I’m thankful for my family. I’m also thankful for being a brother in the best fraternity on campus, but more thankful for the home away from home that having brothers in St. Louis has given me.
I’m thankful for 13, just because it’s got to be one of the most unique things that happens on any campus around the country.
I’m thankful I was here when I could still bring beer into WILD as a 21-year-old, because I’m confident that in two years, you won’t be able to anymore.
I’m thankful for my intense academic experiences, most notably Text and Tradition and writing a thesis, and that they made me realize that I have absolutely no interest in joining academia at all.
I’m thankful for studying abroad and for the new outlook on international relations, education and myself it gave me.
I’m thankful that my sophomore English teacher in high school told me I couldn’t handle honors English for the next year.
For the same reason, I’m thankful my thesis wasn’t accepted for honors the first time I submitted it.
I’m thankful I’ve seen the beginning of a two state solution in Israel, the death of Yasser Arafat and the emergence of a new, centrist party in Kadima. I’m also thankful for the increasingly likely chance that I’ll be spending next year there.
I’m thankful for the wonderful performing arts department at this school. Will someone please give them the outstanding facilities that they more than merit, especially considering that nearly every other aspect of most productions is professional level?
I’m thankful that I was here when there was still one non-Bon App‚tit affiliated dining area still left on campus, because next year Subway will probably be re-done as a Bon App‚tit-run sandwich shop, which will just be gross.
I’m thankful for the University’s horrible taste in sculpture, if for no other reason than the absolute, last resort conversation starter: what the hell is the deal with the Bunny?
I’m thankful for going to see Garden State one night in August junior year, not for (insert overplayed disparaging remark about Garden State here), but because Molly Antos was there and agreed to give me a position as a columnist, for no apparent reason other than she needed columnists.
I’m thankful for the ability to express my views consistently in a forum that so many more people that I would usually be in contact with have access to.
I am thankful for being here when the Jewish community was at its social and creative peak a few years ago and I am confident that there is enough Jewish diversity on this campus that it will survive its recent trend of being increasingly isolated
I’m thankful that, even though it’s taken about six years, America is finally recognizing that the lying, secrecy and of the George Bush’s administration and the Republican party in general is not a great skill set for running the country.
I’m thankful for the by and large excellent faculty at this school. I’m equally thankful that part of the reason they are so excellent is that they frequently realize that students here have lives outside of class.
I’m thankful that I’m a White Sox fan, because their world championship run last fall still makes me smile when I think about it.
I’m thankful for taking voice lessons for no other reason than I really wanted to and thought it would be interesting. Yes, everyone says it, but it’s true: do something new, or outside your comfort zone during college because, honestly, when else are you going to try?
I’m thankful, of course, for WUTV, even though the ration of “Mean Girls” to other programming has been dropping far too quickly in recent months.
I’m thankful that I graduate with my freshman dorm (Lee) still standing, unlike many of my other friends who are seniors who have had to say goodbye to theirs (Eliot and Koenig, you live on in our thoughts).
I’m thankful that I saw the original Bear’s Den (with Ike’s Place) before it was redesigned as the Max from Saved by the Bell.
Most importantly, I’m thankful to be graduating from college, as terrifying as it is. Because I know that, no matter what happens, at least I’ll have all this to be thankful for.