End of the semester...here's a little advice.

The end of the semester is fast approaching which means cram time for most students. It's the time when everyone realizes just how much they have left to do and what little time they have left to do it in. Also people start worrying about finals. After thanksgiving you can sense it in the air that Christmas is fast approaching and while we all can't wait for Christmas break we are all also worried about making the grade.
I personally am one of the worst procrastinators in the world! That means right now I have to be in complete overdrive with a lack of sleep. By now- since I'm a junior- you would think I'd have figured out some time management. Instead I tend to barely manage to get everything done and turned in on time. I do however manage to pull out good grades- miraculously.
So here is my piece of advice to my fellow classmates-DON'T BE LIKE ME! Don't be a procrastinator and barely get everything done and almost kill yourself in the process that last week or two of the semester. It's best to stay on top of things. That way when it gets towards the end of the semester you're one of the people who can still spend some quality times with friends and relax before leaving for break, rather than be spending all your time doing homework, drinking too much caffeine, and barely getting any sleep.

Congratulations to Southwestern Athletics

This past weekend was a great one for athletics at Southwestern.

First of all, the football team defeated Tabor in their last home game, and after the game the ground breaking commenced for the building of the new stadium. Winning the last game on that field must have felt great for all of the football players. Everyone here at SC is very proud of them for pulling out their 3rd win on Saturday and we're all hoping they can come out with another W next week.

This weekend the Women's cross country team placed 3rd in Conference- congratulations girls on a good season.
The Men's cross country team managed to pull out their 30th consecutive Conference championship.
Southwestern runner Amy Pierson won conference with a time of 18:26 and was named KCAC runner of the year. SC's Andrew Topham won the men's race with a time of 25:07 and was also named the KCAC runner of the year. Coach Jim Helmer was named Men's coach of the year.

Congratulations to all of the runners, we're very proud of you and wish you the best of luck at Nationals.

Homecoming Reflection by Hieu Trinh

Homecoming is over for a week now...:) all the recovered needed is done... all the sleep are caught up... all the excitement is no longer there...

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Homecoming is always a special time of the year...To SC students, it is a week full of excitement, games, activities, competition.... and all of those activities have no other purpose to bring everyone closer, once again feeling the strong bond and connections between Moundbuilders, olds and news.

Especially to the freshmen, coming back from Builder Camp, feeling all excite up, energized and ready to go.. ready to start a brand new chapter in life... and somehow, the every day routine of cgoing to class, attending practice, doing homework, waking up early seem to become a normal thing... and Homecoming help us to escape and get away from that daily routine, and once again, feel that excitement, and moreover, feel that connections between Moundbuilders.

To many of us, who is a part of an organization of some sort, Homecoming was also a hectic and Chaos week. For Stufu member, homecoming means week of planning, organizing, scheduling and brainstorming. Nobody said Homecoming was easy, and was a piece of cake, but through the chaos, through the busy, through the lack of sleep... somehow we all grew closer together. Through the homecoming, people become friends to each other, or closer than they were before. Me as example, if it was not for homecoming, i would not have talked and become friend with Thomas...

Also, it is such a great feeling being able to give each other a pat on the shoulder, and say: Hey, good job man, keep it up... or sometimes, just a hello, a warm hug...

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And to me.. Homecoming holds a special feeling .. especially this year. This is my last SC Homecoming as a current Moundbuilders... this is also my last couple months before i will have to leave and embark on another journey, another chapter of my life... Time seems to fly by so fast...

and i was just trying to grab as much of SC as i possible can.

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Homecoming....

One time, a friend ask me: Why are we calling it Homecoming, while we r here already? And it made me stop for a second... and then i said: Maybe it is also the time for all the Moundbuilders of the past to come home...

.. and i think it holds true... during the homecoming, it is such a thrilled to see all the alums from different years, different time of SC who all came back.... they walked around the campus, they talked about how much the school has changed...and they all talked and told stories about how special of a place that Southwestern was to them, just as they are to many of us right now..

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And also... Homecoming is a special time, when many of us get to meet some of the current alums, who were just still here a year and two or so... it is good to see some familiar face who went back..it is good to be able to sit, chit chat and hang just like old times... it is good to know they still doing good...

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Homecoming for that many reason is a special time..

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and Southwestern is a special place...

Hieu Trinh is a senior majoring in business administration and finance at Southwestern College