The RSM Olympics and the German party

Last Saturday, we had the RSM Olympics as well as the kick off to the RSM party season - the German "Oktoberfest" party.

The RSM Olympics was a day filled with sporting events (as suggested by the name!); the highlight being the football game between MBA '09 and MBA '10. Unfortunately for us, the MBA '09s, we could not keep up the initial momentum we had in the game and the MBA '10 team walked away with the glories.

But all was not lost, as we headed to the German party for a night of grilled sausages, "sauerkraut" and beer. It was indeed a rocking start to the RSM party season! Coming up this weekend is the American/Canadian party and then there is... a lot more!

Interrupting my "fun schedule" are details like class assignments and career search! :)

Tomorrow we have the RSM Careers Fair and an quite a few firms will be here for a day to speak with us. Considering the current economic scenario, it is indeed an impressive of list of firms that we are looking at. Time to get those CVs and cover letters in order..

Boat trips & food festivals

The last couple of weeks have been filled with events to welcome the new batch of RSM MBA students. We had the "Spido" boat trip, the RSM Food Festival, the charity auction, the October birthday bash.. phew!

The boat trip was quite a fun time. I guess that was to be expected anyway - put a bunch of great people on a boat, send it on a picturesque ride, accompanied with good food and drinks and you are quite certain to have a fun time!

And the Food Festival... wow! The sheer variety of mouth-watering food from across the world was just amazing - a testimonial to the diversity at RSM. 

Musings.. at the wrong time.

Writing this post is the last thing I should be doing right now - I'm working on a strategy report that is due soon, I have a team meeting coming up in a couple of hours, I'm behind schedule on my job applications... etc. etc.

But then I came across this poem, and I just had to share it with you.

Moments by Jorge Luis Borges 

If I could live again my life,
In the next - I’ll try,
- to make more mistakes,
I won’t try to be so perfect,
I’ll be more relaxed,
I’ll be more full - than I am now,
In fact, I’ll take fewer things seriously,
I’ll be less hygienic,
I’ll take more risks,
I’ll take more trips,
I’ll watch more sunsets,
I’ll climb more mountains,
I’ll swim more rivers,
I’ll go to more places - I’ve never been,
I’ll eat more ice creams and less (lime) beans,
I’ll have more real problems - and less imaginary ones,
I was one of those people who live
prudent and prolific lives -
each minute of his life,
Of course that I had moments of joy - but,
if I could go back I’ll try to have only good moments,

If you don’t know – that’s what life is made of,
Don’t lose the now!

I was one of those who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer,
without a hot-water bottle,
and without an umbrella and without a parachute,

If I could live again - I will travel light,
If I could live again - I’ll try to work bare feet
at the beginning of spring till the end of autumn,
I’ll ride more carts,
I’ll watch more sunrises and play with more children,
If I have the life to live - but now I am 85,

- and I know that I am dying …  

(To read the original version in Spanish, click here.)

Tippie MBA analysts featured on CNBC and BusinessWeek

"Squak on the street", the morning business show on CNBC, recently did a feature on the Henry Fund - the student run investment fund at the Tippie School of Management. The featured analyst was Gabe Hilmoe, second year MBA student at Tippie, who manages the health care portion of the portfolio. 

Click here to see the CNBC clip.

I had written an earlier post on the Henry Fund. To learn more about the MBA student managed US$ 1.5 million fund (yes, that real 1.5 million dollars!), click here.

On the same note - another Henry Fund analyst, Bill Aldridge, has been featured on BusinessWeek.

Way to go, Hawkeyes!!

And time flies by...

I had my first interview for a full-time job last week. I interviewed with a strategy consulting firm on campus and I had a feeling that it just crept up too fast on me. The semester is in full flow now - classes, networking events, interviews, team meetings, student functions et al. Amid all this, the primary casualty has been my efforts to get to the gym! Its now time to get a little better organized - after all, time management is something I'm supposed to get good at in B-school!

The new batch of MBA10 students arrived at RSM last week and we've had a few events to welcome them. There are a couple of events planned for this weekend too. It is a slight sense of deja vu, since I'd just helped to welcome the new batch at Tippie  last month. I guess its just double the fun for me!