My newest enemy at Purdue: The Police Academy Trainer video game at McCutcheon's basement hangout, The Piper's Club.

Fall Semester at Purdue University
First Priority
*Academics

Secondary Priorities
*Exercise
*Health
*Hygiene
*Food
*Dorm maintenance/upkeep

Third Level Priorities
*Sports events on campus
*Social activities
*Clubs
*Work
*Recreation

Specific Goals:
*Maintain a EAI of 3.0 or better
*Attend the Industrial Roundtable in the fall
*Join at least one activity, group, club, sport, or job
*Meet all my professors in person at least once
*Volunteer and donate blood in January
*Maximize meal plan and minimize spending/calling home for things
*Read our student newspaper, The Exponent, every week
*Call home regularly, and thank people for letters and packages
*Exercise regularly (every three days at least) with minimal Advil use
*Attend all Purdue football games
*Vote in the Presidential Election in September

Potential pitfalls and distractions include my computer, DVDs, reading, listening to music, and cable tv (a new and frighteningly entertaining luxury). Basically, my dorm room. I think I'm gonna try to stick to a policy where "the dorm room is a place to relax and have fun" and do my work elsewhere (libaries and academic buildings away from the dorms), and treat each day of classes as a block of work.

For anybody interested, I'm posting my schedule. If you care, feel free to comment upon it, sympathize, or even make fun of it. I don't really care.

Monday
Calculus I (161) 8:30-9:20, Engineering (106) 11:30-12:20, Chemistry (115) 2:30-3:20
Tuesday
Calculus I (161) 8:30-9:20, Physics (149) 9:30-10:20
Wednesday
Calculus I (161) 8:30-9:20, Engineering (100) 9:30-10:20, Engineering (106) 11:30-12:20, Chemistry (115) 2:30-3:20
Thursday
Calculus I (161) 8:30-9:20, Physics (149) 9:30-10:20, Chemistry Lab (115) 11:30-2:20, Engineering (106) 3:30-5:20
Friday
Calculus I (161) 8:30-9:20, Physics (149) 12:30-1:20, Chemistry (115) 2:30-3:20

Every day starts at 8:30 with Calculus. In a nutshell, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are pretty average days. Tuesday is a nice, easy day. Thursday makes me cringe. At one point, I wanted to change my schedule to avoid taking physics and chemistry in the same semester. Two ENAD visits and an hours wait later, I found out that I'm in catch-up n00b physics. *Must erase Patterson's teachings* That means I'll take Calc II, regular Physics, and next level Chem next semester, and sometime later (possibly in the summer) take my 2 required English and Computer classes. Besides, it's only 15 credit hours. Time to sit down, settle in, and get ready to work. Let's do it.