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By Liam Dawson on 11/5/2008 10:34 AM

Yesterday was a very exciting day for me as it was the first time I was allowed to complete my civic duty as an American citizen to vote for the first time.  The past couple of months I had been reading the issues not only of the president, but of the local races as well, becasue the local races to me are important too.  However the past week I felt myself on the fence in dealing with the presidential election and I was still undecided up until I darkened the oval on my ballot yesterday.  I drove 30 minutes back to my hometown of Blair, NE to cast my vote and as I was driving I was thinking to myself I now get the chance to have my voice heard when it comes to electing the next president and that was an exciting thought to me.  I walked in the doors to vote and luckily com ... Read More »

By Liam Dawson on 10/15/2008 6:58 PM

As I was returning from my Cross-Country meet in San Francisco last saturday I finally got the chance to check my Creighton email and man was there a pleasant surprise.  Earlier in the week I had finally turned in my application to the Education Department in hopes that I would be accepted into the Elementary Education program at Creighton.  I was checking through email and I came across one that was from the educatoin department and it was to congratulate me on my acceptance into the program.  At that moment I could not wait to call my mom and dad.  I called my mom first seeing as she was my inspiration to become an elementary education teacher, because she has been teaching in inner-city omaha for this is now here 22nd year of teaching.  Ever since I fi ... Read More »

By Liam Dawson on 10/7/2008 9:50 AM

As midterms are right around the corner, I am able to take a trip with the Cross-Country team to San Francisco this week for the Gator Invitational.  As a team we leave on Wednsday and will not return until late Saturday night, which is great, becasue with midterms coming up it always seems like I end up stressing out way too much.  So I feel that San Francisco will be a nice stress reliever and help propel me into the right mindset for midterms next week.  I sometimes feel that, because I am stressing myself out that I end up not accomplishing as much as I would have liked to...so what I am trying to say is when midterms and finals come around don't look yourself inside of a room or the library for 4-5 hours straight.  Be sure you take a break every once and a while to let ... Read More »

By Liam Dawson on 9/30/2008 11:08 AM

This past week was Homecoming Week, it is always an exciting time to be on campus.  I was only able to participate in the homecoming activities during the week, because I left for Chicago on friday morning for a Cross-Country meet, but even though I may have missed the dance and the Getting Blue BBQ for the soccer game I still had a blast attending the other events.  Last week I attended the Bluejay Pageant, Comedian, and the Hypnotist.  Homecoming week is an exciting time to be on campus, becasue there are people everywhere and it seems like the week is part of non-stop action.  The Hypnotist was a blast!  The hypnotist is always fun to watch, becasue for the past two years I have had two or three friends that got hypnotized and&nbs ... Read More »

By Liam Dawson on 9/22/2008 7:23 AM

Hey guys hope everyone is doing well.  This week is going to be very very hectic.  I was up until 4am studying last night for classes and finishing some papers for this week.  I got up this morning at 630 and was out the door to run since I have to miss practice today.  I got back at 8 and now I decided to start my day completely.  I probably should be studying for my philosophy test that I have at 1230, but I decided I would post first seeing that I may not have a chance again this week.  My week is going to be busy starting today.  I have a test at 1230 and then a paper and 2 map quizzes at 630 tonight.  On tuesday, I will try and relax a little, because I don't have class, but at about 215 I will be going to help out with a junior hig ... Read More »

By Liam Dawson on 9/15/2008 8:06 AM

I was told some very exciting news this weekend.  I was told that there is an elementary school in Omaha that is possibly looking for a 5th grade boys basketball coach.  When I heard the news I wanted to jump right on board, becasue 1) I'll be able to work with kids 2) I would be coaching basketball and 3) It will be a lot of fun.  So I am really hoping that the elementary school does need somebody to coach, because I would gladly take an hour to two hours out of my day to help coach a basketball team.  I just felt like sharing this exciting news....well at least I think it's exciting.  Hope you all have a great day! 

By Liam Dawson on 9/8/2008 7:16 AM

This past weekend was very very busy!  On Saturday we had our second Cross-Country meet of the season in Council Bluffs, Iowa at Iowa Western Community College.  We competed against five teams at the meet.  I am still recovering from lateral patelar tendonitis, but I still ran the race and I ended up in 28th place in a time of 30:12, which I was very upset about, because I was wanting to be running in 28's somewhere, but then I thought about it and about this time last season I hadn't run this fast for another three weeks.  However, overall as a team we won the meet with 22 pts, followed by Iowa Western with 48 (i believe).  This season we have a very young team.  I am one of 6 sophomores on the team and we are joined by 9 freshman this year; so ... Read More »

By Liam Dawson on 9/2/2008 5:46 PM

Cross-Country practice today was rough!!  The tendonitis in my knee has really been acting up lately and it was very evident this past saturday at my first collegiate race of the season.  I placed 9th on the team and 33rd overall, which I was not happy about at all, because I am only at about 80-85% of where I can be physically right now.  Along with my injury it has begun to wear on me, because I am more tired than usual and I have started to notice that I am having trouble concentrating now, but this injury will soon pass and I will surely be on my way. 

Hope all of you are having a great week. 

By Liam Dawson on 8/27/2008 6:43 PM

Today I woke up very early for a morning run with the Cross-Country team at 7am.  As a team we ran four miles this morning, but the run did not go as well as I had hoped for myself, because of the tendonitis in my patella (aka my knee). 

Once I finished running I headed back to my room to get ready for my first class of the fall semester: Elementary Education as Movement Educators (P.E.).  After my 9:30 class I had a break until 11:30 so I went back to my room and made 2 PB&J's.  After I ate I headed to the bookstore to buy some last minute things for my next three classes.

My last class of the afternoon finished at 2:20.  I headed for the athletic training office immediately after class to recieve treatment on my kn ... Read More »

By Liam Dawson on 8/26/2008 6:10 PM