Here's another blog I wrote for the Randolph-Macon website.

Friday, February 24, 2006
Another busy week at Randolph-Macon! This semester is already going so fast, I cannot believe that it’s almost March. Spring break is in a month! Last weekend was so busy- the Randolph-Macon Basketball team went to the ODAC (the Old Dominion Athletic Conference) Tournament, and the pep band went along to support the team. The pep band usually just plays at the home basketball games, but this year we’ve grown so much and become much more active. We left on Saturday around noon (which is early morning for most college students), arrived in Roanoke around 4 pm, and settled into the hotel. The game started at 6, and the pep band was ready to go. The guys played so well, and although it was a tight game, we beat Bridgewater 65-55. The next day we played Randolph-Macon’s biggest rival, Hampton Sydney College, and won 93-82 in overtime. The Hampton Sydney game was amazing, fans on both sides were incredibly energetic, and the pep band had a blast. Unfortunately we went back to Ashland on Sunday night so that pep band students could attend class on Monday. Then, on Monday we met around 2 pm for another 4 hour drive to the Championship game between Randolph-Macon and Virginia Wesleyan. The basketball players did so well in this game, and the crowd was so encouraging, but in over time Virginia Wesleyan beat us 81-78. We didn’t get home until about midnight, and wow, we were all exhausted.
The craziness doesn’t stop here.
This week was rush week for Alpha Phi Omega, a national co-ed service fraternity. This means that all the members are “brothers” regardless of gender, which is pretty cool. APO has unique goals different from that of other fraternities: friendship, leadership, and service. Also, members of APO can belong to another Sorority or Fraternity, because APO is mainly for community service. Anyways, rush was really fun this week, basically they just had some casual parties such as Vegas night (where they had cards and poker chips, etc.).
Other than all the fun stuff, classes have been busy as well. I have some papers to work on, two tests next week, and a few books to read (the usual). Have a good weekend everyone and I hope you’re getting an idea of all the fun things we have at Randolph-Macon College.