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My last article: Looking back, looking forward
After pouring four years of myself into Student Life, this is my last contribution. And, in true journalistic fashion, this article is being written way past deadline. The hardest part was just figuring out where to start. I could critique the University, but that just opens too many negative doors from a former pre-med.
Looking ahead
I was admitted to Washington University off the wait-list on the last day of high school classes. By that point, I had already sent in my housing deposit to the University of Florida and was ready to order my Gator apparel. But before that day of classes began, I was told by my college counselor to keep an eye out for a message.
Class of the Facebook
Well, that was a fun four years. Remember when there was a Taco Bell on campus? And that time when those dudes (and dudettes) from SWA sat in the admissions office? Oh, the memories. Frankly, however, there is only one thing that really unifies the Class of 2008: Facebook.
Remembering your graduation
It’s a striking, familiar story. Ask a person what he or she had for dinner two weeks ago, and you’re likely to elicit blank stares. But ask that same person to describe for you an important historical event that he or she witnessed and the story changes completely.
The deeper value in procrastination
Right as my high school graduation party was wrapping up one night four years ago, someone told me that college would be the best four years of my life and to make the most of my experience. I didn’t take his advice seriously at the time because I thought it was cliché and didn’t think living my undergraduate years in a meaningful way would be difficult.
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I don’t have the answers
I showed up at Wash. U. four years ago because I didn’t get in to a better school. Now, I’m leaving because I don’t have a good excuse to stay longer. Washington University is a good school. It’s not great, but it could be worse. We have above-average academic programs and a below average social scene.
Lessons from my college experience
I don’t know if I necessarily have anything particularly insightful to say here. After all, my college experience was probably pretty typical. I double majored in psychology and math. I was very involved in my two extra-curriculars (StudLife and club rugby) and didn’t do much else.
Reusable silverware an important step toward environmentalism
The University recently added the option of using metal silverware in campus eateries. This move will help reduce waste on the University’s campus and it marks a step in the direction of environmental progress. On Nov. 13, 2006, we offered the following observation in our staff editorial, “Small silverware changes can add up”:
“Plastic silverware and paper dishes are one of the biggest sources of waste at campus eateries like The Village and Holmes Lounge.
Middle-Eastern conflicts cannot be reduced to religion
It has come to my attention that many people, frequently liberals, like to pat themselves on the back for knowing that there are, broadly speaking, two types of Muslims: Sunni and Shia. This often occurs after a pubic figure makes some kind of gaffe, which apparently reveals his or her ignorance of this division, such as John McCain’s recent declaration that Iran (a predominantly Shia nation) is offering aid to al-Qaida (a Sunni terrorist organization) in Iraq.