News & Updates - UMass-Amherst
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Amazing ASA Race
Each week we have a big RA group event on Monday night to kick off the week to a fun start, and last week's exciting event was our Amazing ASA Race. Student teams competed to race around campus, solve clues, perform challenges, and hustle back to the finish line to claim their victory (and a pizza party prize to the winning team)! From soccer to Sudoku pit stops, the ASA-ers raced like they were on the hit reality show themselves, and the RA groups really came together as teams to work through the puzzles and race to the finish line!
Sunday in Boston


Saturday at Six Flags
Last Saturday our group went to Six Flags New England for our first big excursion - and "big" was definitely the theme of the day, from new rollercoasters to water rides to Looney Tunes characters and the dancing Mr. Six running around the park! Students ate funnel cakes and won lots of prizes, and we all came home tanned, happy, and just in time for the Amherst fireworks that night. It was a beautiful, sunny Fourth of July and a great start to our weekend excursions at ASA UMass!
Friday Night Fun
Last Friday was a busy one for our students - besides classes and getting ready for the weekend trips, we hosted our Backyard Bash in the afternoon. The volleyball court was wet and muddy, but somehow that made the games even better, and the students put the staff to shame with their skills at the net! Then Friday night we went bowling at Spare Time in Northampton, MA, and the students once again showed off their talents during the evening's exciting "Cosmic Bowling," complete with blacklights and spinning disco balls... It was a full day of fun, with a weekend of trips still ahead of us!
Outdoor Quest and Treasure Hunters
Welcome to ASA UMass 2009!
Welcome to ASA UMass 2009 - the summer of "UMagic!" We've had an exciting and busy first week here in the great college town of Amherst, Massachusetts.
Students are getting into the swing of waking up early, heading down to breakfast, going to class, enjoying an afternoon of soccer or tie-dying, doing some homework and laundry, and then getting ready for our big evening events! So far it's been everything from bowling to the Amazing ASA Race... the competition's already heating up! We've also gone on trips to Six Flags and Boston this weekend, and everyone's back and ready for an exciting, engaging, and enlightening Week 2 here at UMass! More posts soon to come, but for now, take a look at some of our students (and crackerjack RA staff!) enjoying their first few days of Orientation here at ASA...
