It is the last issue of the Quaker Campus, which marks a feat much greater than simply producing a newspaper every week for the last academic year. For many of us on staff, the completion of this issue not only marks the end of the school year, but also marks the end of our entire Whittier College career.
It's so strange to think that, come fall, we, the freshmen, won't be the newbies anymore. We'll be the older students who know how to work the system-or at least, that's how the new freshmen will see us. And we'll look at them and most likely see a bunch of clueless adolescents wandering and being herded around like a bunch of baa-ing sheep.
I remember the first day of my freshman orientation. My mom and I showed up late to the whole "welcome parents and family" bit. (My mom doesn't do parent-specific school meetings. She says they always say the same thing and are pointless. My mom has no patience.
You read these every year. The end of second semester comes rolling around, and a long list of students reflect on their years at the college. And, frankly speaking, they're usually pretty boring. So, instead of listening to me ramble on about learning more than what was printed in textbooks, I'm going to offer some advice you probably haven't heard before.