Its only a couple of weeks into school and I am already busy. I've already pulled an all-nighter trying to finish my proposal for the thesis. Which I must admit, is partially my fault. I did not manage my time well, I filled in three extra shifts at the coffee shop by wednesday, which I enjoy working at but then wednesday night I did non stop homework. However, I am happy with my proposal I turned in. We had quite a few topics we could choose. Our theme for the International relations class is the movement of people; which can include any movement of people over borders. Including topics like immigration, refugees, human trafficking, and child adoption. I chose to do my paper on the influence of international financial institutions on developing countries, specifically the World Bank and IMF. When these organizations give loans to developing countries, the countries are required to implement structural adjustment policies. I will look at how these policies are influencing the movement of people. The WB and IMF's goal is to erradicate poverty, but they end up further contributing to the polarization between the rich and poor. Many problems include an increase in unemployment, lower standard of living, and also lack in access to resources. Many people have problems accessing water because a requirement of these policies is privitization. Anyways my paper will be kind of like that... just 50 pages longer!

Now a full week of school has gone by. I had some scheduling difficulties because I'm a double major so one of my seminar classes was during a class I had to take so now I am taking a spanish class at St. Thomas instead of Hamline! St. Thomas has a beautiful campus but it is way too big for my taste. One thing I love about Augsburg is how homey it feels and I always know some people in all my classes I take.
This past week we also had our first Coalition for Student Activism meeting, a student organization I am in. I've been in this organization since I was a freshman and I am really excited for this year. We already have a ton of cool events planned and alot of people who are interested in getting active in the group. But atlas I need to go do some homework, I spent too much time enjoying the weather in the park today!

My senior year of college has officially began! I moved back into New Hall on Monday and classes started on Wednesday. I think this is gonna be a great year, my roomates are awsome. One of the girls I'm living with I've lived with on and off since sophmore year, was on the volleyball team with and she also studied abroad with me! Its nice being back on campus, I've missed it after being away for over half a year. My course load is going to be pretty difficult this year. Since I am double majoring, I have a seminar class both semesters which means two thesis papers. But it will be fine because I'll be writing on a topic I chose. This semester, in addition to my International Relations seminar class I have a watercolor painting class, a history workshop class, and a spanish class which I am taking at Hamline. I'm kind of excited to take a class at Hamline, it'll be cool experiencing another campus, even if only for one class. The five ACTC schools in the cities; Augsburg, St. Thomas, Hamline, St. Kates and Macalester, Augsburg students can take classes at those schools and stay enrolled at Augsburg. Students at other schools can also take classes at Augsburg, which is cool cause it gives students alot more choices of classes they can take!