Hey everyone!
Midterms are finally over! My midterms were all spread out over the span of 3 weeks which has is good and bad- it’s good because I have more time to study for each but bad because I had to stress out for three weeks!

In this blog I just wanted to touch on Hall Government in College-in-the-Woods, the community I live in on campus. There are 5 positons in hall government- President, Social Vice President, Academic Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. There is also as SA Rep who attends our hall meetings but is not associated with our hall’s E-board. At the beginning of the academic year, those who want to run for one of these positions send in a letter-of-intent. Then elections are held. Before election day, I made posters and cookies and walked around door-to-door getting to know everyone in my building and getting my name out there. I got elected to be our hall’s Academic Vice President. As an AVP, I put on a minimum of three programs per semester that teaches our residents how to do something. My first program was on Halloween, which taught residents how to make caramel apples. There was a great turn-out! The rest of my programs include Condom Wars which will teach about sexual education, Learn-to-Strech program, Learn-to-Knit program, and possibly Legends of Werewolves and Vampires for the Twilight Saga: New Moon movie coming out. Being on hall council is a time commitment though, not only do I have to dedicate time to put on programs, I also have to attend three weekly meetings. There is an E-board meeting with the 4 other members, an RA, and our Resident Director, there is a hall meeting that invites our whole building, and there is an area-wide meeting for all the buildings in a community. Attendence to these meetings are mandatory. Being on hall government is a lot of work, but it is also fun and rewarding!