Nothing is Free

I am a big fan of free. I think being a poor medical student has something to do with it. But, I also happen to think that free food tastes better. I'm also constantly on a diet and for some reason it's easier to justify eating cake if it is offered at some meeting, or having a hershey's kiss if its in a bowl on someones desk. During the beginning of the semester here at Ross, all the clubs have their orientation meetings and there is free food everywhere. I find myself attending meetings for everything from Physicians for Human Rights to the Vietnamese students association (they have great spring rolls!). However, this semester I have been caught and now realize that nothing is for free. One of the last meetings I snuck into was the Neuroscience Society. Dr. Odutola was the guest speaker and went over taking a neurological history. At the end of the meeting, I asked him a quick question and happened to mention that I was a neuroscience major at UCLA for undergrad. Oops! He corners me and before I know what happened, I am the new Historian for the Neuroscience in the News Newsletter. As if I didn't have enough to do this semester! So what I thought was free pizza ended up being one of the most expensive meal I have had here. Oh well, at least I actually like neuroscience!