There are certain times or places on campus that remind people why they came here.  Whether its the special chapel nights, a pick up game of ultimate frisbee or the week long woodstock imitation known as teetering for tots (which is next week, woo hoo!), each person has some time or place that they feel connected to AU.  While searching for inspiration of writing, I found myself drawn to the basement cellar of our student center - better known as Mocha Joes.  Its a student run coffee shop/hang out area.  It’s got a lot of down time, people coming and going, concerts every now and then and the assurance that you’ll run into someone you haven’t seen in a while in a 22 minute spread.

This is where I have chosen to sit and write my blog.  Running into friends I haven’t seen in a while, nursing a caramel machiatto, and watching the community come and go reminds me of some of the reasons why I enjoy this place so much.  Next week is what I would consider the pinacle of what reminds me of why I came to AU…Teetering for Tots.  It’s a week-long event filled with everything a college student could want.  They basically take a tent and fill it up with TVs and video game systems, retro to current.  They’ve got goldeneye, smash brothers, halo tournaments and more -not to mention a 24 hour movie marathon from the beginning of the event to the end.  They’re also doing a date auction this year to help raise money and then throwing a dance Friday night.  All the money they receive this year are helping to buy textbooks for a local school that is underpriveledged and in desperate need of some updated material (apparently to some of ‘em, WWII is still going on.  JK…but not too far off).  There’s grill outs, band concerts, root beer kegs and people will just crash there during the night time.  Needless to say, I can’t wait to re-experience the fellowship and community that drew me here in the first place :).

-Jon     

(the three guy clubs represented, Boosters, Novus Dux and Dativus)