Last night was the launch of one of the main on-campus
literary magazines, Rivercraft, which
was exciting since I had my poem, “Wings,” published in it. I submitted to the
magazine both my freshman and sophomore years, but this was my first year
getting into the magazine. I was one of the students who read at the launch. I
don’t know why I find it so nerve-wracking to read my poetry in front of other
people, but it was—even though I had already read this poem previously at an
open mic of a university poetry society while I was abroad. I now have a copy
of the magazine, and I’m excited to be able to look through the work of my
peers when I have the time.
The night before, Sunday, I joined the honor society for Religion
students, Theta Alpha Kappa. Because the Religion major is small, the society
itself is also very small, so we didn’t have a big initiation like some other
honor societies have. Instead, we had something that I think was preferable.
The new members, as well as the one previously inducted member, went to dinner
with two members of the religion faculty.
We went to BJs, which is probably the most popular
restaurant in downtown Selinsgrove. Students go there a lot, but I had actually
never been there before. Everyone was astounded that it was my first time and
made sure that we ordered Bongo Bongo dip, one of BJ’s signature foods, as an
appetizer. It was delicious, as was the Club Chicken Sandwich I ordered. During
the dinner, we were given certificates of membership for Theta Alpha Kappa.
While we there, the university’s president, President Lemons, also happened to
be at BJs for a dinner. He stopped by and congratulated us. All in all, it was
really nice to be able to have this dinner (which was free—always a big plus
for a college student) with some of my fellow Religion majors and two of my
professors whose classes I really enjoy.
After the dinner, a friend and I headed over to
Susquehanna’s spring concert at TRAX, the campus night club. The band
performing was Grouplove, who is most known for their song “Tongue-Tied.” We
missed the opening act, but I’m very glad that we went anyway. I didn’t know
most of Grouplove’s songs, but I was very impressed with them and enjoyed
myself a lot. It was also a free show for Susquehanna students, which made it
even better.
On Saturday I was a small group leader in Lutheran Youth
Day, an annual event where Lutheran middle and high school students visit
campus to study the Bible, worship, etc. This was my third year volunteering at
Lutheran Youth Day and it was a fun experience, just like the two previous
years. It was also exhausting since the day runs from about 10 a.m. to past 5
p.m. In addition to leading a small group of high school students, I was also a
part of a skit with a religious life group called Acts 29 that does drama and
children’s ministry.
Other than some fun events here and there, it’s that time of
semester where there’s just a ton of work! Hopefully that won’t get too heavy
and I’ll be able to enjoy the last few weeks as a college junior. 