Cocktail Dresses and School Buses

Lookin' good MSG!

Every year, the Mercyhurst Student Government (MSG) and the Student Activities Council (SAC) work together to plan the annual Spring Charity Ball.  It's a great chance to not only support a great cause, but also an even better chance to get dressed up, get off campus, and have some great food!  There are even buses that provided free transportation, which is really great b/c then you don't have to worry about parking.

A few of the future roomies and I

This year, the Spring Charity Ball was at Union Station, which is this really cool place downtown.  We had chicken, roasted potatoes, salad, and stuffed shells for dinner, along with a dessert table with little chocolates and eclairs.  A few of my future roommates and I, along with a lot of my student government friends, and other close friends went, so there was a pretty decent sized group with all different groups of people.  

Arriving downtown in style!

One piece of advice-- don't not go to these types of events because you're afraid it'll be a repeat of high school all over again.  To be quite honest, a bunch of my friends were skeptical of going (and a bunch of us didn't go last year b/c we thought we was too cool to go), BUT none of us regretted going.  So definitely check out the annual Spring Charity Ball if you decide to come to Mercyhurst, I'm sure glad I did! =)

Chefs, Pranksters, and Mafia Members

Probably one of the most frequently asked questions that families of prospective students ask me when I give tours is what kids do for fun over the weekends here at the 'hurst.  I always mention the free Student Activities Council events on campus, but I also always tell them how just spending time doing random stuff with my friends usually ends up being my most fun and memorable nights.  With that being said, here's my weekend in a nutshell--

So on Friday night, my friend Eric and I decided to make quiche for dinner and death by chocolate for dessert; he's a really good cook and we both as college students truly appreciate yummy, homemade meals (and leftovers!), so it was really a win-win situation.  Quiche is one of my favorite meals that my mom makes me when I come home for so being able to make it at my apartment with a friend was really fun!  And as for the dessert, who doesn't love a good dessert just for the heck of it?!  Friday night also happened to be April Fools, so a few of my friends and I decided to prank some of our friends who were off campus.  For one of our friends, we put all his dirty laundry on his bed and for another friend, we decorated his entire room with Christmas lights!  Needless to say, Friday was a great night.

Now on Saturday night, my friends and I were kind of at a loss for what to do.  I had such a fun night on Friday that I wasn't sure that my friends and I were going to be able to pull another great night off.  Boy was I wrong.  Please don't laugh (okay, you can laugh), when I tell you what we did which resulted in such a good time... we played cards. Haha yep, cards.  It's this game called Mafia, that I guess is fairly well-known, but probably half of my friends, including myself didn't know how to play (it's kind of like Clue, except way more fun).  And unfortunately, I'm not exaggerating when I say that I didn't get back to my apartment until 3AM-- to top it off, I had a rude awakening when I woke up at noon the next day, haha.

So I think this weekend just goes to show that you can turn something like cooking dinner or playing cards, into a memorable weekend, just as long as you have good company =)  I for sure can't wait until next weekend (Spring Charity Ball and other fun things TBD), but now it's time to get some work done.

3 more days, we can do it!

Sarah