"Max, The end is near!" Day 4 in the life of Katelyn A. Rapoza

Hello everyone,

So I write to you from the bed in Crimson 230, we arrived back in Massachusetts, it's quite bittersweet. I already miss Connecticut but I'm glad to be back on Campus. We got up a little later today which was nice, I was still tired because we decided it was a good idea to stay up later last night I don't know why. But we got up, packed, got ready, got starbucks for the 4th time, (croissant and java chip frappacino, obvi.) and got into the van. The ride home was good. We got to reflect on our time away and talk about what we wanted to tackle once getting back into the swing of things at BSC.

Maribeth informed us that she wanted us to write about one thing we wanted to bring back to our community after attending NGLA. I have been thinking about it and there are just so many new ideas I would like to see carried out at BSC, there is no way I could pick just one. So, what I wanted to bring back to the community is more of a concept than a "thing." Being at NGLA really taught me something that I don't really think all greeks understand. We are all one big greek family, true story. Sure we have different founders, and colors and rituals but we are more closely related than we think. We are all based on values such as leadership, scholarship, service, brotherhood, sisterhoods, etc. We all have something bonding us and that is that we all understand the amazing things that greek life does for us. So I don't thing there is one "thing" I would like to bring back to the community, I think that if we all can realized that we're all in this together(<3 high school musical) we can go from there to make our necessary changes.

Attending NGLA was an incredible experience. I learned so much about myself, my organization, and greek like in general. I was reminded why I joined greek life in general and I was able to reflect on what it has done for me. It has given me confidence, poise and the belief that with my fellow greeks behind me there is so much that I do. I feel lucky to have had this experience and i am so thankful. My only hope is that next year, I can go again with double the delegation. (=

peace, love & greek life, FOREVER.
-Katelyn