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Monday, February 5th, 2007
15 Days Until Ship!!!
There are only 15 days until we have to wrap up our operations and ship off our beloved robot Daisy. Parting with a robot on the day of Ship is much like saying goodbye to a loved one. This robot has been the creation of our hard efforts over the last six weeks and it […]
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Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Oh My Chairman’s!
It is nearing the end of this journey we call build season here in FIRST, and I must say, things are ramping up towards Ship Day. Since build season last year our team has been making efforts to improve our community outreach and to become more involved, and I think we have accomplished many goals. […]
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Reach Out: Outreach
One of the coolest ways to get in contact with your community is through outreach. This season may prove to be the most successful for The Holy Cows in aspects of community outreach. The fact is that The Holy Cows are not just a group of people, we are a team and we love our […]
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Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da!!
Wow…we are only in to the second(?) week of build season and everything is already going crazy! I am (as well as other members are) learning how hectic FIRST can be. But the fun is in the challenge, right?
I am super excited to see how the pregression of our design goes and the improvement of our […]
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Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Nice To Meet You, Secretary of Commerce
Today I had the privilege of meeting Carlos M. Gutierrez, the Secretary of Commerce for the United States. Besides being a humbling experience, I couldn’t believe I was talking to the very man that spoke at Nationals last year.
Mr. Gutierrez took a tour of our school and came to talk to us. He watched a […]
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
2007-The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Hi and welcome to The Blog. My name is Cheyenne Manske and the only thing you really need to know is that there are two types of people in this world…”those who come into a room and say, ‘Here I am!’ and those who come in and say, ‘Ah, there you are!’” I am one […]
