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Hello Hello,

Well better late than never, I have finally gotten around to putting up my pictures from the La Crosse polar plunge.  Team Globe met on campus and then we all car pooled down to the plunge.  There were 17 plungers from Globe and we were wearing our best decade wear (I picked the 80’s).

I knew that the water was going to be cold, but HOLY BUCKETS!!  it was freezing :)  The weather ended up being great for the plunge, it was a nice sunny mild day.  I got the full experience since when we were running into the water I took a nose dive and went all the way under.  Then I repeated that performance on the way back out, but it was all for a good cause

Here is a little Irish toast for everyone. Wishing that today brings everyone luck!!!

“Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter. Lullabies, dreams and love ever after. Poems and songs with pipes and drums. A thousand welcomes when anyone comes… That’s the Irish for you!” …. I love being Irish!!!

~Jennifer~

Hello Hello,

I woke up this morning and was happy to see that the sun was out, then I checked the weather and saw that it was going to get close to 60 degrees today YES!!!  I was so happy that spring has finally sprung, that I almost forgot that finals are coming up NEXT WEEK!!!

So I guess that means that I will have to wait just a bit longer before I can go outside and really enjoy this beautiful weather we are having.  I knew that finals were coming up soon, but you could have knocked me over with a feather this morning when one of my classmates pointed out that they are next week.  Holy buckets, I had better stop blogging and get back to studying

We do have some fun events coming up here on the La Crosse campus.  Wednesday there will be a St. Patrick’s day party in the commons from 11-2 and 4-6PM.  There will be snacks and if you wear your green St. Patty’s attire there may be a lucky prize in store for you

Also next week on campus will be spirit week.  Check your e-mails for the details and I will try to post more on that later.

Well I suppose I had better get back to studying, good luck to everyone on your finals next week!

Well, it’s that time of year again…the end of the quarter is almost here, and if you haven’t already had to do a group project, this might be the week you have one. I’m pleasantly surprised to only have one group project out of my three classes, and this is the week we do it.

I’ve never been a fan of group projects anyway, but I have a special dislike for them after having an unfortunate history of group projects that always seem to go wrong, and it seems like no one else I’ve talked to likes them either. It seems like, especially with online group projects, there is always the member(s) who end up doing all the work while the other members do nothing. Sure, the lazy members usually get a lower grade, but it’s frustrating to get stuck doing all the work and all that happens to the other members is a lower grade (and no one knows how much lower!).

While I can understand why instructors do assign these projects, it doesn’t make it any less irritating to me when it comes time to do them. I do realize that many of us may encounter situations in our future careers where we will have to work with a team that is geographically widespread and that these projects now may help prepare us for that. However, the stakes are much different when your job depends on your performance than they are when it’s just for a class. I think maybe that’s why people don’t take these projects very seriously and other group members get stuck with all the work.

What’s your take on online group projects? Do you find them worthwhile? Or are they just a waste of time?

Friday March 12th the Career Services staff will be off of the Richfield campus for training the entire day. If you need any assistance please see someone in the academic department.

Sarah French
sfrench@msbcollege.edu
(612) 436-7548

Linda McManimon
lmcmanimon@msbcollege.edu
(612) 436-7531

Sam Boyd
sboyed@msbcollege.edu
(612) 436-7577

Kristen Teagarden
kteagarden@msbcollege.edu
(612) 436-7511

Also for job listings check out the job board at http://www.students.msbcollege.edu Click Career Services then Job Postings

I can’t believe there are only 3 weeks left in the quarter! It really seems like the quarter just started, and now we are already at the end! I’m really glad that my Finance class will be ending soon. That class was brutal. I think I’ll come out all right in the end, but not as good as I hoped. It was a tough class.  1 more year left of school and I’m done. That is so awesome and crazy! How were everyone else’s class this quarter? Any other classes that people had problems with?

-Sarah

On Tuesday, March 16th and Thursday March 18th from 9am-10am in the Student Commons you can come on down and have your blood pressure checked. There will be healthy snacks for those who participate. This is being provided by the Medical Assisting Program students in MA149. So come on down and support our students in their service learning project.