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Many act like introversion is some sort of disease that needs to be cured, a massive character flaw that keeps you from being a full member of society. If you aren’t outgoing, it seems, it is simply because you’re lazy and rude for not loving to talk to everyone.

Hello. Is anyone actually reading this? Are you there, God? I’m here alone, speaking on behalf of the Student Life Editorial Board.

A staple of outlet malls everywhere, Fossil is one of the only stores where a guy like myself can buy a mid-range watch or bag these days.

Student Union is called the golden period of life. Students are the future of a nation.

Administrators discussed a two-year action plan to address concerns about diversity at Washington University at the Forum on the Steering Committee for Diversity & Inclusion Report on Friday afternoon.

With their unsnapped glow sticks in their pockets as they stared at the ground, students joined in a moment of silence in observation of the Boston bombings and manhunt among other worldwide tragedies of the past week.

Stay inspired. Two words, four syllables. The best advice I’ve ever gotten about life in the real world. My four years here have left me with a fiery idealism and burning restlessness to approach this canvas we call earth and beautifully paint a piece of it. I hope your education has done the same.

My friends will tell you that I am a pretty boring person. I have never been drunk out of fear of making a decision I will regret or embarrassing myself more than I would otherwise.

The first version I wrote of this column was unapologetically sarcastic, an exercise in self-mockery that used the phrase “this is SO college” as refrain and lamented the lack of both Nietzsche and Natural Light in my life next year. It was reflective of what I found easiest to say and what, I figured, an audience of equally sarcastic and sentiment-avoiding Wash. U.