Greetings from Hamilton, NY!

Wow! Has it really been over a week since I posted a message on here? ...sorry. Well, let me do an update.

I had a great week back home in Oxford. I celebrated my 24th birthday with my fraternity family in Oxford. It was a very refreshing week. I also had my interview with Boston University. I felt it went well and I should find out within the next week on my application status.

I had a 13 hour drive on Monday and drove up to my currentl location in Hamilton, NY. Good 'ol Colgate University. It is really the iconic small- New York town that you think. It is nestled in the rolling hills of the finger lakes region. It is decked with historic buildings and of course the white church house in the center of the town. There are about 2000 students that go to this school and an additional 2000 residents of the town. Its very small, but that's part of the charm.

I was up until 2am last night watching the election results come in. Once I saw the results from Missouri roll in I headed to bed. One thing I can say about the state of Missouri is that it is one of those states that you can pretty much always look to to decide which way the country will lean. If the Republicans win Missouri....the country will go red, and vice versa for the democrats. We are living in exciting times! I'm looking forward to seeing what happens during the first 100 days.

Well, I am off to Ithaca tonight to the Cornell chapter. I have to say that a lot of stress has been lifted since getting my Boston application in. I just have the Cornell application left and that is not due until January 1..so I have some time. OOps...I forgot to mention that I got accepted to the University of Minnesota! That was huge for me because now I know that I am going to grad school somewhere!

I am off to Bethany this weekend and then I will spend next week in Canada. Thanks for reading!

-Travis