From the Sidelines

Some memories rock . Tonight will be one such nite. I started following American football last season for the first time when Mizzou took centrestage. So , I am pretty new with the terms in football and the rules. All I have played is lawn tennis, cricket, softball , badminton, table tennis.

Tonight I went with the hope of getting to know some more people in the HMI department. When I reached , everyone was practicing . To my wonder I found an interesting and prettyl cheerleader on the sidelines. Through conversation I learnt that her name is Lana. The practiced went on. To the sideline spectator, it looked like Andrew was in total control of the proceedings . Kyle is the cool cucumber . One minute he stands there pondering over his moves. The next minute he is running like a cheetah(or tiger).

Well during practice we had some really good catches and moves, mostly by Michelle and the new girls on the block. Suddenly everyone started moving towards the field and we knew that it was time for the game to start.

Have to mention here that it was getting too cold now. I had one leather jacket on and then another one. Things started pretty smoothly. Kyle was off like a Cheetah every time he had the ball in his hand. Ackil made the defense of the day, he plucked the ball out of thin air. Excellent save!!! Kyle kept running goals and Andrew kept planning from the sidelines and Jessica made 2 wonderful throws that I think really setup the game for a win, I thought. All the girls, especially Nicole and Michelle were too good on the defense and Kyle was unstoppable on the offense.
We won 18-3 against Mad Dawgz (they looked like a good team).

New Funding Opportunity for HMIGSA

Our buddy Nishant has done it again!!!

Nishant has turned us on to Google Adsense to help HMIGSA make some money from our website.

My concern with the prospect centered around the eye sores Google Ads would put on an already aesthetically mediocre web experience. After doing some searching on my own, however, I found an interesting way to use javascript and Google Adsense. Basically, when you first navigate to our website, a box fades into the center of your browser asking you to click on some links. Once you click on one of them, then the box won't appear again unless you close and reopen your browser.

The other side to this venture is getting permission from the University. I took the first step by signing us up for Google Adsense, but they have an approval period of 1-2 business days. Hopefully by the time we hear back from Google, Kyle will have gained approval from the "power that be" at MU.

Please make any comments you may have about this new revenue opportunity. And yes, YOU CAN POST A COMMENT WITHOUT SIGNING IN!!!!

Below are some links about how they pay and how we are supposed to make money.

THANKS NISHANT!

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Behavioral Interviewing

Nishant Jain has kindly provided a Guide to Behavioral Interviewing to help 1st and 2nd year students in our quest for internships, fellowships, and careers.

Topics in this guide include:
What is Behavior Based Interviewing?
What Do Employers Evaluate in A Behavioral Interview?
How Are Behavioral Questions Different from Other Types of Interviewing Questions?
Examples of Behavioral-Based Models
How Can I Prepare for A Behavioral Interview?

Click here if you'd like to see the whole Microsoft Word 2007 document.