't end until midnight and right after a few of us thought it would be a good idea to attempt to go see the movie hunger games. Best decision of the night! The movie was great and so was the late night Burger King run after. I also made some Tye die t-shirts earlier that day ha ha.

Following my successful Thursday came a tired Friday, I could not wait to take a nap. After accomplishing my napping goals I got ready to go to a Cedar Rapids Titans indoor football game. I never knew how much fun those were. Coming from Southfield Michigan just out side of Detroit I am use to big sports teams however I found myself having just as much fun if not more at the Titans game. Also on Friday I tried out a restaurant I had never been to with one of my fraternity brothers. The place was called Jersey's and it was located right in downtown Cedar Rapids in walking distance of Coe which was pretty cool I thought. While speaking of dinner however I did find myself making another Burger King run later that night after the Titans game.

All and all it was a fun and exciting week that was relaxing yet full of things to do. This upcoming weekend is admitted student weekend so hopefully some of you readers will be around campus this weekend. Who knows maybe I will even be your host!

Thank you for your time,
Charles E. Cotton III

Oh What a Week Thus Far

Dear Readers,

The weather has been beautiful, everyone seems to be enjoying it so much so that I don't think I was able to go outside one day last week with out seeing a group of people either playing basketball, tanning, or participating in some other outdoor activity. Some people have even been camping out outside which I think is awesome.

I can say that I do not have a lot of homework from last week. I was able to get it all done early which was much needed seeing how busy this weekend got. Friday night I was invited to one of the sorority formal dances off campus, followed by Saturday which was St. Patrick's day and the weather was perfect. I woke up pretty early to go participate in the parade with the Coe College entry. I am glad I was selected to be in the parade seeing how it was something I have never did before.

Followed by a wonderful Saturday came a very productive Sunday. I for some reason decided to fully utilize my time to finish up a lot of homework for the upcoming week which I am happy to say was well planned because I woke up the next morning at 6AM to people running up and down the halls in excitement that Today, Monday March 19,2012 was the 101st Flunk Day at Coe College! If you are curious ass to what Flunk Day is I will be happy to tell you all about it. Flunk Day is an Unknown day on campus where all classes are cancelled and there is a big cook-out on the main quad hosted by our President. Everyone wakes up around 7am and begins to participate in Flunk Day breakfast and all the other events they have out on the quad like, face-painting, photo booth, Foam pit etc. If you want to see a few pictures from this years Flunk Day check out the Coe College Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/CoeCollege.

After Flunk Day came to a close everything returned back to normal around here. We got to rainy days which I am not the happiest about but I can see that the grass is because it is glowing a nice strong vibrant green haha. The temperature has been just fantastic though and I would have to say I am very excited to see what the rest of the week has to offer.

Thank you for your time,
Charles E. Cotton III

What a Wonderful Break (Spring Break!!!)

Dear Readers,

I am happy to chat with you all again. I do not know if you all know this but we are just now returning to school from spring break. I actually started my break a little earlier than most people and left last Wednesday. I decided to go with a buddy of mine out to Wisconsin for a big job fair in Oshkosh. The sweet thing about this was that my professors were very understanding about me having to leave early and they allowed me to either finish and turn in homework or take test early or via email. That really helped out a lot or else I might have had a boat load of homework when I got back.

On our way up to Oshkosh we stopped in Milwaukee to visit a good friend of ours who lives up there now. He took us all around town and showed us a good time which was a nice little break from the road trip. After that we finished the drive into Oshkosh on Thursday morning and everything was history from there. I will say though that the conference/ job fair was a great networking and learning experience and I never really knew just how many people knew about Coe College and the people they have met from here.

The conference ended that Sunday which still left me with a full week of activities. We decided to drive back to good ole Iowa Sunday but first we stopped and had lunch and did some shopping with our old Student Activities coordinator who now lives in Wisconsin. It was great to do some catching up before hitting the road back to Coe for the week.

Once we returned we found Coe pretty empty. It wasn't until Monday morning I found out there were still a few people around to hangout with for the week which was nice. I also decided to work in academic computing the entire week so that I could pay for my little early spring break vacation. I really enjoy working with the people in that department, you never really know what to expect from some of the guys haha.

Besides that I just did a lot of gaming/ hanging out with friends, going out to eat and to the movies and etc. That being said I highly recommend going to see the movie project x it was a pretty good one.

Although I had a lot of fun somehow Sunday crept up on me faster then expected. I had to get a lot of laundry done and catch up on some homework last night before classes started back today. I am happy to say that I am all caught up and am looking forward to my first day of golf practice.

Thank you for your time,
Charles E. Cotton III