Friday, April 24, 2015

Activities At Coe

Hey all! I just want to take a moment to let you know about all of the activities that go on at Coe on a weekly basis! The best part about these activities is that they're all FREE, and put on by Coe! Most are on campus, but there are also free or cheap activities off campus! On campus, every Friday and Saturday night, there are different events going on in the PUB. These events include musicians, slam poets, comedians, movie nights, dances, speakers and more! Also, when the weather is nice, Coe will have random carnival days out in the quad! They set up bags and all kinds of other games to play and serve free corn dogs and sno cones! Sometimes they set up mini golf and disc golf courses around campus, which are always fun to play. There is also an outdoor basketball court on campus as well as a beach volleyball court, those always stay busy on the weekends! Whether it's hanging outside in the quad with friends when you're not in class, playing music with friends outside or playing sports outside there are always things to do besides these events!

Coe also offers many activities off campus. We have a Student Activities Committee who's sole purpose is to provide activities for students to do! On Friday nights, at Wehrenberg movie theater in Cedar Rapids, if you show your Coe ID for a movie at midnight you get in for free! There are also three minor league sports teams here in Cedar Rapids, the Kernels, a baseball team, the Rough Riders, a hockey team, and the Titans, an arena football team! Personally, the hockey games are my favorite, but they are all fun to go to! Coe will sell tickets for some of these games for only $3! One of my favorite trips that the Student Activities Committee plans is the ski trip to Sundown Ski Resort in Dubuque, IA. A bus full of Coe students goes to this ski resort for the night and spends the whole night there skiing and snowboarding! There are many more events that the SAC puts on, too many to name! Come check out Coe and see for yourself!

Besides these events put on by Coe, the city of Cedar Rapids has such an awesome community that always has fun things going on! Downtown Cedar Rapids is only a mile away from Coe, and there's so much to do down there! There's bike trails, great restaurants, live music, farmers markets, outdoor amphitheater, and so much more! There is also a mall and many other great restaurants the opposite direction of downtown from Coe! Coe is in the perfect location to be entertained, get cultured and also to get great jobs and internships at some big companies in Cedar Rapids.

Monday, April 6, 2015

FLUNK DAY

Hey guys! Today I want to tell you about one of Coe's biggest traditions that happened last Tuesday! Flunk Day! Flunk Day is a tradition at Coe that is over 100 years old, and it is one of the most fun days of the year. When does it happen every year? No one knows except for the student body president! Flunk Day occurs on any day after spring break, but the students never know the exact date. Although it gets a little tricky, that's one of the best parts about it. Once the weather starts getting nice, the students at Coe know that Flunk Day could always be "tomorrow". You officially find out that it's Flunk Day when the Flunk Day Committee, the people that set it all up, come knock on your doors early in the morning. All classes at Coe are cancelled for the day and the students spend that entire day out in Coe's quad playing all kinds of games, eating awesome grilled food and conversing with fellow students and professors! Flunk Day is a fun filled day that Coe puts on to give the students a much needed break between spring break and finals. After all, the students here at Coe deserve it after working so hard in school! Here's some pictures to give you an idea of what Flunk Day looks like!