Welcome to Friday! Ready for Christmas? (Oh, wait, it's not even Thanksgiving yet??) ... I don't know how it is in your area, but two Providence radio stations (and one Boston station) are already playing all-Christmas music. A little too early for me, but I guess it's good to get in the spirit for the season...

Anyway, speaking of Christmas-time, it is looking like our Early Action decision letters will be mailed in late December. So what can you do in the meantime to help your cause? Popular question around these parts! In all honesty, there really isn't too much more that you can do at this point-- all of your information has arrived and the admission staff is very busy thoroughly reviewing each application. The most important thing to do is to continue to do well in your senior year courses (we don't want any of that "senioritis" setting in!). And if you are interested in visiting campus (again or for the first time), remember that we are closed from Wednesday, November 22 through Sunday, November 26 for Thanksgiving break (there are NO campus tours or Group Information Sessions on Saturday, November 25!). Tours resume on Monday the 27th and run through Friday, December 8, which is the last day of undergraduate classes at PC for the semester. Feel free to come see us!

Oh, in case you missed it, the men's basketball team was victorious in their regular season opener Tuesday night. They beat Fairleigh Dickinson 96-71 and next will face-off against city rival Brown University Saturday night.

That's the latest from Friartown... Enjoy the weekend (and the Christmas music!).

*Scott