By Amy McNaul on
5/21/2009 8:46 AM
Hey everyone!
Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve gotten back to the blogging. I have had some crazy weeks of fun. Let me recap it all for you.
We had our first freshman registration day. As a View Crew member, we spent all day Friday setting up tables and signs to help Saturday run smooth for students and family members. It was so great to see all the new faces that will be joining me here next year. I hope that I’ll have some of you in my View Crew group, and we’ll be able to talk at your registration!
I also just competed for the title of Ms. Grand View. The con ...
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By Amy McNaul on
3/6/2009 1:06 PM
Hey Group,
It has been a busy, but exciting week.
I found out that there will be a student directed show next year for any Alpha Psi Omega member to submit a proposal. I am really excited to find the perfect script that will work for our arena type stage. Also, I was appointed a member of the View Crew which is assigned to different incoming freshman to help them with the transition. So, hopefully I will get to be paired up with some of you during the summer and see you at registration days.
My final for my accelerated class went really well; I got an A and an A i ...
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By Amy McNaul on
2/24/2009 10:19 AM
Hi Everybody! This is my first time blogging with Grand View. I’m very excited to be able to inform others of what this excellent school is like.
I am a freshman this year and am very glad I chose this school. I have learned that everything I heard about this school is true. The classes are small with great professors, all the classroom buildings are close and easy to find, and the people here are very friendly and helpful. I was talking to a friend this weekend about GV, she goes to another Iowa school, and she is thinking about transferring here because the people at her school are pretty arrogant and rude. It is very easy to make friends here at GV for everyone.
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By Molly Hottle on
2/24/2009 10:16 AM
If there’s one thing about free time at Grand View University it’s that there is none. If I’m not in the editor’s office working on the next edition of the Grand Views, then I’m probably in class or making you coffee at Holy Grounds on Thursday mornings and Friday afternoons. I hardly ever find any moments, much less a dull moment.
And that is why you will no longer read my blog on the school website. Granted, I loved sharing my experiences here at Grand View with you! But those experiences have seemingly brought me to a schedule that no longer allows me to take part in the blogging. But please continue to enjoy all of those who still find time to share their experiences on this site. And as always, please visit thegrandviews.com for all of the latest Grand View University news!
Molly Hottle
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By Molly Hottle on
1/6/2009 8:35 AM
Changes both good and difficult in 2009
Classes came back sooner than I thought. The holidays always move fast, but we definitely had one week less of a break than normal. Still not sure why that is, but it’s kind of motivated me to get started with the year.
Currently, I’m trying to find a yoga studio than can fit around both my school schedule and my student budget. This week, I plan on trying on the new studios and instructors.
I have also charged myself to take more photos. Yeah, it’s already my passion and with two photo classes this semester, it shouldn’t be too difficult, but I want to do more random things with my camera. Not sure yet what that means, but when I see them, I’ll know.
Recently, a friend moved away to Omaha
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By Molly Hottle on
12/8/2008 10:32 AM
In the next week I have to study for two final exams and practice for a reading of my poems and prose from the past semester of my creative writing class. I have to work quite a few hours at my job and prepare the Grand Views for next semester. And that’s only the beginning of things.
But all I want to do is break out my rolling pin.
The holiday season is a time I look forward to each year, usually no matter what. I love the lights and the family and definitely the food, which includes sugar cookies, carefully frosted and covered in sprinkles. Trees, stars, stockings, ornaments, all painted with blue, red, green, and yellow sugar.
Making the cookies is a tradition I have never lost, even when living in a cramped dorm my freshman year. My roommates and I frosted cookies my mom made up and brought to me last year when we lived in the Suites. And this year, I’m planning on ...
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By awilliams on
11/20/2008 11:27 AM
November 16, 2008
This past weekend was the one that I had been waiting for all year. I had tickets to the Purdue game on Saturday in Iowa City and was excited because not only are they coming off of a huge win last week, but this is their last home game of the year. It turned out to be one of those games you don’t forget.
Waking up at 5 a.m. was the least of our worries for that day. I went to the game with my girlfriend, my brother and his wife. The drive didn’t take too long and if you have ever traveled to a game the morning of from the Des Moines area, you know that most of the people heading the same way that early in the morning are driving to the game. The big difference between this game compared to others….snow.
It snowed before we left town and didn ...
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By awilliams on
11/20/2008 11:25 AM
November 10, 2008
As some of you probably know, Iowa pulled off a huge upset this last Saturday against #3 Penn. St. I was held on the edge of my seat for the entire game. It is an incredible time to be a Hawkeye fan. The one thing that I keep kicking myself over is that at the beginning of the season, I was debating between getting tickets for this Penn. St. game and next weeks Purdue game. I chose Purdue because no one thought the Nittany Lions were going to be any good this year and I didn’t want to go watch a blow out game.
As the season progressed, and an undefeated record was brought to Kinnick Stadium, some thought that I still made the right choice. They figured Iowa was going to get destroyed t ...
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By awilliams on
11/20/2008 11:24 AM
November 2, 2008
With this being Halloween weekend, I had to get out and catch up with some old friends. Friday night was one long day. A friend from Cedar Rapids came down and wanted to go to some bars downtown. We started out at Komodo Club and made our rounds until ending at 101. Most of the people at the bars were dressed in costumes but we just never got into the dressing up mood. We ended up going to another friend’s condo to continue the party. There weren’t a whole lot of people there, but it was fun either way. The night came to an end with a cab ride home around 5:30 in the morning.
Saturday night was more of the same. I went to a costume party just outside of Des Moines where the theme was hillbilly attire. I wore a bright orange hunting stocking hat, a flannel coat, a pair of gym shorts and my hunting b ...
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By awilliams on
11/20/2008 11:22 AM
October 27, 2008
This last weekend, I went to Pocahontas County to hunt for pheasants with my dad, brother and two uncles. Each of my uncles have their own dogs so we figured that we were going to get our limit relatively easy. As we were driving to a specific area that the two usually hunt, we saw a rooster fly across the road. This added to our positive thoughts.
Once we arrived at the area, we let the dogs loose. Right off the bat they flushed up 4 hens and we thought everything was going to be good. We drove around for the next 7 hours, walking through dozens of some of the best looking ditches I had ever seen and there were no roosters. We should have had our limit within a couple of hours, but we didn’t even see another bird until 5 minutes past shooting time.&a ...
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