The Rivalry!

147. Did you know that the college rivalry between Lehigh and Lafayette is the most-played football rivalry in the nation and the longest uninterrupted rivalry?! "The Rivalry" is so old that it predates football trophies; the winning team used to just get to keep the game ball. The game is usually sold out months in advance! And is ranked one of the top ten college football rivalries! Sports Illustrated says it's something you have to do once in your life."

Tailgating before game 146.

Lehigh Lafayette week was my favorite week at Lehigh. All of campus is united by school spirit! There are events everyday of the week. Including Bed Races (which I placed 2nd in one year), Lehigh-Laf-a- Palooza (which is basically a giant concert), a giant bonfire, the turkey trot run, and so many other fun activities!

that's right we've won the last 3 years

rushing the field after another win!

• ALL TIME RECORD:
• Lafayette - 76
• Lehigh - 65
• Ties - 5

bed races and band in organic chemistry!!!

I cannot believe we are losing! We'll just have to win the next 11 years in a row! YAYAY let's go lehigh! It's officially lehigh/ laf week! I hope all my lehigh friends are enjoying the week! Looking forward to the Lehigh/ Laf Austin Telecast Party this saturday!!!

" We are, we are, we are the Lehigh Engineers. And we can, we can, we can drink forty beers."

freshmen year lehigh/laf!


Want to hear more about the rivalry?! Watch this awesome documentary! GO LEHIGH!!!!!

"Take out that old silver goblet with Lehigh upon it, and we'll open up another keg of beer (more beer). Because we all came to college but we didn't come to college so we'll raise hell while we're here!"

Extracurriculars

When you're in high school you do them to get into college. However when I was in college I loved every activity I did. I just kept finding and applying for new clubs but I never wanted to quit the old ones so I ended up doing A LOT of activities.

I was an orientation leader.
My Orientation Leader was okay but I couldn't meet at the evolution time; so I got a new group and my OL was Josh who was awesome. I loved him and wanted to be like him so I applied to be an OL. I was ecstatic when I was selected. Being an orientation leader is a lot more than just getting a group of freshmen. We had 6 training sessions in the spring. then we come back 10 days before everyone else in the fall and have 4 days where we train from 8 am to 10 pm. then someone usually has an OL social gathering at night, then we wake up and do the same thing again. We get split up into these "families" each fun by an orientation coordinator. You are supposed to stay with this same group all through orientation. Its really fun and you all usually become really close and good friends. Many people do orientation because of the training aspect, I on the other hand just loved being able to lead and acclimate the freshmen to Lehigh. I love Lehigh so so much and was delighted to have the opportunity to share my zeal for Lehigh with new students. I'm still friends with a couple of my old freshmen :) Then I had the chance to plan and run transfer orientation in the winter, which was really fun! It was cool to think that by my senior year, every single student at Lehigh was either in my class or had an OL who I knew. So 2 degrees of separation between anyone on campus!

I was a Class Officer & worked for the Alumni Association.
This was one of my favorites! I loved being a class officer and getting to represent Lehigh class of 2011. I also loved our class officer advisers and my fellow class officers :)

I was in Leadership Lehigh.
Leaderhigh as we sometimes called it, is a 4 year leadership program through which I organized a healthy heart awareness week and made a documentary on youth violence.

I worked for the Women's Center.
 I enjoyed working in this inclusive environment with so many individuals who are driven to create change. One of my favorite things I did was the Vagina Monologues! The cast was made up of a fabulous group of ladies! And we raised $25,000!

I was on the Lehigh Club Tennis team.
I love tennis! See last blog post.

I was the AMWA president.
AMWA is an awesome club for women in the science field. It was usually a small group of amazing young ladies.

I was in APO.
Community service fraternity through which I did lots of volunteer work.

These are things I did for a semester:
I didn't do too much for ISA but once I helped emcee Diwali. I played Rugby for a semester. I worked in Linderman Library for a year. I was the VP of hall council in campus square. I worked at Fairmart library for a year. I worked at Taylor Gym for a semester. I babysat. I was on team '11 (like student council). I tutored through America Counts America Reads. I interned for One Student for a semester. And I joined a sorority - well for a little then realized that I really couldn't do it all.

