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Author Archives: Rachel Stanley
Best Week of the Year!
I absolutely love this week of every year. The weather is perfect October, fantastic for sweaters and scarves but warm enough for me to evade my coat! It started off with a wonderful weekend! My boyfriend’s family was here and … Continue reading
Posted in CAB, Christmas, Dreams, Extracurricular Activities, Family, Friends, General, Halloween, Holidays, Life, People, Residence Life, Students
Tagged Army, Chorale, Christmas, fall, Family Weekend, Halloween, midterms, October, Sloppy Joe Improv, troubadours, wedding
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our fall “day of rest”
It’s midterm time. Somehow the past two months have flown by and we hit the time of tests, papers, projects, stress, and registering for next semester. I just had my appointment with my adviser to pick out classes. We had … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Community Service, Dreams, Friends, General, Golf, Life
Tagged Choir, Classes, concert, dark room, Fall Break, journalism, midterms, music, new phone, Newton, Photography, registration, Spanish, United Way, work
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It’s raining (on prom night).
“It’s raining… on prom night, oh oh my hair is a mess… raining, rain from the sky, raining… tears from my eyes over yoouuuuu.” I don’t know why that song from Grease always comes to my mind when it’s raining, … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, CAB, Campus, Career, Classes, Faculty, Golf, Life, Students
Tagged 35 mm camera, fitness, Grease, Immaculee Ilibagiza, journalism, Photography, rain, Rwanda, The Vantage, working out
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“transforming society” by transforming the student
My dear Newman Community we have returned to campus. Although the summer was short, it was the best one of my life. My blog posts from Guatemala give you a glimpse of what I learned and lived through. The experience … Continue reading
¡Sí, yo puedo!
I tried not to hurl as I realized my plate was staring at me. This is it, I thought, this is what I simply cannot do. After all I have fought through in this country—the language, the pounding rain, the … Continue reading
Guatemala Study and Serve: not your average summer abroad
As I bailed water out of my bedroom at one in the morning, I couldn’t help but stop and think, “You know, this really isn’t what I signed up for.” Initially attracted to the Newman Guatemala Study and Serve program … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Dreams, Faculty, Family, Friends, Life, People, Students
Tagged ASC Sisters, Father Stanley Rother, Guatemala Study and Serve, La Labor, PLQ, Santiago Atitlan, service, Spanish, Storm Agatha, Xela
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Why not a change in plans?
So, as many of you already know, I am writing this from a computer in Guatemala. I came on the Newman study abroad trip with six other Newman students. If I were to try and explain everything that I have … Continue reading
In just three weeks…
Three weeks from today I will be on a plan headed to Guatemala. Am I totally freaking out? Yes. Absolutely. I’m scared out of my mind (but also really excited)! I am traveling to Guatemala with several others from the … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Community Service, Family, Friends, Golf, Residence Life, Students
Tagged Chorale, chorale spring show, Curtain Up, dorm room, finals, Guatemala, Heartland Conference, Spanish, troubadours
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the time of my life
Despite the fact that my body is physically exhausted, I’m quite content. Sure, I’m anxious about the future and some papers that are due and the whole leaving the country thing… but really, life is pretty good. I’m exhausted because … Continue reading
Old enough to kill?
I was watching Good Morning America after training today and heard a disturbing story. In February of last year an 11 year old boy in Pennsylvania was accused of murdering his soon-to-be step mother. The woman was 26 years old … Continue reading