2.11.2004
what a day. i went down to the state capital today with other bsu students for the msusa student lobby day for higher ed. we departed at a horrid 3 AM into a crazy snowstorm. we made it through and arrived a little late and a lot tired.
a few highlights:
my first appointment was at 8:30, just 10 minutes after we arrived, with carrie rudd. it was okay, i wouldn't say i was on my toes quite yet. i was still a little fuzzy from the drive and lack of sleep. (i wish i was as informed as my mom. i talked to her about it tonight and she pointed out the flaw in rudd's thinking).
later, doug fuller, our representative talked with our entire group. he seems to think that a new hockey arena is the item he should push the most. (instead of the remodel of our IT building). in a show of hands from our group, we told him we are unainimously for our academic builiding before an ice rink. then fuller proceded to talk about hockey for the next 20 minutes. when pressed for answers as to why he let our academic building slip on the priority list, he told us the only thing he could do is chew out the mnscu committee. i love hockey but doug - give us proper representation.
as always doug lindgren was an idiot who wasted our time.
rod skoe met with a couple of us and it was nice. he was honest about what he could and couldn't do, he didn't make promises he couldn't keep. he is wise.
the coolest thing - when we were leaving skoe, jerry janezich walked by and stopped us to ask who we were. i thought he looked familiar and asked him when he told us his name if he had run for govenor. he actually ran for senator - i was like - you're the one with the tom & jerry's bar (think i surprised him with that, but that was one of the things my mom had told me about him when he was running and it stuck). turns out now he is working as a lobbyist for mnscu - fighting the good fight.
it was nice bonding with old friends and new people/boys. never enough new boys in ones life.
(sorry this has kinda been the attack of the run on sentence post)
a few highlights:
my first appointment was at 8:30, just 10 minutes after we arrived, with carrie rudd. it was okay, i wouldn't say i was on my toes quite yet. i was still a little fuzzy from the drive and lack of sleep. (i wish i was as informed as my mom. i talked to her about it tonight and she pointed out the flaw in rudd's thinking).
later, doug fuller, our representative talked with our entire group. he seems to think that a new hockey arena is the item he should push the most. (instead of the remodel of our IT building). in a show of hands from our group, we told him we are unainimously for our academic builiding before an ice rink. then fuller proceded to talk about hockey for the next 20 minutes. when pressed for answers as to why he let our academic building slip on the priority list, he told us the only thing he could do is chew out the mnscu committee. i love hockey but doug - give us proper representation.
as always doug lindgren was an idiot who wasted our time.
rod skoe met with a couple of us and it was nice. he was honest about what he could and couldn't do, he didn't make promises he couldn't keep. he is wise.
the coolest thing - when we were leaving skoe, jerry janezich walked by and stopped us to ask who we were. i thought he looked familiar and asked him when he told us his name if he had run for govenor. he actually ran for senator - i was like - you're the one with the tom & jerry's bar (think i surprised him with that, but that was one of the things my mom had told me about him when he was running and it stuck). turns out now he is working as a lobbyist for mnscu - fighting the good fight.
it was nice bonding with old friends and new people/boys. never enough new boys in ones life.
(sorry this has kinda been the attack of the run on sentence post)