{"id":55,"date":"2011-11-14T23:18:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T04:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/anne\/?p=55"},"modified":"2011-11-14T23:18:30","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T04:18:30","slug":"who-doesnt-love-free-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/anne\/2011\/11\/who-doesnt-love-free-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Who doesn’t love free stuff?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buenas noches, mis amigos. I know it’s been a while since I wrote a blog, but hopefully my truly loyal readers (i.e. my parents) haven’t given up hope.<\/p>\n

Tonight I went to Zumba at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center. I did not intend to go to Zumba, but that is what happened. I thought the 6 o’clock class was going to be Total Body Workout. It wasn’t. It was Zumba. I decided to give it a try anyway. For those of you who don’t know, Zumba is basically a Latin hip hop dance workout\/torture session.<\/p>\n

The description on the CRWC website says: “Even if you have never danced before, you will have fun and feel successful in Zumba! The dance movements are simple and easy to follow.” WRONG. So totally opposite of the truth. I felt like a loser in Zumba. They should at least say: “You need to be coordinated enough to move your arms and legs at the same time to have fun and feel successful in Zumba. The dance movements are simple and easy to follow…unless you often get left and right confused and you look like you’re having a full body spasm when you try to gyrate your hips.”<\/p>\n

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I even wore that exact same outfit but I still failed miserably.<\/p><\/div>\n

But that is not the point of this blog post. The point is that the CRWC is now offering a BINGO card, and in each square there is a different workout class. If you fill up all the squares in a row, you win a PRIZE! I think the prize is something like a lanyard or a drawstring bag or a water bottle. If you fill up the whole card, you get a session with a personal trainer. Who doesn’t love FREE STUFF?!<\/p>\n

Once you become a freshman in college you will learn that you cannot say no to free stuff. Even if it’s a bandaid–you take it. You never know when that might come in handy. Most free stuff will be food. Most free food will be pizza. That’s ok, just take it. You can go to the dining hall for dinner and save that pizza for midnight when you’re studying and need brain fuel.<\/p>\n

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Exception to the rule: free puppies. DO NOT TAKE. You can't have pets in the residence halls.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is your first opportunity to score some freebies. I’m curious to see how many prospective students read these blogs. I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t read mine…I write about irrelevant things like cheeseburgers and chocolate chip cookies. For that I apologize. However, our current students do a great job of sharing what life is like as a Hawkeye.<\/p>\n

So in an effort to appeal to you high schoolers, I have a proposition: If you write a comment on this entry about why you’re interested in The University of Iowa, then you could receive a FREE PRIZE! The prize is yet to be determined, but it will be something Hawkeye-related and easily mailed.<\/p>\n

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Not this kind of prize. Sorry.<\/p><\/div>\n

There will be TWO (2) prizes awarded: both the first comment and the “best” comment (as determined by a committee of judges, a.k.a. me). In order to potentially receive the prize, you need to include your actual email address when filling out the comment form. This will not be published on the website; only I will be able to see it. I’ll then email you to find out your address so I know where to send the AWESOME prize.<\/p>\n

To help you brainstorm, I’ll share my reason for becoming a Hawkeye: I wanted to go to a school that was big enough that there would always be new people to meet and new things to do (like Zumba…ugh), but small enough that it had a tight-knit community and a compact campus. And the rest is history…<\/p>\n

So let’s hear it: WHY IOWA?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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