Cold Northeastern

Hi Everyone!

I know its been a few days since I last posted but life really hasn't been too exciting. On Thursday night I bundled up and tackled an RSA BBQ in the cold. It was really fun because I got to grill. I really miss cooking so when I come home for Thanksgiving and Christmas everyone better be ready to eat. The Housing Task Force has been very busy this past week because we are getting ready to send out housing applications. Housing is going to be very complicated this year because we are opening a new skyscraper residence hall. My Housing Services committee has also been very busy passing a proposal for Gender Neutral Housing. Due to the hard work of Housing Services students of both genders will be able to room together in the new building next year. Last night I made the trek to Cambridge to tutor my 6th grader. I hate to say it but it's not really going that well. It has only been two weeks and I feel more like a babysitter than a tutor. My student is really smart and doesn't really need a tutor. She never wants my help and when I try to correct one of her answers she gets annoyed. I travel an hour to get to the school and all I end up doing is sitting at a table watching someone do homework. This morning I had my Beethoven midterm and it went really well. Well, that's all for now. Have a great week!

Love,
Mallory

P.S. Have a safe trip down to Florida Grammy!

Pumpkin Carving!

Good Evening!

It has been a very busy 2 days since I last posted on the blog. On Tuesday (yesterday) I met with my team to register for Northeastern's annual Husky Hunt. The Husky Hunt is an award winning scavenger hunt that takes place for 24 hours throughout the city of Boston. It is a very popular program because it is extremely fun and each person on the wining team gets a free Jet Blue airplane ticket to anywhere in the country. We had to complete a very challenging test with riddles in a record time to be considered as a team. Luckily we completed the test successfully and we are now registered to compete. After the Husky Hunt registration I participated in another team contest. My residence hall floor ran a pumpkin carving competition which I participated in with my two friends Nicole and Leah. We ended up carving Barack Obama and I must say that it was very successful. It turned out that we only missed first place by half a point. You can see a picture of our pumpkin above. After pumpkin carving I went to another meeting for the "Give 5" event. Right now I am conducting research on environmental speakers. I have been put in charge of bringing an environmental speaker to campus and I have been working with a company in California with speaker connections. I have completed some initial negotiations which have already provided me with some great experience. I will keep you posted on who I end up bringing to campus. Today I started my day by going to Macroeconomics class. I got back my midterm and discovered that I got an A as well as the highest grade in the class. I must say I am very proud of myself. Later in the afternoon I went to the Northeastern Health Fair where I received a free flu shot. This should be helpful for the upcoming cold winter months. Tonight the Senior VP of Marketing from the TJX Corporation came to speak to our business class. He provided some great insight that should be very helpful for our project. I ended my evening with a Resident Student Association General Council meeting followed by dinner with my VP of Housing Services. It was also a very big day because I received a key to the RSA office. This now means that I have no excuse not to spend every moment of my life there. Oh well... I did want all of this. I am having a great time staying so busy and I have discovered that I'm not satisfied if I am not running around like a stressful crazy person. Have a great night! Write to you soon!

XOXO,

Mallory

Weekend With Colin

Hello Hello!

I had another exciting weekend with company! Colin came to visit me Friday night and stayed until Sunday afternoon. Friday night Colin treated me to dinner at UNO's which was very kind of him. On Saturday morning we walked Newbury Street which unfortunately didn't last long because Colin decided to bring Winter with him for the weekend. After a nice lunch in my dining hall we headed off to Harvard Square where we walked the campus while speaking in a British accent. This whole ordeal was suppose to make us sound smart but in fact just made us feel dumb..good times though. We woke up early Sunday morning so we could cram Quincy Market into the trip. Colin had a great time walking by all the stores and stands and was very impressed with the wide selection of food choices. After dumping Colin at the bus station (just joking...I made sure he got on the bus OK) I dashed off to a meeting for the Resident Student Association Regional Conference. After the regional's meeting I ran to the other end of campus for a meeting with my committee (Housing Services). I spent the rest of my night in my room with Nicole because we were both dead from our past two weekends. As much fun as its been having company two weeks in a row I can't wait to SLEEP this coming weekend. Today I had another business meeting. We are piece by piece putting together what I think will be a very successful business plan. After Intro. to Bus. class I met with the Housing Task Force. Now is a very busy time for the Housing Task Force because housing applications go out in November. With a new residence hall opening in the Fall lots has to be done. Tonight I had my first tutoring session in Cambridge. The girl I am helping is in 6th grade and is very nice. I can't wait to go back next Monday! Though it takes me almost an hour to get home from Cambridge I got back just in time to watch my new all time favorite TV show; Gossip Girl (thanks Mom). Thanks for reading!

Until Next Time...

I'm Mallory Brown

Signing Off

Sick yet busy

Hello Again!

