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Show Signpost Friday, June 6, 1986 7 Graduation 1986 Brutally Honest by Chris J. Miller Managing Editor COMMENCEMENT LETTER FROM THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT As the 1985-86 school year and your educational experiences here at Weber State draw to a close, we would like to congratulate you on your dedication and hard work. You have reached a great milestone in your life as you join the over 100,000 graduates of Weber State College. Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimension." True education is not found in regimental steps but in expansion of individuality. At Weber State College you have been given the opportunity to stretch your mind and expand your individuality. We should all be grateful for the many people here at Weber State College who have dedicated their lives to education, our education. They have tirelessly worked to teach us that the real object of education is to give resources that will endure as long as life endures; habits that time will ameliorate, not destroy and understanding that will make life more dignified and useful. Even so, any good that you have derived from your college experience has depended entirely upon you. The success you make of your life career will likewise be due to your own initiative. We your student officers, hope you leave Weber State College well prepared with a determination to continue to better yourself throughout life. In the years to come may your name and accomplishments reflect credit upon this institution which you will call your alma mater. We honor you, graduates of 1986. J. Todd Anderson, ASWSC President For over two years, I have had the opportunity to be affiliated with the Signpost. In that time, I have written many stories on many topics. I have covered ASWSC activities and administration meetings, written feature stories on all kinds of people, and have covered every kind of sport at Weber State. I have written editorials, manned the Sidelines column for two quarters, and even had the opportunity to ghost-write the RaeView column. But all that ends today with the final issue of this year. Yes, sports fans, I am graduating. But before I leave the hallowed halls of purple, I would like to leave this one last columneditorialanalysis. I wanted to title this as appropriately as I could. I asked for help aroumd the office, but that was a mistake. They suggested things like "At the Buzzer," "From the Signpost Compost," and "The Eight Little Ponies" (now don't ask me why). But the title I chose was "Brutally Honest." In Brutally Honest, I will attempt to convey all that four years at Weber have meant to me. I want to tell you about the things I will miss, the things I won't miss, and questions I've always wanted to ask but never could. Any complaints for this editorial opinion should be mailed to my new job ... at Burger King. Things I'll Miss: I'll miss the friendships I've made here at Weber the cute girls who always seem to come out when the sun does, and football games at Wildcat stadium in the early autumn. I'll miss the characters I've met. I actually might miss Dave Felt, but don't anyone tell him where I live. I also will miss the basketball games, especially if the rumors are true about DePaul and Louisiana Tech. Things I Won't Miss: I won't even miss those "letters to the editor," or Weber State school dances, or the broken clocks in every room. I won't miss any more stories about the duck pond, or the tunnel man, and I definitely won't miss the free parking lot in the wet weather. I won't miss my foreign professors, Miss America no-shows at convocations, or the football games in the winter. Another thing I won't miss is all those hills. It seems like no matter where you go on this campus, it's all uphill. I won't miss the wait for the Allied Health building, or all the rocks, statues, and trees named after anybody famous from Weber. And I, for sure, won't miss the baskebtall games we always play against Simon Fraser and British Columbia. Things I Wonder About: I always wanted to know, "Why do we play Simon Fraser and British Columbia anyway?" And why does the grounds crew wait to water the lawn until it is brown . . . then finally turn the sprinklers on when we have class break? I have always wondered who the Grass Committee is. I have always wanted to meet the people who have given us this beautiful lawn while depriving us of reasonable parking. I will always wonder v.hy Weber State gave up Channel 9 so easily, or where I am going to go to get a haircut now that Cosmetology will be gone. Last, but not least, I wonder where the ducks go in the winter, who organized registration, and why we don't solve the budget problem by not hiring another vice-president. |