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Err, so I’m going to scratch mentioning the Lion Ambassadors Conference weekend and the rally–hopefully you all heard about that, anyway. It was a great weekend, but this late in the game it’s not really worth fleshing out. Still, if anyone is interested, I’d be more than willing to share with anyone who asks about either of those events.

Rock for Change just happened, and had to be moved inside from it’s original location in the Vartan Plaza (the odd-shaped, open area between Zeigler Commons, Olmsted, the Library, the TL Buildling and the bookstore). A bunch of local bands were invited by Sahar, the current SGA president:

the PSH Gospel Choir, Texas in July, Brunaya, Letters for Lovers, Collin CMurph Murray, Circus Circus, An Early Ending, Captain of Compliments, and Rufus J. Fisk.

The event had to be moved inside on the Stacks stage due to the forecast of rain, but it ended up working out because not a lot of people came to begin with. Don’t get me wrong, it seemed like we raised a decent amount of money–intended to benefit The Invisible Children, but I feel like I may have already mentioned that–but our campus often takes a lot of motivation to participate. I think the problem is that people don’t leave their dorms/only hang out with their roommates until too late in the first semester to feel comfortable doing anything BUT that.. I’m going to work on that for next year, though, CA or not. Don’t you worry, I’ve got good things planned!
Back to the concert: Circus Circus pulled a rave out of nowhere, replete with glow sticks and all. It was awesome! Everyone was digging the lights, at least, even if the band was too hard for some of the kids in the crowd. I had to leave early, admittedly, but let me just say that Letters for Lovers is much better in person, if you like the jist of their music. The bassist was hilarious, and it was good because he was just so hype, and did all these twirls and acted out the lyrics, etc. I loved it overall, and it was a lot catchier and upbeat than some of the music there. An Early Ending was my preference for the night–even though the singer seemed like kind of a[n amusing] dick, he had an good range for singing and what I call “raging”, and ALL of the other band members were impressive on their own. There was a high concentration of that type of music, though, and I know they’re going to work on making it more eclectic and easier to digest to improve the turnout next year; I like it, but that type of music just has a very specific scene.

I just went up to UPark last weekend with some friends to blow off steam and take advantage of our last chance of the year to go together, and we hit up the usual touristy places like the Lion Shrine, the Diner (you might just need to skip to the stickies, but I always like my mushroom swiss burgers there), the shops downtown and the Creamery. It also gave me a chance to visit a kid from MS/Alt. Spring Break, cop some movies from him (he’s a film major), and force my fellow ‘Burgers into the Pattee and Paterno Libraries for a test-run in finding books. After all, I’ll be needing those libraries eventually, right? Aside from the stairwells being just big enough for a single person, and Pattee’s Stacks 3 not being accessible via any elevator we could find, the books were actually SO easy to locate. And there’re a million lockable study carrels, in case I ever decide to study hardcore in my later years.

Anyway, I’ll be going up again for Blue-White Weekend this Saturday. For the uninitiated, it’s a scrimmage game open to the public–which, of course, still calls for tailgating–to basically showcase the team for the coming year. I wish I could go up Friday night, because I might be coming back early Sunday for my Marketing Club’s Harrisburg Senators game outing, but that didn’t seem to work out. At least I get to tailgate and sleep over Saturday.. We’ll see.