The first thing that I would like to bring to the attention of anyone who reads this is the campaign called Swipe out Starvation. It is being run by Campus House at the moment; however, it is really more of an idea that we are trying to make happen on campus. Basically the idea is as follows: Every student at Purdue that has a meal plan gets a certain number of meal "swipes" per week. Yet, every week, students find themselves coming up with a certain number of swipes left over that they do not use. This is especially true of holiday weeks. Sure, Purdue already has a system where you can go to "On-the-Go" and get food that is definable to an equivalent of a meal, but some students do his and still have extra swipes, or they do not want the extra food and therefore swipes go to waste every week. What if we could not let those swipes go to waste? What if we could take the equivalent of food or money that is involved with one swipe and find a way to turn those equivalencies into tools to help those around us who are less fortunate. The Swipe out Starvation campaign is going to aim to do just that. There have been some concerns raised, and these concerns are a main reason why this is still an idea and not a project; but hopefully, it will soon be a experiment, and then a project, and finally something that is installed into everyday life at the Purdue campus. That is just a heads up of a new project that is relevant to all of us here at Purdue.
So moving onward.
If you have been on campus at all in the past week, you have seen the 'Maker' campaign that is popping up all over the place. I am a maker. I like the general idea; however, someone told me that the school was trying to get their name changed from Boilermaker to maker. I am totally against that. The cool part of the saying right now is that there are so many words/phrases that go with maker, i.e. difference maker, peacemaker. Boilermaker fits in that category, and therefore symbolizes that we are all of those phrases that are associated with 'maker'. Don't change the name.
If you saw the 'maker' campaign, you were probably around to hear the tragedy that befell all purdue students and fans alike this weekend. The news hit the student section of the football game in the 3rd quarter and spread like a wildfire. Just after we had gotten over the ACL injury that Robbie Hummel suffered at the end of last season, that ended his season along with the hopes of Purdue basketball, this happens. This season, with Johnson back and Hummel back and healthy, Purdue was ranked in the top-5 for pre-season polls. Yet, nothing gold stays, and last saturday during a practice, in one second, Robbie Hummel single handily destroyed all Boilermakers dreams and hopes of a National Championship when he re-tore his ACL. I am not blaming Robbie, and we will still have a good team, I just know a lot of grown men that cried themselves to sleep on Saturday night (I was not one of them. Maybe)
Well it's time for my meeting. Thanks for reading and feel free to post any comments. Hope your week is fabulous!
Tip for the week: At the football games, buy one of the bottomless cups. It may be a bit more expensive at first, but if you save it, you can bring it back into the later games. I have done this the past two weeks and saved $21 dollars on drinks. You may have to sneak the cup in, and if you get caught, this guy didn't tell you anything. (I am not supporting crime, just enlightening the Purdue students)
Closing quote for the week: "Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week." ~Spanish Proverb
Throwing up the NW333 and throwing down The Rock,
Signing off,
JD
Still throwing down that rock
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