Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Corner View : Seven

I missed the re-start of CV recently, whose topic was "school." Perhaps it's best, anyway, as I could've gone on and on about its current influence on life...

Perhaps it's not what the creator had in mind, but when I first read today's topic I thought of the brand of jeans. And boy, I used to be a big believer in jeans for $20 brand new. I got my first pair of Sevens in China for $9, though the US version is $150+. Handsewn pockets to give your booty some lift... this is relevant to some of us...

So to incorporate the last CV with the current, here are Seven things at school heavily influencing my life:
1) student government. Perhaps it should count for two because it's so big. ~30 hours a week is what it's taking me to juggle it all. That's 3x as much as I expected after talking to last year's pres.
3) graduate leadership council. This is all the presidents of the schools around campus who get together. Still haven't quite figured out what they do...
4) ngl. This is an enthusiastic group around DC getting organized and is a great prospect especially for job-seekers and international students and anyone who really wants to stay here after school.
5) dean. The dean of our particular school is retiring, and I'm on the search committee for a replacement. A very exciting honor, and a time-consuming one.
6) classes. Oh yeah. Thinking of them this far down my 7s list is just about appropriate given the semester thus far. Eek!
7) Friends. Elections. Meetings. Intramurals. Fundraising. Event-planning. Sanity-saving. Professors. New students. And everything else...

To see foreign sevens, check out: