It's Cru Formal Time!

At the end of January, Campus Crusade for Christ had their annual formal event. This is a really fun evening where everybody in Cru dresses up in their most formal attire for dancing, pictures, and food!  It’s a really great night to meet other members of Cru, make new friends, and have a good time with your friends.

Each year, I attend with my Bible study. We always spend a while choosing our dresses, doing our hair and nails, and hanging out. It’s a great chance to become closer with your small group, like my Bible study. Here are some photos from the night!

The beautiful ladies of my b'stud (photo by Ashley Lentz)

My handsome date and I (photo by Ashley Lentz)

Cru is just one of the many religious organizations on campus. Check out one of my previous posts for more about these groups!

STOMP!

A couple weekends ago, I had the privilege of attending a performance of STOMP at Ball State’s Emens Auditorium.  It was such an incredible performance!  I was expecting the show to be good, with clever routines and great rhythms.  It definitely delivered on all of those aspects, but also on humor too!  It was a show without speech, but still had hilarious antics by the performers.

Shows like this are some of the benefits of being a college student.  Just in the last year and a half, I have seen major shows like The Color Purple, Legally Blonde, Beauty and the Beast, and STOMP.  My friends have even been to concerts like Skillet and Luke Bryan.  All on a student’s budget!  Check out Emens Auditorium’s website for more information about upcoming shows and concerts.

Stuck.

A couple Fridays ago, I ventured out to the Stadium parking lot to get my car to head home for the weekend. Now, if you’ll remember, there was still a LOT of snow and ice on the ground at the time. My car, too, was covered in ice and snow. Some of the windows were clear, but the windshield and the hood had about 3 inches of ice. The tires were also buried in several inches of snow and ice. I spent awhile trying to get the car out on my own, before I realized the gravity of my situation. My car was stuck.

I had heard about some other students who had gotten help from BSU’s free charter service the weekend before. So I got out my phone and called Charlie’s Charter. After a few minutes, an older gentleman pulled up in a Charlie’s Charter van. He had shovels, picks, and rock salt. Still, he was unable to push the car or to really dig it out. Unfortunately, I didn’t quite receive the assistance from Charlie’s Charter as the students had the week before. While I was waiting for him, a nice guy stopped and offered to give me a push, but it just wasn’t going anywhere.

For those of you who don’t already know, my family is originally from Muncie. So I am lucky enough to have grandparents and family friends in town. One of my dad’s friends (the same one who moved our futon in, actually) brought one of his coworkers and came to my rescue. When they came pulling into the stadium lot in their big trucks, I was overjoyed to see them. My heroes! It took them about 20 minutes, a gallon of washer fluid with de-icer, and some serious pushing to get me out. I honestly don’t know what I would have done without them.

All in all, that day I spent about an hour and a half at the Stadium getting my car out. I know this isn’t very reassuring for those of you wanting to come to BSU without strong family friends in town. However, the way I see it, the storm we had produced a cruel and unusual amount of ice. Yes, the snow in Muncie can get bad. I feel like that much ice doesn’t happen very often though. Even if it does, I would have been able to gather some guys to help me out, I’m sure.

Nevertheless, I was on my way by mid-afternoon and spent a wonderful weekend at home with my family.

Winter Weekend Update

This weekend has been one of the busiest of the whole year. It all started with CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ) Formal on Friday night. All the girls from my Bible study dressed up in our pretty dresses, curled our hair, and danced the night away. It was so much fun!

Saturday I went to my first college basketball game. We lost to Ohio 61-60, but it was a good game! I got to meet up with my great-aunt and great-uncle afterward for dinner too, and we had a great time. That evening, Becca and I got a futon in our room – finally!! We’ve been thinking about doing this for a long, long time. And we finally did it! Thank goodness for my dad’s friend and his son, who helped us move it in. It looks amazing and is so comfy!



Today has been filled with homework. All day. It’s been kind of a long day. The rest of the weekend was great though!

Last week, a prospective freshman came to visit the College of Business and sat in on my Econ class. As I was talking with her, I kept thinking about how cool of an opportunity she had. Even though I was almost certain about coming here last year, it would have been such a great experience to try out classes here before I made my decision. So my advice this week: sign up for a tour day and contact someone in your major department about sitting in on a class or two. I am sure it would be a great opportunity to see if BSU is a good fit for you!