Christmas break was a great experience for me. I found much needed rest and relaxation away from the business of school and all that I'm involved with. For those of you who don't know me, I'm a second year Communications Major focusing in multimedia. Currently I'm living in the Yoder Dorm and am a Resident assistant for the first floor.

Speaking of jobs, I have three other positions on campus. Those are, ITSMedia Technician, Public Relations Web Assistant, and Yearbook Editor. So with all of my employment, as well as classes, and keeping up with friends, my first semester was fairly busy!

I was the first person back to the dorms on move in day. Even though break was relaxing, the extra time did get (dare I say it?) boring after a while. So, I was quite excited to be back to school and see everyone again.

Funny for me though, the day after I moved back in, I registered for classes and then left with a group of people interested in theater to go to the American College Theater Festival in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The trip was a lot of fun. The actors from the fall main stage (Step on a Crack) performed a ten minute scene on the opening night and were greeted by a thunderous applause from a very pleased audience. The rest of the week we spent going to workshops and watching scenes or productions done by other college students from around the midwest. The whole trip made me grateful for the training in theater that I've gotten, not only in high school, but in classes and hands on work in our theater here on campus.

Come the end of the week, I was again, ready to come back to Goshen and finally start the semester. Today I had my first day of classes, Spanish and Audio Production and tomorrow I will have Multimedia Concepts and Transforming Conflict and Violence.

I'm pretty excited about all of my classes this semester, though some of that excitement can be translated into nervousness as I am realizing that it is my last semester of classes before SST next fall. Several of my close friends left for Peru this semester, so it is hard not having them around, but an excellent excuse for me to prepare myself to be away from here for a longer amount of time too.

Well, that's enough from me now. Talk to you all soon! P.s. I'll soon be uploading some pictures of friends from my break and from ACTF. -Tim