Pictures from clean up!

Here are some pictures of when we ripped out the carpet and tile under it.

Pictures from the flood

Here are a couple of pictures from the night the basement flooded. We just want to thanks all the people who came out and helped. We also want to thank everyone who came on March 20, 21 and 22 and helped us tear up carpet and chip off tile. There is no way we could of done it without each person who showed up. We want to extend a special thank you to the WMU ladies who came and helped clean everything also! There will be some more pictures from clean up to come.

Look at the water come in through the walls!!!

So last night, the BSU basement flooded. Not as bad as it has been before, but that is thanks to some swift action on our campus minister, Billy Grady, and some very wet students. We want to thank everyone who came out to help us. We still have alot of work to be done so we can clean everything up and we have carpet to rip up and replace, but nothing serious was damaged thanks to the students who came and helped us take everything upstairs. I'll post some pictures as soon as we get them. Thank You!!

What it's like to be a freshman from one of our very own freshman.

This year I am a freshman at MSU. I am also a commuter. I live in Willard, so I don't live in the dorms or near campus at all. You'll have to talk to others if you really want to know about all that jazz.

So I have the greatest example of what it feels like to be a freshman in college.

Tonight I went to my cousin's fourth birthday party. She is a leap year baby, and today was her first birthday (technically). But her older brother, who is six and in kindergarten, had written a journal entry for his class that got him sent to the principal's office (it was quite a remarkable entry). As far as I can remember, this is what it said (first with, then without the spelling errors):

The sun is fir		The Sun is fire
Mrcre has no mons		Mercury has no moons
Venis has valcanos		Venus has volcanoes
Ert is are planet		Earth is our planet
Mars is dry		Mars is dry
Jupiter is likwi hydrgn		Jupiter is liquid hydrogen
Satrn has rigx		Saturn has rings
Uranis has rigx too		Uranus has rings too
Neptun is wde		Neptune is windy
Mrs. Bowers is col		Mrs. Bowers is cool

Now, the things that I noted about that little journal entry of a kindergartener are sort of ironic.

First, I notice that there is nothing about Pluto. This makes me sad. He complimented his teacher instead of talking about Pluto. DOES NOBODY ELSE MISS PLUTO???

Second, I want to point out what he said about Jupiter. He told what it was made of. The really sad part? I learned that in my Astronomy 114 class TODAY. He wrote this journal last week. HE'S SIX YEARS OLD!!!!

Basically… as a freshman, they are just teaching me stuff I should have learned in kindergarten!

Dorm Dining

On Tuesday, February 19 a few students in the Blair-Shannon dining hall stood up after eating dinner and was asked the question, "May I take your tray, please?" From looks varying from: surprised, confused, and cautious, many of them said, "Sure." And of those few, even fewer posed the question, "Why?" The answer is because, our Lord and Savior Jesus who is the Christ, called on us to show love to both God and our neighbor (even if that neighbor sleeps across the room from us). He went on to demonstrate that the best example of love is to serve others. On this Tuesday, February 19, three BSU members demonstrated love to their fellow students, by taking their plates, forks, and trash to the tray return area. This was done for about 20 minutes until obligations of homework & bible studies forced them to leave. However, before leaving, stopped to say a prayer over the students at the dining hall and expressed the hope that the 20 or so students whose trays were taken would be impacted in some way by this demonstration of love. The challenge is given to other Christian students, who eat on campus on Tuesdays between 5:30 - 6:30 PM, to join the three for a wonderful blessed time of food, service, and love.

A cold, icy Thursday

Yesterday, I went out to clean my sister's windshield off because it was covered in ice. I was just being a nice sister. Another student and my self were cleaning off her car, then we were going to clean off his car and go back inside where it was warm. Luckily, he had the great idea of turning this into a ministry opportunity. We started on the car beside my sisters and continued on to the rest of the parking lot. That lead to a few other joining us and pretty soon we scraped almost every car in the parking lots windshield. Some people were headed to their cars with a pleasant surprise waiting for them, others came to their car and we hadn't gotten there yet, so we stop the car we were doing and did theirs while they searched for their ice scrapers to help us. One of the people that I enjoyed helping was a lady who's car wasn't very covered at all. It took me about two minuets to scrape what little ice that was on it off. She was telling me that her husband was on HWY 65 and that he was stuck there and that they had a Christmas party that night and she wasn't sure what they were going to do especially since the weather was so nasty. I enjoyed hearing her story while she went to find her ice scraper that mysteriously eluded her. She tried to give me money after I did so little work, but that's not why we were out there. I was just trying to be a good neighbor and help people out. I know how much I hate scraping my windshield, especially after it's been a long day and I can't find my ice scraper. Oh, note on the subject of not finding and ice scraper, my roommate never seems to have one or can't find it in her car and she used a cd's jewel case. It tears the case up, but it works if there isn't a lot of ice. I hope all of the people we scraped windshields for got home safe and next time it's icy, help someone else out after you have scraped your own windshield. Have a great Christmas and stay safe as the weather gets nasty.

International Banquet

The29th annual International Banquet and Show took place Saturday, November 10th in the Plaster Student Union. The Baptist Student Union was among the organizations that help facilitate the event. The BSU contributed 64 cakes for desert, and several students from the BSU volunteered to be buffet servers.

The festivities at the International Banquet and Show consisted of performances, music, and food from eight countries, all hosted by the Association of International Students, reported the Missouri State Standard.

The menu included kabobs from India, tomato salad for France, rice pilau from Kenya, rice and chicken from Costa Rica, and Ivory Coast chicken. The entertainment included performances from the Asian Pacific Islander Organization, a fashion show, standup comedy, and other international performances, writes the Standard.