I feel like all these activities at Lehigh changed me and helped me to grow as a person. It was one of the reasons why I was always so excited to get back to Lehigh after a long summer.
I think I made the most of my Lehigh Experience!

Bleeding Brown & White forever!   

"If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it." ~ Peter McWilliams

"When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better."

"You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee." ~ Napolean Hill

LEHIGH. Semester 7. Final year- First Semester.

LEHIGH

Potential reasons why my first semester of my final year at lehigh stunk:

I hurt my foot and couldn't walk.  

I got Mono.

I was so tired. all. the. time.

3 weeks with 101-104 fever.

I got 20 parking tickets.

My license plates got stolen.

My blackberry got lost/stolen.

My car got grafittied with blood red paint.

My car got stuck in a ditch.

Had to get my car towed.

Continually got sick after mono.

Lost my voice multiple times.

My wallet that was stolen last semester was found on the roof of campus square.

Was taking 20 credits while I had mono.

My french teacher didn't like me. I dropped French.

I almost failed all of my classes.

Good things that came from these bad things:

Since I didn't do one of the activities I planned on, I applied to work at the Women's Center, which changed my life for the better :)

I met awesome ladies at the women's center.   

I joined the cast of Vagina Monologues.

We had girl's nights.

I couldn't drink. 

My dad overnighted me peanut dumplings from my favorite restaurant ever!

My wallet that was stolen last semester was found on the roof of campus square.

Not having a blackberry was like being temporarily free.

My blackberry was randomly returned. #random acts of kindness.

I got 18 parking tickets appealed and became friends with the parking services lady.

I realized that the Lehigh DOS is amazing! Thanks :)

My new license plate is BAT VAN. 

I passed all of my classes and graduated with a B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience.

I realized that I have AWESOME friends. Thanks :)

Well it wasn't quite the semester I had planned, but I think I grew a lot as a person! The good things outweigh the bad things. #SilverLining and it makes for quite the funny story! I still love Lehigh!

"Get out the old silver goblet
with Lehigh upon it
and we'll open up another keg of beer.
MORE BEER!
For we all came to college,
but we didn't come for knowledge,
So we'll raise hell while we're here."
- Lehigh fight song

Leadership

I was just watching Invictus and it got me thinking about what a great leader Nelson Mandela was. He suffered so much in his life, yet he never let that bring him down. He always led by example and inspired an entire nation.

Being involved in many different leadership roles around campus I've seen good and bad leadership. I've worked with an assortment- Leaders on power trips (those are the worst, sometimes they just need reminding that they are only in charge of _____ program and not the entire world) on the other hand I've worked with respected empowering leaders who inspire me to become a better person (I would insert names here but don't want to forget anyone- you know who you are- thank you). I've also seen people who were great leaders during the day and then far from it at night. I believe that a leader should always lead by example. They should empower and inspire those around them. I think that a good leader should be enthusiastic, confident, tolerant and show integrity. I don't think that you need a fancy title or position to be a leader. Leadership is all around us. Some of my favorite leaders (besides all my lovely Lehigh staff and friends) are Oprah, Ellen DeGeneres, Gandhi, Princess Diana, Steve Jobs and my parents.

"Leaders are just servants to people" ~ Devanshi Patel 

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." ~ Gandhi

"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership." ~Nelson Mandela

"Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better." ~Harry Truman

"A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves."

Little things in Life :)

I just came across this to-do list and love it! It reminds you of all the little things in life that make life worth living. I always smile at strangers. At Lehigh, sometimes I would say hi to every single person I passed on the way to class (you can imagine some people thought I was weird) but I got a surprising amount of smiles and "good mornings/afternoons." I think I just love friendly people. Life is too short to be grouchy.

I think if we all started our mornings off like this, we'd start everyday on the right foot! What a sweet girl, filled with joy.

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." ~ Leo Buscaglia

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness." ~ Dalai Lama