I love the Drag dressup on the right in this shot. I thought my costume was pretty mild when compared to this!  

...I'm still dancing.... 

here is our team. Notice the men in back dressed in Drag -- good stuff.

white boy rhythm at its finest! ...but I'm dressed in a bucket with a room full of other white boys, so it's OK! HA!  

OK, now I'm dancing on the seats ...it's getting ugly.  

Yeah, um, that's me with a fellow Jive Turkey member, ...and yes, that is a bucket on my head. I was trying, unsuccessfully, to mock the Bucketheads during our Talent performance. What a talent!  

Between each performance, there was a loud hip hop DJ. All of the mature business students found that it was appropriate to get on their seats, and DANCE!  

We have now moved forward a week, and we are at the Talent Show on Friday night. Everyone is fairly drunk, and dressed in something ridiculous.  

..and the winners of the cheer competition, the Big Dogs! They have a strong advantage in this competition as it is easy to match songs to the word DAWG!  

..and the Highlanders 

The Moose are now performing. The format: each section would perform an original cheer that each group created for ~5 minutes, and then the other sections would heckle them. All good fun!  

....and the other side of the room. Each section has their own color, as you can see.  

At the cheer competition -- this calm scene is about to bust into sheer mayhem!  

We are now making our way to the auditorium for the cheer competition. Notice everyone has their thumb on their head, and is bellowing a turkey gobble. This is our obnoxious call sign.  

Practicing involved people getting on chairs, taking the lead, etc. There was constant interaction. ..and verr Ra Ra. Remember, we're all ~28.  

This is the first day of CIM week. We are preparing for the Cheer competition, and trying to understand what it means to be a Jive Turkey. We came up with some paper feathers, some gobbles, and called it a day.... 

CIM Week -- i.e. orientation into Kellogg culture

After returning from our adventurous week abroad, we settled in for CIM week. It’s hard to put CIM week into words. It’s basically an orientation week set up and run entirely by the 2nd year students. The 600 person class is divided into 8 different sections, named the following: Big Dogs, Bullfrogs, Cash Cows, Bucketheads, Highlanders, Jive Turkeys (My group!), Moose, and Poets. The names really have no other meaning other than they are entertaining. There are about 70 students in each section. Throughout the week, the various compete in a Cheer competion (600 students screaming at the top of their lungs in a small auditorium – WooHoo!), a Talent Show (a drunkfest of meager talent), Olympics (team-building exercises), attendance, and a community service day. Every minute of everyday is occupied – literally. ..and oh yeah, there is social fest (i.e. alcohol) every night. It was fun while it lasted, but I’m glad it’s done – I never want to go through that again – it was like rushing a fraternity all over again. The whole idea is to build the culture at Kellogg, which contributes to their #1 standing. They do a hell of a job. Attached above are some pictures of CIM week.

I now know 20 KAOS students, and 70 fellow section members. I’m off and running!

Oh yeah, my first official class starts on Th. Settling into college life has been refreshing. It’s all about time management. There are what seems to be 100 clubs and endless activities. What all do I do? I’ll settle into my routine soon enough, but one thins is for sure – it’s quite different than the relaxing life in Cali. I have even missed both Broncos over the past two weeks. Sacrifices, Sacrifices …J

one of my new friends on the trip. He is from Greece. His favorite movie is Godfather, and his previous job was a fraud investigator in Athens. I affectionately have named in MAFIA ...for many reasons! :-) 

..another great view of the bay. . Interesting note -- The park you see in the front was used by the American military during WWI for golf, soccer, and many other leisure activities.  

looking along the coast from the fortress 

a view from a top the fortress looking out over the bay.  

...and a closer view 

the crew visiting the castle 

A fortress built by the Spanish in the 17th century to defend their important San Juan port, which served as a major hub for all imports and exports in South America.  

The bay extending out from San Juan. 

...and another