University of St. Thomas : Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Lizzy's Blog

Waterloo, IA

Year: Sophomore

Major: Catholic Studies and Political Science

Activities: Tommie Ambassadors, Students for Human Life , Saint Pauls Outreach, Liturgical Choir, Aquinas Scholars

Archive for June, 2010

It's okay to be corny in Iowa

Let me start off by stating a simple fact: I am from Iowa. 87% of you just pictured a cornfield. 100% of you are now. Did I grow up on nothing but corn and wake daily to a rooster’s crow at 5 A.M. to go milk the cows and feed the pigs? No, sir, I did not. I grew up in the fine town of Waterloo, population 60,000.

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That Fateful Day

I’ve had senioritis since November 15, 2008.

What happened on that infamous day, you ask? It was Fall Junior Visit Day at St. Thomas and yours truly was making the 3 ½ hour journey to a college that I had no real plans of attending.

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