The Blog of Derrick James Freese

There are many people who have the need for some change. No, I’m not talking about change in our country, I am talking about coin change. The annoying flat circular things you get when you break a bill. The things that nearly no college student carries around when walking on campus. While on my adventure I didn’t want to just stop someone and ask them to trade me money, so I went somewhere that I could bother people and they wouldn’t care.

After walking around campus for a bit I decided to go to MacCollin and see if I could find one in the classrooms. When I walked in I was greeted by John Kolbo who asked what I was doing there. I explained that I had to find a nickel from someone I did not know. He told me to go ahead and ask the class if anyone had a nickel. I walked in the classroom and I could instantly feel the many eyes burning on me. I asked, “Does anyone in here happen to have a nickel I could trade?” After a moment of awkward silence one boy with a red shirt and dirty blonde hair responded, “I have a nickel.” I walked over and sat down by him and learned his name was Dan Ostendorf. I explained to him that I had to search for someone with a nickel and trade it with them for my assignment and then write about it. He was very understanding of the situation as I thanked him for the nickel and went on my way.