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This post was written by undergraduate students Jennifer Kearney ’11 and Cathy Bao ’12 as they participate in Babson’s Habitat for Humanity Winter Break trip “Work hard – it all comes back to you.” It was our first day on the Habitat for Humanity (Bayou/Louisiana) job, and it was pretty amazing. The weather surprised us – it was…
This post was written by undergraduate student Marissa Ferber ’09 Goodbye Louisiana! Yesterday before we boarded the plane for home, we took a trip to the lower 9th ward in Louisiana, where the levy broke and the largest impact of Katrina hit. The night before, Doug showed a few of us pictures from his trip…
As a senior at Babson, I feel a sense of urgency when I look at the calendar and see that only weeks remain until graduation. And yet, there is still so much that can be accomplished in this narrow window of time. The past few days in Thibodaux, LA have proven this. Building homes for…
Greetings from our LAST POST ON BON JOVI BLVD! Today we chose to wake up the house by blasting High School Musical. We refused to turn it off until Pat Wolenter finally got up and left the room so the girls could change. So Doug “One-Way” Pottle stood there kicking Pat’s air matress for a…
Allons-y (Let’s Go) New Orleans! Last night was an adventure, as always. We started the night by eating local cuisine, complete with alligator. We have learned that every single thing in Louisiana is fried. So at our table included: fried pickles, fried alligator bites (which somehow Melissa liked), fried cornbread (hush puppies), fried catfish, turtle…we…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from New Orleans! FIrst, we are going to begin by explaining what we’re doing here, as we neglected to address this in our earlier post. Our team of 15 students is led by Josh “fearless leader” Stevenson, Professor Kevin “Can I have a piece of that?” Tuthill, Doug “One-way” Pottle, and…
This post was written by undergraduate students Marissa Ferber ’09 and Melissa Diranian ’11 Greetings from Bon Jovi Boulevard! Yesterday we met bright and early at 7:15am to get ready for our flight to Louisiana. More importantly, it was Josh “fearless leader” Stevenson’s birthday! In the spirit of humiliation, we announced this not only in…
