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    A slice of campus life written by a Michigan Tech student



    2008 2007 2006

    January

    9—An Introduction
    16—What is Broomball?
    23—Battling the Elements
    30—Staying On Track
    4—Let me introduce myself
    10—What exactly is broomball?
    17—Michigan Tech Career Center
    24—Winter Carnival begins
    11—Looking ahead
    18—Remembering the dream
    25—ASMTU: Looking at change

    February

    6—Winter Carnival Week
    13—Career Fair Coming Up
    20—Off-Campus Living
    27—Get Your Groove On!

    7—Winter Carnival snow statues
    14—The Barkboard Forums
    21—Off-Campus Housing
    28—On-Campus Housing

    1—Preparing for Future Success
    8—Winter Carnival
    15—Carnival wrapup and a look at housing (part 1)
    22—On-Campus Housing (part 2)

    March

    5—Half Way Through Spring Semester
    19—Returning to Tech
    26—Preview Day

    7—A stressful, yet important week
    14—Warm spring break
    20—Preview Day
    27—Preview Day wrapup and looking ahead

    1—Calendar reminders
    8—Spring break options
    15—Enterprise recruiting
    22—Advising meetings and Preview Day
    29—A weekend of previews and bowling

    April

    2—Summer Youth Programs
    9—Stress is Building
    16—Undergraduate Expo & Spring Fling Have Arrived!
    23—One Week Left
    30—Coming to the End
    4—The stress is building
    11—Winter wonderland in April
    18—The Big Expo
    24—Spring Fling wrap-up and finals
    5—Finding the perfect degree
    12—Spring Fling is in the air!
    19—The sweet rewards of the end of the year
    26—The end is near

    May

    14—Summers in the U.P.
    21—A.E. Seamen Mineral Museum
    28—Campus Library Services

    2—Returning home
    9—Final grades

    15—Social networking
    23—First Year Experience (part 1)
    3—The summer "to do" list
    10—Final grades and summer
    17—MaCH-I: Preparing freshmen for the real deal
    24—ExSEL: Getting ahead the first year
    31—Representing Michigan Tech: My Intership Update

    June

    4—Rozsa Center
    11—Bridgefest 2008
    18—Changes to Campus
    25—Student Organizations Part 1


    6—First Year Experience (part 2)
    13—Summer internships and co-ops
    20—Students and their money
    27—Student groups: service, religious, and cultural
    7—Summer Youth Program
    14—Who knew a bridge could be so fun?
    21—Hard work does pay off!
    29—Tuition increases announced

    July

      4—Student groups: media, sports, and campus-wide
    11—Thinking ahead: computers and printers
    18—Orientation: Things to do
    25—Orientation: Academics and Parent Orientation
    12—Moving in: what you need
    19—Computers: one of the essentials
    26—Gearing up for Orientation, Part 1

    August

      1—Textbooks
    8—What to bring? What to leave?
    15—What is an OTL? What is an RA?
    22—Roommates
    2—Gearing up for Orientation, Part 2
    9—Textbooks, schedules, and IDs
    16—A pleasant surprise, roommates!
    23—A proud Huskies tradition: athletics
    30—How to avoid UP culture shock

    September

      5—School has started
    12—Getting Help
    19—Tech Careers Start Here
    26—A Very Eventful Weekend

    6—Celebrating the Keweenaw and Week One
    13—Parade of Nations
    20—Make friends and a resume
    27—Homecoming 2006 and Mock Interviews

    October

      3—Homecoming and Career Fair
    10—Family Weekend
    17—A Quick Wrap-up and MADD
    24—Thrills and Chills at Tech
    31—Staying Healthy
    4—Fall (in love) with Houghton!
    11—A weekend for your family
    18—Making a difference
    25—Fall Spirit

    November

     

    7—Thanksgiving Break
    14—First Snow
    21—Three Weeks Left
    26—Fall Commencement

    1—Discovering opportunities through ROTC
    8—Enjoying culture and leadership
    15—Turning points
    22—A time to be thankful
    29—Michigan Tech holiday wish list

    December

      5—Winter Reminders
    12—Final Exams
    19—Fall Commencement... I GRADUATED!
    26—Semester Wrap-up

    6—An interview with Eric Smith about Blue Key
    13—A time for celebrations!
    20—The words all parents dream to hear: "I Graduated!"


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