Hello Blog World

This is my first entry in our Stonehill Counselor’s Blog, and judging by the time of year I bet you think this will be about reading applications and the whole process…WRONG.

Since it is my first blog it has got to be something fun and interesting….something that will make you want to tune in next week.

What could be so powerful, special, and exciting that each of you will follow my blog religiously from this point forward? I’ll tell you what: MR. STONEHILL

Conor Nordengren '10 making his parents proud

That’s right, Mr. Stonehill, if you’ve been on a tour of campus or spoke with a Stonehill student they probably talked about it. Mr. Stonehill is a glorified male beauty pageant….but make no mistake about it, we aren’t dealing with the Moms from “Toddlers and Tiaras” (no I do not watch the show...). This competition is not meant to be taken too seriously. All of the contestants have a great time, a lot of laughs and a lot of smiles.

Fourteen of Stonehill's finest young men, took part in the competition. The judges included officers from every class, a few others from the Stonehill community, and our very own Andrew Leahy. Our Senior Admissions Counselor extraordinaire is not just a compassionate,intelligent member of our Stonehill Admissions team- he is also a fantastic judge of talent (and I’m not just saying that because Andrew is my boss…)

I hear he accepts Mr. Stonehill bribes (cash or money order)

Four of our Student Ambassadors took part in the competition and did an awesome job. Clenton McArthur '10, or should I say his brother "Clenny Kravitz", performed a great rendition of ‘American Woman’.

Other notables included Jay Ardizonni '11 performing the vampire musical from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and the Tiger song Ed Helms sings in "The Hangover", and Randy Jose '12 absolutely killing it performing a Michael Jackson dance tribute, the crowd rose for a standing ovation after the performance. And I have to give props to our Student Ambassador Tim Cushing '10 for doing a great all around job (or he will keep bugging me about it).

Alas, in the end the deserving winner was Joey D’agostino '10 who performed some great magic, and was a crowd favorite in the swimsuit portion of the competition rolling through on his skateboard with lights all over him. The lights somehow made their way into the formal wear segment of the program.

Well, now devoted followers, that wraps up my wrap up of Mr. Stonehill. It was a lot of fun, everyone had a great time. All of the contestants did a fantastic job performing. I think this video of Conner speaks for itself.

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