So for the past 8 days I have had a fever (102 degrees) which has created a ton of fun. I went to the doctor this morning and now I am awaiting strep test results. I have still remained extremely busy though. On Wednesday I had a macroeconomics midterm which went really well. I also had my first Food Advisory Meeting. Food Advisory is a group that gets to give input on anything having to do with the cafes on campus. It was really fun because the school basically takes all our input and they are willing to make any changes. Tonight I had an interview with TutoringPlus to see if I would be accepted into their program. I was accepted and I start my first tutoring session on Monday. I am so excited for this weekend because Colin is coming to visit and it is also Homecoming Weekend. Talk to you soon!

Love,
Mallory

Weekend with Kim

Hello everyone!

Thanks again for reading my blog. I spent this weekend showing Kim around Boston. She came up on Friday night and stayed until Sunday afternoon. We went to Newbury Street on Saturday and walked in and out of tons of stores. It was amazing and probably one of my favorite parts of Boston. On Sunday we woke up early and went to Quincy Market for shopping and lunch. Quincy sits right on the water and has a lot of stores, stands, and food. For lunch we had a cup of New England's famous "clam chowda". After Kim left I spent the evening with my friend Leah from down the hall and her friend Andrew from home. We walked around Harvard Square and I continued to fall in love with Harvard. I will get there...someday. I am going to spend tomorrow (Monday), the last day of my 3 day weekend, studying for a macroeconomics midterm which is on Wednesday. Thanks for reading! I hope everyone is well.

Love, Mallory

Northeastern So Far

I know it is a lot to cram a month of school into a single blog post but I figured I could try. I am taking four classes and I am surprisingly enjoying all of them...for the most part. My favorite class is called Intro. To Business and it is basically a semester long group project. Northeastern has parterned with the TJX Corporation (TjMaxx,Marshalls, Homegoods, etc.) to be our corporate advisors. The entire freshmen business class has been broken into groups of 4 to come up with a company and product to sell to TJX. As a group we have to write a full business plan and do multiple presentations. At the end of the semester 4 groups are selected to present their plan to the major executives of TJX. My group is called TjTXT and we provide mobile marketing in the form of text messages to TJX customers. Our first presentation went really well and we feel like we are on a roll to the final 4. Almost every week an executive from TJX comes to Northeastern to do a presentation to the freshmen business class. Last week our speaker was the Senior Executive Vice President. I am also taking macroeconomics at 8:00 AM 3 days a week. It is a very dry subject and lets just say I am very thankfull to have the 25 year old, italian, doctorial student as my professor because that's the only reason I get there in the morning. My thrid class is college writing and last week we took a trip to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to do research for a paper. Last but not least is my arts requirement called "Bethoveen". I was really disapointed to find out that this is more of a history class than music class but it is going well so far. I used my 1 month of business training to come up with a product to sell to my Beethoven class that has made me a nice little profit. My professor is really experienced and has played in the Boston Philharmonic for the past ten years. As far as extra activites go I have become a very active member in the Resident Student Association (RSA). Two weeks ago I went on a weekend retreat with RSA where I met a ton of new friends and quickly fell in love with the group. RSA is broken into six subcomittees and I am on the programming committee and housing services committte. I am very proud to say that 2 days ago I was apointed Assistant Vice President of Housing Services. It is just about a full time job with office hours, late night emails, and a constantly full schedule. Though this position is very time consuming I am so thankfull to have it because I am the only freshmen with a leadership position this high up. As assistant VP I have already attended meetings with the Housing Task Force (a group of 4 students and 3 falculty members) and am scheduled to present ideas to the Food Advisory Board next week. Every year the RSA takes 11 of its members on a trip to the regional conference and I am very excited to say that I have been chosen as one of the 11 to attend this conference in November. Even though my schedule is packed I couldn't leave out volunteer work. Through RSA I have been asked to help plan speakers for a special "giving fair" in January. I also have an application in to become a tutor for young children in downtown Boston. Even with this full schedule I have left plenty of time to have fun. My roommate is perfect and I have become best friends with her as well as a girl down the hall. Our favorite hobby is going to the dinning hall because the food here is amazing! My favorite part would have to be the make-your-own stir fry station. Don't worry Colin. As much as you wanted to laugh at me for gaining the freshman 15 I have actually lost weight due to the amazing gym and exercise classes. I am so excited because tomorrow my best friend Kim is coming to visit for the weekend. Well thanks so much for reading my blog. I promise the posts will never be this long again. Please email me so I don't get lonely.

Love,
Mallory

My Blog

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! I am going to use this blog to let everyone know what I am up to at Northeastern. I have been really busy and I figured this is the best way to tell everyone about everything. I am going to try to post everyday but realistically it will probably be more like one every few days. Check back soon for the next update!