A Day in the Life: April 6th

Here's a sample of the schedule that we had in place today, the first full day of voting:

6:00am – Pick up donuts from Rick's Bakery

7:00am – Set-up on the Union Mall for morning class canvassing

8:00am – Students start rolling through for 8:30 classes

8:20am – 8:40am – Rush to/from 8:30 classes

9:00am – Voting begins online at http://vote.uark.edu

9:20am – 9:40am – Rush to/from 9:30 classes

10:00am – Set-up for ASG Election Cookout

12:00pm – Main rush for lunchtime crowd at Union begins

12:03pm – Sneak in update for blog

2:00pm – Breakdown from cookout, pack up supplies and head out for a small break

4:30pm – Reception for George H.W. Bush (“How's your racehorse doin'?,” the former President asks when he sees my Bookhout-LeNarz sticker)

6:00pm – presentation at Residents' Interhall Congress

6:30pm onward – presentations at Greek chapter meetings

8:00pm - George H.W. Bush lecture

10:00pm – Staff meeting/regrouping

11:00pm – present – scramble to do homework, try to act like a normal student

The phrase "wash, rinse, repeat" seems applicable to this campaign, as we have told our staff and ourselves to wake up in a few hours pretending that it's Monday all over again, with as much motivation and energy as they had today. We are proud of their effort and the knowledge that there are people equally dedicated to the task at hand keeps us running on a daily basis. If today's randomly-spaced PSA's from the Union fountain are any indication, my behavior will only get more interesting as the week progresses.

8 days, 55 minutes into campaign

2 days, 15 hours, 5 minutes left in the campaign