Registration for Next Year

This past few days has been extremely exciting, as I have not only picked my classes for next year, but I also went through room draw, and determined where I will be living next year! Somehow my roomates and I were able to get a brand new apartment across from 1st Ave, even though we are only sophomores! As far as my classes go, I am taking 6 classes.
 Biopsychology
 Micro Economics
 American National Government and Politics
 Abnormal Psychology
 Film Festival
 Topics In Composition

I am really excited about next fall, all of my classes sound very interesting, and I look forward to continuing to grow as a student!
Until The Next Adventure,
Ryan Rey

Macroeconomics Project!

Hey everyone, it's been a super busy week, with alot of tests going on, but that hasn't stopped my roomate and I from making our economics project super goofy, while still doing a good job. Here is our video, I hope you guys enjoy! 
Until The Next Adventure,
Ryan Rey

Spring 500

Hanging out, getting instructions for the Spring 500!

This past Sunday, I was lucky enough to get to partake in a giant service project here at Coe, called the Spring 500. All of the fraternities and sororities at Coe volunteered, and we were able to clean up one hundred yards in one afternoon. Personally, my group went to two different houses, both about 10 minutes away, and we were able to rake leaves, and remove tree branches for elderly people who wouldnt have been able to do it for themselves. I am still relatively new to this whole fraternity thing, but sunday afternoon was a great chance to get out and help the people of Cedar Rapids, while enjoying spending time with my brothers, and I hope that the next four years are filled with similiar service opportunities!
Until The Next Adventure,
Ryan Rey

First Outdoor Meet As A Kohawk



Kohawk Track and Field!

Today was my first collegiate outdoor meet, and I was lucky enough to race in the 1500 and the 800. We went as a team to go compete at the Central Open, in Pella Iowa, about an hour and a half away.


My friend Sheldon Magee, 400 runner for UNI

 The meet was full of great teams and great competition. I was also lucky enough to get to see a friend from home, who is running for University of Northern Iowa (Luckily I didnt race against him...). My first race was the 1500, and I ended up being faster than expected, I was pretty happy with my first ever 1500 race as a whole, but I know that there is still plenty of work to be done. The 800 was about an hour later, and I had another solid race, but again, I look forward to the next two weeks of practice, and continuing to work on my form, and be ready to run even better in two weeks at Cornell. Overall, it was a great meet, with beautiful weather, and a long day filled with alot of crazy team bonding, I love our team, and I love how close everyone is, and I know that together, we are going to make the rest of this season one that we will never forget!
Until The Next Adventure,
Ryan Rey
 P.S. As good as we all look in the picture at the beginning of this blog, thats not really us, this next one is really how our track team really operates

Kohawk Track and Field at our Finest

Gloriana and Gordon

My Brother Gordon, here for admitted Students Weekend!

Every year here at Coe, there is one huge concert that the school hosts, and that is free for the students. This year it was Gloriana, with Tyler Hilton opening, and they performed in Eby. This weekend is also a big deal because it is admitted students weekend here at Coe, which means that alot of prospective students are staying here on Campus. I am lucky enough to host a pretty awesome kid this weekend, who also happens to be my little brother.
 Gordon got to Coe at around noon today, and had a few meetings with coaches, followed by an awesome "behind the scenes" tour of Coe College given by me. He also came to my Western Civilization class, and really seemed to enjoy it. Finally that night, we forced our dad to take us to Outback( It is always nice to change things up a little, and get away from the Caf) before heading over to the Gloriana concert. I personally had never really listened to Gloriana before this concert, but they were GREAT, and I look forward to getting to listen to more of their music. After the concert, Gordon and I went to hang out with a bunch of the guys on the team, and we just chilled, and listened to music as we got ready for our first outdoor meet, which is tomorrow! Overall, it was great getting to spend time not only with my Coe family, but also with my real family. I hope he had a great time, and was able to see how great Coe College really is! #theresnoplacelikeCOE
Until The Next Adventure,
Ryan Rey

Just Another Tuesday At Coe!

Today was just a great day! I was working in the Writing Center like I do every other Tuesday, then out of nowhere, Fred Jackson and his whole family just walked in! For those of you who don't know, Fred Jackson is a running back for the Buffalo Bills, who graduated from Coe, after playing football and running track here at Coe. I was lucky enough to get to talk to him for a while, and he was an awesome guy. It is great that he is able to make time to come back and visit Coe, because everyone here has so much respect for him, not only as an athlete, but also as a person. I hope fifteen years from now, I am able to return to Coe, and people look up to me the way that we all looked up to him today!
Until The Next Adventure,
Ryan Rey

Hanging out in the Bookstore

A Week of Looking Forward

This past weekend was a pretty quiet one here at Coe. A couple more fraternities and sororities had their formals, and there was alot of important college basketball on, so alot of people just sort of chilled this weekend. It was great getting the extra sleep that this weekend brought, and i know that it will definately come in handy this week, with all of the awesome things that Coe has available. The first thing I am looking forward to is Greek Week. Greek Week at Coe is a full week of competetions between the different Fraternities and Sororities on campus, they do things like tug of wars, and talent shows and Bowling, and I am looking forward to some friendly competition and hopefully a week full of wins. I am also cautiously looking forward to wednesday and thursday, where I have two tests in two of my more challenging classes, I have been spending alot of time studying for both of these, and I look forward to hopefully doing great on both of these.I am also looking forward to coninuing to work on Colere, and see how our Editor's hard work has payed off.  Also, this weekend Coe will continue to show their play Drood, which is based off of the mystery written by Charles Dickens, and I will be seeing the Sunday show! Finally, and most importantly, I am looking forward to getting back and racing for the first time this outdoor season. This saturday we will race at Central College in Pella, and I am just excited to be able to get out of my own head for a little bit, and go back to focusing on racing as hard and as smart as I can. I am hoping to race in my first ever 1500, and show everyone how hard I have been working.
Until The Next Adventure,
Ryan Rey