Is it teamwork course or rope course?

Last week I got to know my ESL 360 class mates better. They gathered with professor Johnson for a Rope Course in Crest Wellness Center. Once I got there I saw them all standing on one wooden board, they were so excited that once I joined them I felt the energy and wanted to work this out.

I think that people in my country have such activities in camps but if you weren't affiliated in one, it is hard to go through such experience. I'm lucky I had the chance to be a part of it, since I have a slight issue with activities that require balance. I could do it with this group that I truly felt comfortable with. To be honest if this was a choice I wouldn't have took part of it. So thanks to professor Johnson for making it mandatory!

Gather up! It's homecoming

Although I didn't have the chance to join everyone else to the homecoming big foot ball game, I am able to tell you about my observations about this yearly traditional event, that takes place in many universities in the United States of America. It is popular for bringing everyone together in the university from students and welcoming back alumni. It gets them involved in different activities and games.

Things you would see before the homecoming weekend is a lot of advertisements to vote for a King and a Queen. They are usually chosen after elections. Since homecoming is a celebration in it's nature, a lot of people get themselves some beer and spend the weekend drinking and having fun, which some people find improper, while others think it's normal.

Finally, homecoming is an event you can't help but noticing if you were a student in an American university. and it is pretty energetic and traditional for those who are interested in culture.

So, happy homecoming!

It's the Sacred Heart Church

If you took the Locust Lane bus, which heads to north Eau Claire, you will pass by a very calm neighbourhood where a red, friendly looking church under the name, Sacred Heart Church, lays. It has sixteen windows and magnificent Rose one from Austria, which leads us to the fact that it was founded by German immigrants in 1875. If you got inside the church in a week day you will find it closed, still you will be able to access the restrooms, and see some signs that notifies people about abortion! I would personally encourage you to go their on a Sunday to see more of the religious rituals and prayers.

Here is more detailed information, copied from the church's official website:

In 1928 German-born Msgr. F.X. Orthen (1921-1943), replaced the first church with a $142,000 Romanesque style building(Hoeppner- Bartlett Co, gen contractor) modeled after the famous Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach (Rheinland) and paid for by Oct 1936. Dedicated on Christmas Eve 1938, it seats 700 & measures 168 x 62 x 48 high. 45 tons of Italian marble compose the altars inlaid with delicate "cosmatesque" mosaics. Above the high altar hover Fra Angelico’s "Musical Angels." The sixteen windows and magnificent Rose window from Innsbruck Austria, are beautiful in any light. A Schaefer pipe organ was added in 1949 and the main altar in 1982 by Fr. Peter Eiden who again redecorated after a Sat. evening fire destroyed the baptistery during bingo. Listen to those three bells – they're the real thing!   Buildings reflect faith; the parish has given the Church over 12 priests and 30 sisters. On January 1, 1999, after 124 years, Sacred Heart united with Saint Patrick. If "the past is prologue," we’ll have a great future together.