This is worth a moment of your time.

Today, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the pharmaceutical monolith that charges nearly $1,000 for a 30 day supply of one of its HIV/AIDS medications, is donating $1 to the National AIDS Fund for each person who simply visits their website and "virtually lights a candle." The tally is near over 1,000,000 now.

Please, please take a minute to "light a candle":

www.lighttounite.org

This really will take just a second!! Please forward this on to other friends!

Cheers,
Jack

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

So I've got two down, four to go. Papers to write that is. I'm well on my way to getting through it all. Is it ironic that I'm taking a break from writing papers to write a blog?

It's been a great week, despite the feeling of being buried. The Tivoli Planning Committee, a SACAB sub-committee, on which I was lucky enough to serve, met this last Friday. We came to a unanimous decision on which company to award the bid to for the Coffee Shop space in the Tivoli. It's not final yet, so I'll wait to say who won, but I believe that the campus will be happy with who we chose.

Al lot of other great things happened this week. Too many to list. I'll just say that this last month has been arguably more productive for me than the rest of the semester combined. Good stuff is going on.

Here is a picture of Christopher Walkin:





Cheers,
Jack

Confession

Quite a few people compliment me for my ability to do all the things that I do with my current allotment of time. I appreciate the support, and it would be much harder, if not impossible, for me to do the things I do without all the support from all the wonderful people in my life (both on and off campus).

I'll let you in on the secret of how I seem to be everywhere at once:

I procrastinate really, really bad on my homework. Worry not, though! I'm currently doing great, grade-wise, as best as I can tell. I just have far too much to do in far less time than I need.

If you see me around, and I'm twitching a little, or I have a far-off look in my eyes, just remind me that the world is in fact not collapsing in on me and I just need another cup of coffee.

Cheers to the madness! I'm going to bed!

~Jack


P.S. I bet you can't guess where this was taken:

The deal

Yet another week has passed. I can hardly believe that there is only one week of regular classes left. Then, finals and what might possibly be the greatest thing that I can imagine: winter break.

All I can think about is what I am going to do to relax after the madness is finished. I have five 10+ page papers to write, and a research assignment to do in one week. I shouldn't complain, though, as I am not alone in this. It seems that everyone has far too much to do in far too little time.

Let's make a deal. As soon as the chains of this semester fall from us, let's promise to make good use of whatever break we get.

I wintery out. The holidays are approching. Just two more weeks...

Cheers,
Jack