You know you’re in college when…..

By: Emily Oshinskie '14

Looks like this year Halloween is going to be on a budget. The $4.50 shiny tiara, the $3.50 sparkling wand and a borrowed feathered boa are starting to sound good for this year’s Halloween costume. In less than two months, I’ve adapted to the frugal and thrifty ways of a college student in more ways than I thought possible. You truly know you are a college student when you try to fit as many people as legally possible into a car so gas money doesn’t get too expensive.

After coming back from midterm break, I parked myself in the library for many hours trying to get back into the routine of reading of Aristotle and producing claims. Any freshman working on his or her 20 page paper has been living in the Gannet-Trip Library more he or she wants to admit. Especially on Monday and Wednesday nights –the deadline for most freshman writing assignments- you can walk anywhere within a 10 foot radius and find at least two other freshman diligently typing an essay.

College is all about new experiences and taking chances. Yesterday was the first men’s hockey game and the first hockey game I’ve ever seen. I love watching sports but I never went to a hockey game and I loved it! There are so many opportunities in college that you can either embrace and take advantage of or ignore. You’re not going to love every new thing you try-sometimes it’s good to figure out what you don’t like so you can figure out what you enjoy the most. Just think, what other time in your life can you travel abroad without having to take vacation time?