Ahh, the Freshman Fifteen. There’s nothing more quintessential to the college experience!
We come from high schools. From homes. From places where everything is parceled out in neat and balanced portions- academics, activities, acquaintances. We’re comfortable. We’re creatures of habit- that know who they are and what they like and what they like to eat it with. Then, suddenly, we’re here. It’s like walking down a hallway and opening the door to the wrong room- stumbling in on a completely new and unknown gathering of possibilities, already in full swing. Everything is available in huge quantities: classes on every subject under the sun (how did the dinosaurs go extinct?), clubs for every interest (oh hey Harry Potter!), and friends for every type of person.
So much muchness.
The temptation to reach out and take heaping handfuls of every opportunity from this smorgasbord of possibilities is nearly overwhelming! So that’s what I’ll be writing about: the newness and muchness of this University as observed through very fresh eyes. A story in the making about the sheer abundance of possibility: the Paterno Fellowship, clubs and events galore, the trials and tribulations of life as a freshman. And of course, the food. Fifteen minutes, here, another fifteen there, spent jotting down some notes as I taste test this new universe of a college I now call home. So come with me- and dig in!