Weekend Highlights

So this weekend was definitely an eventful one! First off, I had the opportunity of hosting a Swim Recruit who stayed overnight Friday into Saturday. This was my first recruit and I think I did a pretty good job showing him the positives here at St. Mike's. He was recently accepted to SMC, so he was here for the Accepted Students Day on Saturday! We went to the Ross Center to shoot some hoops, went to Alliot to get some lunch and we met up with the Swim Team so my recruit could meet most of the swimmers, who we ended up hanging out with for the rest of the night. We all hope he left here thinking, "I Like St. Mike's"!

I also got a visit from my two good friends back at home, Ryan and Liz. Unlike my recruit, they stayed here the entire weekend so I had to show them much more other then the campus life. During Saturday afternoon, I drove the both of them down to Burlington to show-off Church Street and its wonderful restaurants and stores. We first got some lunch at Ken's Pizza, then we got ice cream afterwards. They definitely underestimated the Vermont life (coming from New York), but I'm glad I got to show them otherwise!

On Sunday morning, I drove Liz back to the train station so she could get back to UMass Amherst. After our return, Ryan and I, along with my other friends grabbed some breakfast and headed to Doc Jacobs Field to watch our friend play baseball. But we left a little early because we didn't want to miss out on Green Up's Earth Fest! Earth Fest is a fair in which students practice and educate the importance of our nature and environment. There was live music, ice cream from the well-known Ben and Jerry's, and food from local food chains. Green Up has worked hard all year to make this event happen, so it was nice to see everything get put together and finalized.

My eventful weekend ended with a nice game of KanJam with a few friends out in the Quad. If you don't know this game, it's perfectly fine... most of my friends didn't really know about it either. The game
is simple: There are two cans that are set up about 50 feet apart. Each can has a little hole in front where a frisbee can be thrown into. The object of the game is that you and your partner try to get the frisbee into that hole. Since that is rare, there is a point value. If you hit the can with the frisbee, its 2 points, but if the frisbee hits the can with the help of your partner, its 1 point. The frisbee can be hit into the can by your partner giving you 3 points. If the frisbee happens to get into the can, that is 4 points. There are occasions when someone does get the frisbee into the little hole! If that happens, the game is over! If not, the team who gets to 21 points first wins.

Hope everyone enjoys the hot day tomorrow!
P.S. Perfect day for KanJam

SMC Blogger Ben (above) cookin' up some
fine hamburgers at Earth Fest!