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Show 1 Otpiiiion flormnm Staff, Spring 2010 Staff Writers: Editor: Krista 'Smith Production Manager: Kendra Black Advisor: Kim Zarkin Walter Denison Laurel McLane David Patterson Jennifer Soto-AllrJenni Stokes ed The Forum is published every other Tuesday. Its circulation is 1,000 newspapers. The first copy is free of charge; additional copies may be purchased for SO cents. We encourage students, all faculty, staff and other readers to provide feedback. letters to Krista Smith at forumeditorwestminstercollege. cdu. Only signed letters will be accepted. The Forum reserves the right to edit all submissions. Views expressed are those of the writers and are not to be considered those of The Forum, the faculty, staff or administration. E-m- ail Doug Wright's final moments HAVE AN OPINION Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, You didnt quite get Dougs last moments right. Heres how it played out: As Dougs breaths grew shorter and longer between, I started to wonder when I would get a sign that hed actually left us. About the time I was beginning to think he had, the phone rang. Dougs answering machine picked up, and his voice rang out, Hi, this is Doug. Im sorry Im not here to take your call.. ."Thats when I knew hed left us. I had to laugh. He would have. Sincerely, Paul Babin motionstorygmail.com. Q Cold, cramps and cold SEND YOUR LETTER TO THE EDITOR AT FDRUfwHJIITWESTSTCRCOLJLEGEEDU Asking for help when I need it most .. How was that first week back? Anyone else feel like spent the week with a cold and cramps while freezing in a Nightengale classroom? I could do with a hot cup of tea, a blanket and a good book. But instead Im sitting in front of a computer screen with cold coffee in the basement of Shaw hoping to come up with something inspiring. All Ive got is that Im tired. Why is it when you need your health the most it always goes away? I never got sick until this past year. It is my senior year and as the workload is piling up, my body just gets sicker and sicker. Maybe this cold is stress-relatand after hearing about the requirements for portfolio and dropping $200 on supplies my body decided to shut down just in case my bank account doesnt hold up. (I still havent bought my books.) Im so ready for this college thing to be over, but it hasnt even started yet and thats what terrifies me. I have IS more weeks of school left and Im realizing that I dont have the energy for it. My mother says Ive been in school too long to give up now. And I suppose shes right, after all she is my mother and Im still terrified shell be disappointed with me. So I ed VOLUME XLIIi: ISSUE 9 i,. suppose this isnt the time for giving up. Im so close, and at this point I have too much debt coupled with a sense of responsibility, to really think giving up is a possibility. I suppose its time then to move forward, reminding myself the past is there to learn from, not to live in. I decided to take 12 credit hours this semester in an effort to keep my sanity in tact while working with The Forum, Reel Griffins, the Presidents Office and as a personal assistant. Unfortunately among those 12 credit hours are Digital Imaging and Portfolio classes in the two of the most communication major. And thats saying something. Ive never had a communication professor who isnt : afraid of giving plenty ofwork a 30 page report will drive home the point about short, complete, concise sentences, but the professor wants you to understand the concept so you create a condensed version of the same information in a pamphlet and a newspaper article and your professor also knows you want to do freelance work so you submit the article to a few local magazines, just one more assignment in my favorite time-consumin- major. Ive been lucky to be at Westminster for four years and work with some of the most talented and intelligent people anywhere in the world who always have my interests in mind. But at the end of this semester when it comes time to graduate, I will be grateful to be done with the work that goes into getting that expensive paper, which will apparently help me find a job to pay off my student loans. I have a lot of worries on my mind when I consider the coming June. Usually when I think about the future, I see clearly what Ill be doing. But as June comes closer and closer what I see gets blacker and blacker. And it terrifies me to even think ofJuly my life plan ends the day I graduate. Right now, I refuse to think of a future further away then the end of this cold. For me, feeling uncertain about the future is as unnerving as a badger biting my finger the only difference is that the future hurts a little less right now. I dont believe I have the energy to do everything I did before so I guess its time to swallow the big girl pill of DayQuil and walk into the future of homework. 0 |