When I was given the task of writing a senior column, I started to stress out.
What legacy would I leave behind?
Would I be able to look back on this column in four years and still feel the same?
I realized there was no un-cliché way to write a column that encompasses all the amazing and wonderful experiences I've had here at Penn State.
So instead, I've decided to sum up the things that over the last four years have really annoyed me. Here's the list:
People who feed the squirrels.
People who ALWAYS wear pajama pants to classes. There's nothing wrong with it every once in awhile, like when you woke up late or are having a bad day. But once in awhile, put on real pants.
The way college students eat on the same timetable as senior citizens. Breakfast at the crack of dawn, lunch at 11a.m. and dinner at 5 p.m.
Spending your senior year explaining to people what you're doing after graduation.
My new answer to that question will be: becoming a WWE wrestler.
Spending your freshman year explaining that college is great, and it's a lot different for high school.
Alternative answer to that question: It's really different because when you sleep with your teachers in high school, you can get college recommendations.
When you sleep with your professors in college, you're considered part of the academic elite.
People who schedule their lives around their TV shows. It's called a VCR, people.
Somehow, even with 40,000 students here, I manage to run into the same people all the time.
The annoying Yogurt Express delivery man who demands larger tips and runs away with your food if you don't give him enough.
Group projects. If, when I enter the "real world," I have to work with a group, and we have to find a time to meet between all the other group projects, practices, jobs, classes, sorority meetings and organizational functions, then I'll be thankful I gained the experience at Penn State.
Being labeled.
Being told that I HAVE to love Penn State Creamery ice cream.
It's good and all, but it's not my favorite.
And I'm not afraid to say it.
People who are part of so many clubs and organizations and work two jobs and get involved in every possible event going on.
Take a minute and revel in laziness.
When people spend more time stressing about something then doing it.
Professors who don't seem to understand that students take multiple classes and cannot devote all of their time to one subject.
Girls who wake up at 5 a.m. for their 8 a.m. classes so they have enough time to do their hair, makeup and pick out a super cute outfit.
Boys who have worn the same hat since they were 14 -- and think that it makes them cool.
People who dance at bars or parties with cigarettes in their hands, waving their arms around, oblivious to the fact that they've burned you three times already.
Writing my senior column, knowing that my Penn State career is over in less then a month.
Thanks for indulging me.

