October in Review

October has flown by her on the NCSSM campus.  We have been so busy on hall and around campus!  I just wanted to highlight for you a few of the events that we have had on hall and campus wide this month.

• We made Halloween treat bags so that the candy fairy would visit and bring us treats every day!
• We painted pumpkins to decorate the hall for fall and Halloween.
• We had a Harry Potter movie marathon in the lounge.
• We celebrated "Face Your Fears" day where we talked about what we were afraid of and then figuratively faced our fears by making a representation of them from food and eating them.
• We celebrated "Evaluate your Life" day by reflecting on the past, taking an honest look at the present, and setting goals for the future.  
• We watched "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" with our brother hall.
• We attended the NC State Fair and helped to break the million person attendance record for the first time in fair history.
• We hosted Shay Kelley from project 50/50 on campus and got to hear about her amazing experiences traveling the country and giving to the homeless.  
• We celebrated domestic violence awareness month and breast cancer awareness month with many campus wide initiatives.  
• The theater department put on the first production of the year "Radio X: Dispatches from Mid-Century America" which is described as "A new adaptation for the stage by the NCSSM Theater program brings to life the world as it may have been heard through the radio of the 1940s.  Against the backdrop of the Second World War, Radio X takes a patchwork of stories, advertisements, and news from the airwaves and imagines them live on stage.   Journey to Berlin, Times Square and Mars!  Solve mysteries!  And explore the gender roles, products, and headlines of the day.  Part reenactment, part celebration of a lost art, Radio X promises laughter, romance, drama and a unique way to experience a vanishing medium and the period it once dominated."
• NCSSM hosted an exhibit called “Pictures at an Exhibition” by artist Nick Meglin that featured drawings of famous composers. 
• Our sports teams, including men's soccer, cross country, tennis, and volleyball have all had amazing seasons and are now participating in conference and state tournaments.
• We had our alumni weekend on campus with reunions for the classes of 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005.

That is just scratching the surface of all the things we have had going on this month, and we still have one week left until November.  The student still have trick or treating on campus and the Halloween dance to look forward to.  Oh, and don't forget about exams.  This is without a doubt one of the busiest times on campus, but also one of the most fun.