ASHLEY EVANS OP/ED EDITOR
This is an open letter to my newest best friends: the students comprising the class of 2013. Welcome!
You might be wondering why upperclassmen are approaching you, declaring, “Oh, you must be a freshman.”
To help you come to terms with the new title, and to make your transition to Wartburg a bit easier, I’ve compiled the top 10 reasons upperclassmen can spot you coming across campus:
1. Hi! My name is: You never leave your room without your lanyard delicately dangling from your neck. Displaying your new ID proudly, you march confidently, never fretting where your badge of identification might be.
2. What’s in a name?: You call yourself a first-year student, but don’t understand why the fourth-years demand to be called “seniors”.
3. Have fun on laundry day: It’s the first day of classes. It’s also 7:45 in the morning. You’re immaculately dressed. Attempting to pull off as many trends as possible, you saunter into class…early.
4. Dancin’? You bet!: You call it the Knighthawk and make plans to go there on Friday night. You think dancing on the ledge is “fun”. Senior males find particular interest in your dance moves. Remains of orange coupons advertising two dollars off your next visit scatter Clinton Hall Sunday morning…it’s the Joe’s experience.
5. Wonka Factory: After two weeks, you still can’t figure out the half levels of the Science Center. Even worse, you still don’t know where all of the staircases and skywalks lead.
6. On the third day God created Dominoes: On day one, you feel overwhelmed. On day two, you miss your boyfriend/girlfriend you left back home. On day three, you order pizza. Same on day four. On day five, you realize you won’t have enough money to live like this for the next four years…but order pizza anyway.
7. New meat: You think the food in the Mensa is delicious and have yet to figure out why upperclassmen eat cereal for dinner some nights. Who would dare pass up the ice cream bar?
8. I’m being oranger than you: You buy every T-shirt offered, from tennis to football. The accumulation of all Wartburg paraphernalia ever needed happens within a scary 14 days. The plus side? Your SOAR day T-shirt only gets worn once a week.
9. Well, in high school...: For that matter, at least the new wardrobe is replacing the “Seniors of 2009 Rule” T-shirt collection sporting the names of your entire graduating class that you rock on a regular basis.
10. Freeze frame: Your first Facebook album is titled, “I Heart College” and contains photos of your dorm room.
Again, freshmen, welcome to Wartburg. I hope you take this list and pride yourself in these actions, for how would Wartburg ever be complete without you?
You’ll understand next year.