Zach Braff = Awesome music @ World Live Cafe!

So Saturday night I attended the Hotel Cafe Tour at World Live Cafe, which is a small venue a block off Drexel's Campus. The tour featured Ingrid Michaelson, Eric Hutchinson, Cary Brothers, Joshua Radin, and Meiko. It was basically a group of singer songwriters having a great time. The artists rotated coming on and off the stage, playing 3 or 4 songs at a time and then switching. Each artist came out and sang with the other artists. It was just a great show and it looked as if the artists really enjoyed performing for us. The venue was small and comfortable, making the show extremely personal.

I found out about most of these artists thanks to Zach Braff. The Cary Brothers and Joshua Radin are on the Scrubs soundtrack as well as the Garden State and Last Kiss soundtracks. Colin Hay who also appeared on the Scrubs and Garden State soundtrack is coming to World Cafe in April too. So thank you Zach Braff... Thank you for introducing me to these great musicians!

Quick Catch-Up

So it's been a busy few weeks and I just wanted to mention a huge event that happened a couple of weeks ago.

On March 6th, my fraternity held the First Annual Sigma Phi Epsilon Charity Concert for the St. Baldrick's Foundation. St. Baldrick's is the world's largest volunteer-driven fundraising event for childhood cancer research. Thousands of volunteers shave their heads in solidarity of children with cancer, while requesting donations of support from friends and family. We had done this event last year but at a much smaller scale. This year we had over 60 people (two of them were women) shave their heads. It was an amazing event and to date we have raised $18,324.51. I am proud of my fraternity for accomplishing this amazing task, and I am even prouder for having taken part in this event. I have attached a before and "somewhat after" photo of me from the concert.

If you want to learn more about St. Baldrick's you can check out our team page: http://www.stbaldricks.org/events/event_info.html?EventKey=2008-890ricks.org/events/event_info.html?EventKey=2008-890

Finals Week, please be over...

Even though I am on Co-Op, I decided to take a night class. Over Co-Op you are allowed to take a free class as long as it is 3 credits or less. I decided to take an Electrical Engineering class (ECE 200- Digital Logic). My final is tonight and I couldn't be happier. I realized now that I should have asked around before taking this class, because I didn't understand circuits very well my freshman year and this is the basics for circuits and computers. Either way, I studied until 3 AM last night and am confident in the material.

Next week is Drexel's Spring Break. Some of my friends are headed home. Others are headed to exotic Islands. I am working. WHOA PARTY! Oh well one more week of getting paid is always a good thing. Though Co-Op is a great experience and I am thankful for all the experience I gained and people I met... I really just want to be able to sleep in during the week. Sleep is a commodity that I currently do not have, and I want it back.

Scholar's Day / Duct Tape Your RA

So this weekend were our two Scholar's Day events. All students who received an AJ Drexel Scholarship were invited to Drexel for more information on the College and their planned major of study. I had to work at the events from 8 AM till 4 Pm both Saturday and Sunday, but the event ran very smoothly. I had a chance to meet a lot of potential Drexel students, while also hanging out with some Student Ambassadors I haven't met yet.

The most interesting part of my weekend happened last night. The Calhoun Hall RAs have been raising money over the past week for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The four RAs who raise the most money get duct taped to the poles in the Calhoun lobby. There were cans at the front desk all week where residents could donated money to get their RA taped to a pole. Until Sunday afternoon we had only raised a total of about $80. With 1 hour left, all of the residents banded together to try and get their RA taped.

In the end 4 RAs were picked, Brent (3rd floor), Aditi (7th floor), George (4th floor), and myself (8th floor). Between 8 PM and 9 PM we went from having $80 in donation to almost $400.

I will admit, being duct taped to a large concrete poll is not the most comfortable experience, but it was for a great cause. I was proud of my residents for donating their money (which college students usually do not have much of) to get me taped. It was a great event and was for a great cause. Yeah Calhoun!