Alumni+Blog

Here's the place to keep in touch with your Troop 595 Alumni. Feel free to post whatever you want to keep the troop up to date. They kinda dropped off the earth after this...

Andrew,

That doesn't look like a college building, it looks like a hotel. What are you really doing down in Texas? LOL

Papers, Numbers, and a Good Disguise -Andrew This is a VERY close-up of my desk. Next to my alarm clock is an order number from Whataburger, which (for you who have not made it south of Oklahoma-also known as Whataburger Country) is the southern equivalent of Culver's (except it doesn't have custard :/ ). They throw all of these numbers out at the end of every night, so occasionally, people will 'acquire' them when they get their order and the person bringing the food doesn't ask for the number. It is worth mentioning at this point that quiet a few people have quiet a few numbers, and so when I mentioned to some people in my dorm that I had not 'acquired' one yet, a few people in my dorm were bound and determined that I 'acquire' my first number. And so I have. Often times, the truly important things are disguised by the attractiveness (or silliness) of more trivial things. This is the case with the picture above. Behind my newly 'acquired' number is sitting my voter registration card for Hays County, TX. I hesitated posting this because of the sensitive nature of this election. And especially now that it is over, a normal person would probably have the sense to let the sleeping dog lie. I am not that person. That is because, I don't want to speak to the outcome, but to the importance of voting. In scouting, we are always impressing the importance of being a contributing citizen (through service, outreach, involvement in the community etc.) This also includes voting when you are old enough! In Wisconsin, you are lucky enough to have laws that allow you to register to vote right at the voting place on the day of the election. This is important because that means that there is NO EXCUSE to not vote. Here, you have to have registered prior and have received your voter registration card, which complicates the system. But it was important enough that I waded through this system to re-registered as a voter in Texas so that I could vote here. Always Vote! Up and Over -Andrew I am now starting week 5 of classes. I am used to my new surroundings now...so much so that I am already back to my old ways. I started the first week of classes waking up about an hour before to get ready and leave with plenty of time to get to class. Now I wake up about 20 minutes before, deny the fact that I have class to go to and then leave at the last possible second. This is NOT, I repeat, __**NOT**__ a good idea because the result is normally me running to class. You wouldn't think this would be a problem until you realize that my first class is in the Music Building and it is on the other side of the steepest hill on campus from my dorm (My title Up and Over might make a little more sense now). And, if running uphill half asleep wasn't bad enough, running downhill in flip flops certainly isn't any better. My big accomplishment this week has been that I haven't had to run to class all week :D In other news, my degree plan is meant to be completed in 5 years, but I just met with my academic advisor and he said that I placed out of enough freshmen-level classes to be able finish in the regular 4 years. Above: One of my favorite buildings on campus, The Taylor-Murphy History Building. This outdoor courtyard is in the middle of the building and all of the classes and offices are around it.

The Art of Being Awesome
by Steven Hohs

I am studying Computer Science at the University of Alabama, although I'm pretty sure I'm going to add a Math major... and I'm a bad ass...

What??? I certainly don't recall the "bad arse" moniker working for you too much the last time I saw you user:SctmstrSchaefer

Those Alabamese sure make a quick turn around...