Aboot time for an update, eh? Sorry for the delay, work just keeps on piling up and blogging gets up on hold. But I am back and ready to report the latest and greatest in Walsh News:

International Events

The time has come for our club to start preparing for the International Dinner, a huge evening put on by all of us students and our International coordinator for the Walsh community. Since it is at the end of founder’s week and is the wrap-up event for Walsh’s 50^th celebration, there are great expectations this year. I hope to make it successful as possible, so wish me luck as I try to get everything under control! If anyone would like more information on the dinner or would like to help out, send me a message : juliakole@walsh.edu.

Also in international news, I wished Selahaddin Ibrahimy good luck early Saturday morning as he left for the Rome Experience Fall II program. Check out his blogs, where I’m sure he will give you detailed accounts of everything Walsh is doing overseas.

In Cleveland partying it up, Arab style!

Tennis Time

Congratulations Gary and Mark Innes for going down to ITA Nationals in Alabama and representing Walsh! Coach Bossart told me they played extremely well and fought hard, despite their score of 0-6, 3-6. They made a point that Walsh sports are serious business.

Our season has come to an end until March Break. If I hear of anything new, I will let you know.

Having some fun at Disneyworld!

In other Walsh news . . .

A Fall Break in Boston

The Business and Communications Club had something to boast about, going to Boston MA for part of Fall Break. Early Monday morning we departed from Akron-Canton and before you could even settle down in the plane we were off on the subway heading to our hotel. Good thing we had a few students familiar with Boston and it’s public transportation so in no time were moving and shaking like the locals, minus the wicked Bostonian accent. While in this coastal city we visited some main attractions from a business perspective. We had a tour of Harvard (pronounced Hahvahd) and ate in their Business school cafeteria (I recommend the pizza, fresh from the wood-burning oven). We also got to visit the federal reserve, where we were given free money! Shredded and void, of course. Our last planned trip was to the original Samuel Adams brewery, where we entered beer-making 101 and learned how to brew and got to taste fresh beer straight from the vats. Us underagers were not forgotten in this experience and were given free root-beer as a substitute.

Fellow blogger Chris and I on the bridge into Cambridge with Harvard in the background.

It is as beautiful as people say it is.

Erica and I outside of the Brewery

Part of Harvard Business school. beautiful day and beautiful building

The rest of the time we had to create our own itineraries, so of course that translates to a license to shop! Our hotel, the Taj, was located right on Newbury street, the main shopping district in Boston. The spirit was willing, but the purse had limited money, so a trip to Filene’s basement was in order. Great name brands for a fraction of big store prices, a haven for shopaholics everywhere! We also experienced the culinary side of Boston as well as I made it a point to try the seafood, including New England clam chowder, Boston baked beans and Boston cream pie. Some of us stopped into Cheers, the inspiration for that quirky 80s show, and had a hearty meal. We also made a point to see as much of the city as possible in 2 days and what better way to do it than by doing a duck tour? Riding around in amphibious vehicles (a massive military bus that turns into a boat) and listening to a stranger than strange tour guide we saw almost all of Boston and its historical landmarks. We unexpectedly plunged into the river and saw the city from the water as well.

Cheers everyone!

A patriotic Duck tour bus . . . boat . . . whatever.

All in all, a great trip with lots of memories. I wonder where the trip will be next year . . .

Travel Tips and Tangents

I think my Boston trip counts for this section, so I will cut it off here.

Keep checking back for more information from a Canadian perspective!

Julia