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The photo gallery for the second semester of
my sophomore year starts at spring break. Many photos from early on in the
second semester ended up in the previous gallery, however because of all
the photos I took second semester, I couldn't move them into here without
making an absurdly large gallery. Anyways, for spring break I went to
Montreal with (from left to right) Steph, Allison and Sarah. |
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We went up and had a good time, from hitting
up the pubs in the area we were staying in to going out for karaoke, we
had a good time. Here we see Steph singing 'Like a Virgin' in a karaoke
bar. |
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It may not make much sense to go even further
north especially when our spring break was so early this year (at the end
of February), however given the cost of going to someplace warm, it was
decided that Canada (or Canadia, depending on who you ask) would be a good
place to go. |
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Among the places we went in Montreal was the
Casino of Montreal. I took a couple pictures outside since they wouldn't
let me take any inside due to security. It was a good time, I lost some
money to the slots and even Steph, who is from Las Vegas, had some bad
luck at the tables and didn't do well at all. Oh well, it was a good time
anyways. |
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While I was up in Montreal, I went and
visited my friend Britney who goes to McGill which is right there near the
heart of Montreal. She and I wandered all over random parts of Montreal,
such as the old port district where the streets were brick and the
buildings were rather old. |
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I enjoyed this one, one thing Montreal
requires is that there has to be a certain amount of 'public art' placed
in each construction. When they were building this subway stop, they
decorated the exit in a fashion similar to the old Metro stops in Paris.
If you look through my Paris pictures, you'll see an untouched Metro stop
from the early 1900's that this is copied from. |
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Close to the McGill campus, I saw this bench
that had been struck by either a car or a truck and I thought it was a
good example of modern art. I have no real other reason for this picture
other than that. |
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On March 12th, Boston College held it's 2004
Financial Conference. Every four years, BC invites many financial leaders
to come and speak about what the future of the economy will hold. While
held in Conte Forum, there were few tickets available to students, so I
was glad I was able to get one and attend. |
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As you can see here, one of the keynote
speakers was Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Other
speakers included the CEO of Comcast Corporation, Brian Roberts, and the
cofounder of Yahoo, Jerry Yang. They each had insights into where industry
was headed and some speakers were more interesting than others. |
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One of my extracurricular activities at BC is
being on the Quality of Student Life Committee (QSLC), and one of the
projects we worked on this semester was the Traditions campaign. The
president of the University was looking for new traditions to endorse at
BC and QSLC helped collect ideas. Here my roommate Greg helps me fix the
banner in the dustbowl that had been torn down by heavy winds that
weekend. |
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Here Sara and I are at the AHANA ball, where
we danced to music from all over the world and ate some of the best food I
had tasted in a while. For those who don't know, AHANA is the student
group that is there to support minority students who attend BC. In the
end, it warmed me up to what was coming the next weekend. |
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The very next weekend was Middlemarch, an
organized dance that has been going on for over thirty years at BC. Each
year has a theme, and if your name is drawn for a ticket pair, you dress
up along the lines of the theme. This year the theme was 'Superheros and villains.'
I did not win a ticket, but Kristen was kind enough to take me as her
date. We also went in a group with Steph and Sarah, and we had a great
time. |
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Our April Fools prank was played on Racki who
fell asleep in the common room for a few hours. |
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The bowls were filled up with water and
drapes were put over him so he wouldn't wake up as we set it up. |
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When he did wake up, he pulled on the
curtain, pulling a couple cups of water down onto him, but was able to
make it out of the common room without getting too wet. |
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Later, Deuce decided to move all the filled
bowls to outside the RA's room, and stacked them deep enough that you
could no longer reach the handle on the door, since we didn't know if the
RA was in his room or not. When Mello came back, he quickly figured out it
was our suite who did this and we helped him clean it up. |
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I remember when it came time for me to visit
colleges and decide which one was the right one for you. Gabe Smith was in
town, seeing if Boston University was the right school for her. Her older
sister also lived in my dorm building and so while Gabe was out in Boston,
she came and visited myself and her sister. She ended up agreeing that it
does 'suck to BU' and decided to go elsewhere for college. |
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As I found out, Sarah had not visited much of
Boston her freshman year at BC. She was also really into history, so one
weekend we went and walked the entire Freedom Trail. It was the first time
that I'd ever walked it from end to end and it did a number on my feet. |
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We made it to the USS Caspin Young and I
found the biggest guns I could stand behind and had my picture taken. |
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Here is the skyline of Boston as seen from
the deck of a WWII destroyer. |
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They still have an example of 'dry dock' in
