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I Editorials Looking Forward Linda Chandler, contributing writer If everything goes according to plan, I will graduate from Meredith College in four hundred and five days. I am putting off my anticipated panic at being released once again into the real world. I want to bask in the warm cocoon of college life for one more year. I want to absorb as many positive and supportive statements as my professors and advisors will supply. I need one more year to try to figure out what kind of person I am going to be as a full-fledged adult. A college graduate. A professional. What does that even look like? The class of 2015 has spent the past three or more years working toward next May 9. We may have started a portfolio or our internship is underway but to what extent has that directly prepared us for the life of a full-time, no-safety-net, decision-making “real” world? Many of us came to Meredith for the low student to instructor ratio and for the deep community ties found on this campus. As students, have we truly taken advantage of this opportunity to cultivate a genuine mentor from among our instruc tors, advisors or supervisors? What about from other sources such as an interview subject from a class assignment? Perhaps it is a past roommate that has a master ful comprehension of the universe and has an uncanny ability to look at things from a completely healthy and unique perspective. At no other time in our lives will we be tasked with simply working to better our selves. We are all at Meredith to learn and to become optimized versions of our former selves. Rigorous education is a key part of this transformation. We are doing the work. We must also remember the more human aspect of being in the real world. We are shaping our own values, priorities to form our own unique identities right now. This is formed by the voices with which we are sur rounded. Now is the time to find one or two people who “get it” and try to round out our educational experience by learning about being human beings. CSA Day, photos by Julia Dent It’s that Time of Year Again: 28 Tips Rachel Pratl, editorial editor It’s that time of the year again. We’re all panicking to register for the fall, maybe even preparing for sum mer classes, internships, study abroad trips, or just work. Whatever it is that students are doing this time of the year, we’re all moving forward towards the goal of graduation. During my time here at Mer edith, I’ve learned a few things through trial and error. I hope some other Mer edith students, whether they are finish ing up as a senior or just starting out as a freshman, can read through this list and both laugh at and learn from my experience. 1. Do not accidentally dye your hair Lady Gaga yellow two days before Freshman Orientation. You will feel as weird as you look. 2. Do not wear fake hipster glass es and attempt to bond with your peers over the fact that you are only wearing them because you think they make you look cool. They do not. 3. Do not think you will be a Nu trition major if basic facts about diges tion still to this day make you gag. 4. Do be your most genuine self. Even if that means bonding with your peers over your very timely depressive episode induced by watching the BBC Masterpiece Classic version of Wuther- ing Heights twice a day leading up to Freshman Orientation. 5- Do takp chances. Go to that concert you’ve convinced yourself that you won’t like with those people you don’t know. Just go. You might just meet the people who will become your best friends. 6. Don’t try to force yourself to fall for that guy just because you think he’s the only guy who will ever think you’re pretty and nice. He’s not. 7. Do join clubs and organiza tions on campus. Make friends who get to know you for your talents and strengths. 8. When that super cool upper classman asks you to coffee at Cup of Joe because she shows genuine inter est in your life, don’t bail on her be cause you’re intimidated of her awe someness. 9. Do understand that if you eat Bojangles and Cookout most days of the week, you will need to continue go ing to the gym. 10. Do talk to that cute guy who works at the gym. As soon as possible. Don’t let another opportunity pass you by. 11. Do not convince yourself and everyone around you that the cute guy is gay because it excuses you from hav ing to actually talk to him. 12. Do take classes that you actu ally enjoy. Push through the classes you hate. Believe it or not, both point you in the right direction. 13. Do get to know a professor who shows an interest in your future. Establish a meaningful relationship with someone on campus who wants to be in your corner. 14. Do not forget to talk to your mom. She really does know everything. 15. Do listen to your friends and your mom when they insist that the cute guy is not actually gay. 16. Don’t think that life will be per fect if you stop talking to your friends because they “don’t like” that not at all gay cute guy that you fell in love with. 17. Do learn to be happy, even if other people can’t be happy for you. 18. Do take summer classes, espe cially if you have literally nothing else to do over the summer. Stay busy. 19. Do not subsequently change your major to Business even though you know you will hate it just because your older brother thinks that every student in every school should. 20. Do get an internship. ’Whether you like it or hate it, you will earn expe rience which will help you decide what you want to really do when you grow up. 21. Don’t overwhelm yourself be tween school, work and your intern ship so that you don’t have time to think straight, let alone do any of those things well. 22. Do finally decide to major in English because you love it. Because you are the type of person who is capa ble of being depressed over Wuthering Heights. Duh. 23. Don’t fool yourself into think ing that life is fair. Learn to enjoy every day -with the people you love. 24. Do know that people in your life are facing high hurdles and are making tough decisions. Be supportive of the people you love. 25. Do get help when you need help. Nothing is wrong with admitting that you can’t handle it all. 26. Do cut your hair short if you want to cut your hair short. Don’t talk about it for another five years. Just do it. 27. Do reconnect with old friends. You can always make new memories together. There is always room for wa ter under the bridge. 28. Do look forward to the future because it really is bright. Of course it’s uncertain and of course it’s scary to not have it all planned out, but have faith that it will all work out. Hasn’t it always? Meredith Hacks: Life Hacks for Avenging Angels! This week: Summer Fun in the Raleigh Area Fantesia Evans, staff writer Are you staying on campus this summer? If so then I bet you’re wondering what options there will be on and off campus for you to enjoy this summer while taking classes. Besides the classes you’ll be enjoying this sum mer there is not much happening in the way of events on campus. However, if you would like to venture off campus there are many free or cheap places to enjoy near Meredith. For fresh produce and trinket browsing the North Carolina Farmer’s Market is only a few miles down the road and is open Monday-Saturday 5am-6pm as well as Sunday from 8 am-6pm. You can also enjoy any of the museums Raleigh has to offer as well as the number of interesting exhibits featured this summer. The NC Muse um of Art veil! be featuring an exhibit on the Durham Bulls titled “Bull City Summer.” If you’re interested in pi rates, artifacts from Blackbeard’s ship will he at the Museum of History as well as The Story of North Carolina, an ongoing exhibition. Every Sunday from 3-6pm, Tir na nOg, an Irish Pub downtown, offers an Irish Jam session featuring Irish music for free. You can also take advantage of the North Caro lina weather at Pullen Park located near NC State. There you can enjoy a picnic or walk, the carousel, pedal boats, as well as anything else you may want to do in a park on a sunny sum mer day. For those without transporta tion the Wolf line does run during the summer, but the schedule is limited. Of course, there are alternative options such as carpooling, taxi services, and bike riding to get you where you want to go. A full schedule of bus routes and times can be found online Summer is the perfect time to enjoy all that Raleigh has to offer. So venture out and find your new favorite restaurant, visit our museums, or do something exciting you’ve never expe rienced living in Raleigh.
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