Heights Update

Hello Everyone!

It is crazy to think that the semester is almost over! It has really flown by.

Things have been going well these past few weeks. The beautiful fall weather has given way to some pretty cold temperatures, especially for a Floridian! I don't think my immune system can handle the drastic temperature changes, so as usual, I came down with a cold. One of the great things about BC is that we have our own infirmary right here on campus, housed in the Connell School of Nursing. It functions just like your normal doctors office and they took good care of me.

This past week, I also had the opportunity to go hear a lecture put on by our very own Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics. The Winston Center brought in Cynthia Cooper, the woman who unearthed the internal fraud of the Fortune 500 company, WorldCom. It was a great opportunity to hear her inspirational and amazing story.

I also had another really cool opportunity to go to another lecture this week by the founder of the popular Johnny Cupcakes clothing line, brought in by UGBC, Nights on the Heights, and the BC Entrepreneur Society. It was really interesting to see how this company grew from selling t-shirts with cupcakes on them out of a trunk behind a comic shop, to a multi million dollar company with stores in Boston and Los Angeles. (**The picture is from the Johnny Cupcakes lecture)

As you can see there are always a ton of things going on even during the week outside of the classroom. BC does a really good job of bringing in really engaging speakers that students flock to see.

My post here wouldn't be complete without filling you in on some BC sports action. I have been busy with Eagle Ops promoting our hockey games. In between periods, we usually hold some type of on ice competition where we take fans from the stands and put them in sumo suits and have them try to score a goal. It's a lot of fun and the crowd usually finds it pretty entertaining. Our football team just had a huge win tonight to keep our ACC Championship hopes alive. Next weekend we play Maryland and if we win, we will be heading to Tampa (my home!) to play in the ACC Championship game!

Lost your lucky charms?

Hello Everyone,

So things have been pretty crazy here on the Heights! These past 2 weeks for me have been filled with mid-terms and papers. It was a tough couple of weeks, trying to study during every free minute I had. Things went well with them and I had something amazing to look forward to once they were all done: Notre Dame weekend!!!

This past weekend was the weekend of my dreams. Boston College's biggest rivalry, Notre Dame, came to town not only for the re-match of the hockey national championship, but also an ESPN prime time night game for football. Although the hockey game didn't go so well, the football game made up for it with a 17-0 win! Notre Dame definitly lost their lucky charms!! Friday afternoon we also unveiled our Doug Flutie statue, forever commemorating his famous Hail Mary pass.

There is no greater atmosphere than a nationally televised night game vs. the Irish. It was simply amazing. After the game, nobody wanted to leave. All of the students stayed in the stands after the game, savoring the win.

So, it's Sunday afternoon and I'm busy trying to get some work done for the coming week. This weekend was definitely an awesome break from the busy workload of the past few weeks.

Registration for next semester begins in a week or so. It's exciting to look at all the possible classes to take for next semester and to try and work out the times to make an awesome schedule. This semester I am going to try and have Friday's off, which would be really nice.

Right now it looks like I will be taking Basic Finance, Managerial Accounting, Organizational Behavior, Business Law and a History class.

So long from the Heights!

GO BC!!!

Scott Landay