Finals are upon us! Everybody run for cover!

Finals are here and I feel surprisingly unprepared for them. It doesn’t seem like we’re anywhere near done, but apparently we will be in about seven days. It’s mildly mind-blowing. I’m excited about not having to go to class anymore, but I’m also petrified about having to take my final exams (mostly Organic Chemistry). I suppose we will all do what we always do: procrastinate, cram and hope for the best. Yay college!

So what has happened for the past few weeks? Simple answer is a lot, I suppose. So far, we’ve had all sorts of award ceremonies and honor society inductions and this that and the other. It’s all fun stuff. Biggest things for me though, I was accepted into Order of Omega, which is an all-Greek honor society. It was a great honor whenever I found out, and it makes me happy because I feel it sort of recognizes all the hard work I’ve put into school and Greek life. It’s always good to feel validated. Second honor society I was accepted into: Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-allied health sciences honor society. That was a fun one to join, and I’m hoping to work with a lot doing service in the community and for Centenary and such things. I’m also looking forward to help plan next year’s Crawfish Boil, which is always a huge event that is a big hit with both students and professors. Third (and last) honor society for me this month: Omicron Delta Kappa, national honor society. This one I really didn’t think I’d get into, seeing how according to the information I had about them, they only accept the top 3% of applicants, and though I work hard, I know there’s people on this campus who do a lot better than I do. But I got in, and it was good, and now I’m in three different honor societies. Talk about overwhelming.

Also, Theta Chi (finally) initiated the New Members that joined this semester! That was a fun night. Initiations always are though. This initiation was special for me, seeing how it was the first time I had to act as President, which was a big change in responsibility from being Historian. I was really nervous I would mess up, but thankfully I did not and it turned out well. We also had a few Brothers visit in from Northwestern, and they got to participate in Initiation and the subsequent celebrations. Speaking of the celebrations, it is an old standing tradition for us that while we are off doing our Initiation thing, the ladies who spend a lot of time with us will decorate the House and make signs and banners congratulating those who have been newly initiated, and this year they really went all out. The place looked really nice, and they even made us cookies! If you ever want to get into the heart of every Theta Chi on this campus, just bake us cookies. Trust me we love cookies. So to those ladies that helped out, thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. We love you (and your cookies)!

Speaking of moments in Theta Chi, we also put our four graduating seniors through Alumni Ceremony, granting them Alumnus Brother status. That was fun and bittersweet for all of us. Also, it was kind of rushed, seeing how we followed that with Initiation, and we were all anxious to get that started. Either way, it was carried out successfully, so congratulations are in order to Alumni Brothers Davis, Fagan, Martin and Olson. May the future hold nothing but wonders for you guys, and remember that Theta Chi is for life, so we expect to see you all around!

Anyway. This has been my attempt to procrastinate, and I think it has worked pretty well. I really should get back to my books, but I’m sure I’ll have a chance to post one last time before the semester lets out, so I’ll see you all next time!

Much love,
Marco