the old Charleston Navy Yards to show how ships were worked on when they
needed hull repairs. |
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Brian Hawko and Patrick Guiton were opposites
in their partying mentalities, but we still all kicked back from time to
time. |
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Here is David Racki at the Boston Marathon. |
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If you stood on the curb and stuck your hand
out, you could give high-fives to the runners passing by. |
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At times, the road was pretty thick with
runners, running down the back side of Heartbreak Hill. |
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However, the BCPD did not enjoy the students
stepping onto the road to give high fives and would constantly yell at
students to get back on the curb. |
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Towards the back of the pack were people who
ran in costume. I can't assume they were comfortable since it was a
blazing hot day outside, and these people were wearing even more clothing
than I would have dared. |
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Here is a nice shot of Greg and his
girlfriend Jess. She was a good 'extra roommate' since she kept Greg in
line, and tried to get him to switch from a Yankees fan to a Red Sox fan. |
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Here is the spring QSLC BBQ, which was held
at the very end of the Boston Marathon. It served as a good time to relax
and see what we had accomplished so far and what we still needed to do on
a couple projects. |
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Every once and a while, an old friend would
call up and tell me they were at BC or coming to visit. Suzie stopped by
once, but had to leave early to get back to Brandeis. I have nothing too
interesting to say, but I'd feel bad if I didn't thank her for stopping by
and visiting me. |
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Another foray into Boston had me go to the
Christian Science Center and check out the Mapparium as well as the area
that puts out the Christian Science Monitor every day. This trip also gave
me an opportunity to check out the area around the Center which included
Northeastern's campus. |
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David Racki sporting his do-rag and trying to
look tough. Don't let this fool you, he's a softie. |
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Here are Tim and his girlfriend Jen. She also
was around enough to qualify as an 'extra roommate' at times. |
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Here's Michelle, who along with Jen, Jess and
a few other girls not pictured here, lived upstairs. We called her 'mom'
as she took good care of us when we needed it, she also is on the Color
Guard and would wave to us when she saw us at football games. |
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One night, the Beanpot that held ping pong
balls, was bounced off the couch and crashed onto the floor. Here we see
Racki cleaning up his mess. |
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Near the end of every school year, the UGBC
puts on a concert for the students. This year it fell after I had a long
exam and so I slept and missed the entertainment. From what I heard It
wasn't anything too interesting, so I don't feel like I missed much. |
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One day I wandered around taking a few
pictures of things on campus, here is the statue located in the main hall
of Gasson Hall. |
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Also in Gasson Hall, is the Fulton room,
named after the debate society that would meet here. The room is
well-decorated, but I couldn't get too much a better picture than this
one. |
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I had to put this one in. There was a small
presentation to those who passed by about alternative travel methods in
Boston. The Segway company was there showing off its cart, and as a BCPD
officer tried one out, I knew I had to have a picture of it. |
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Another thing Michelle did for us is to keep
us in line when we got out of hand, as seen here. |
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Back to the top of the Pru. It was a
beautiful day and Sarah and I got to look out over much of the city. |
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Looking down at the Christian Science Center. |
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The day was really clear, and as I looked
through my binoculars, I realized I could see one of the buildings on
College Road, as well as many of the other buildings on middle campus. |
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This is the courtyard of the old Boston
Public Library building. |
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The QSLC end of the year dinner was a
wonderful way to wrap up a semester in which we wrapped up the Newspaper
Readership campaign, the Traditions taskforce, and extended the Drop/Add
period to name a few. |
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One of Sarah and my last journeys around
Boston took us to the JFK Presidential Library. Sarah is a huge fan of JFK
and so we had fun learning details about his presidency. |
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Here is the seal of the President, just a bit
larger. I tried to have my picture taken with it, but the exposure never
came out right. Oh well, it was an enjoyable museum visit anyways. |
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Looking back to Boston from the outside of
the Library shows how stretched out Boston is, with Back Bay on the left
side of the picture, and what most think of downtown on the right side. |
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Right across the parking lot from JFK was the
Massachusetts archive, which held many historic documents and even what
history has been dug up in the course of building the Big Dig. It was a
quick visit as the day was getting long and studies had to be done. |
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After most of the roommates had left, it was
a little empty moving out. I was the second to last person to leave, so my
room was a bit empty for a while. This marked the end of this semester,
but already I was looking ahead to the next semester when I would go
abroad. |