Monday, March 25, 2013

Hispanic Leadership Conference

Hello Aggies!
The best group ever, team White! I had so much fun getting to know you guys, I really do hope I see you guys on campus next year!




The Multicultural Recruitment Council hosted our annual Hispanic Leadership Conference (HLC) and this years' theme was "Stand Up, Stand Out". For those of you who don't know what HLC is, it's a leadership conference for students all over Utah and Idaho to attend and learn about being an example in their communities, as well as play games, eat Aggie ice cream, and meet new people.

Stand up, Stand out!


Alex and I were team white which was the one and only best group ever! I love seeing old and new faces at these conferences; it makes me happy to see multicultural students come together and embrace our backgrounds. I see so much potential in all the students that come to this conference and I look forward to seeing some of you guys at Utah State in the near future!
Alex and I rockin' our white pants to represent team white!

Brandon and Julian! Julian was team pink; Do you like his pink scarf?
Go Aggies!

-E

Hola Amigos!



Hola!
For spring break this year some friends and I decided to embark on a cruise to Ensenada, Mexico and Catalina Island, California. We all took a road trip down to the Long Beach port in California where we all settled into our rooms on the cruise ship. As we unpacked and got ready for a relaxing new few days, we realized all of our neighbors in the next rooms all looked very similar. 
We rented motor bikes and rode them all around the island

The Mexican flag in Ensenada was HUGE!..And so was Brayden's hat! 




We began making friends with people on the cruise and realized that practically half the cruise ship were all Utah State students, or at least attend a university in Utah and were all on the cruise for their spring break. The other half were students from Arizona who were also on their spring break trip as well. It was so much fun making friends on the cruise ship and knowing that we would be able to see them around campus again after the trip. It brought us all closer together as several Aggies got to travel to a different country together and experience the food and culture of Mexico together. 
We visited the La Bufadora (the blowhole) and all the flea market stores

I loved seeing our Aggies on the cruise ship because it made me feel proud to represent our university while traveling. Aggies not only know how to study hard, but we know how to play hard too! It was so fun vacationing with my peers and being able to bring back those experiences back to Logan. 

My new Aggie friends that I made! I seem them around campus all the time now

I wonder what next years’ spring break trip will have in store…I’m excited to find out! 


-E

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Here Comes the Bride

Hello Aggies!

I was so excited and relived for this long weekend, having Monday off due to President's day. I was even more excited when I got a phone call from my best friend who is getting married that we were going to California for the weekend! We left that night. It truly was a spontaneous trip, but I was so excited for the crazy adventure ahead of us. The drive was 10 hours from Logan to Ontario, California. It was a jam packed weekend with not a lot of sleep and a lot of shopping for dresses and last minute wedding things. But the sunshine and warmth was insanely unreal.



My favorite part about the trip was stopping at Yogurtland! Fro yo is my favorite dessert and it was well worth the trip to take a break and enjoy some.

I love Logan because it's in a great location where it isn't TOO far from Las Vegas, Los Angeles, or even Salt Lake City. It's in a perfect spot with a good radius from a lot of major cities to vacation to; even if it is just for the weekend!

Go Aggies!

-E