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Show OPINION 2 RACHEL ROBERTSON i . J - ANGIE MERKLEY CATHERINE BLAKEMORE TAYLOR STEVENS : UM TH V ! JACOB GRONBERG mm THE COMMUNITY JOHNNIE ETHINGTON MATT BAKER OF CAFFEMATEB (801) 832.2319 forumbusines weitminttercollege.edu : (801) 832.2320 forumeditorwestminstercollege.edu CEEATIVE The first issue of The Forum is free and the subsequent issues cost $1 Please make payments to The Forum office. If you want to do awesome NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS stuff, come work for us! WCFORUMMEDIA.COM t I i Writers Designers Illustrators Photographers Confessions of a scared, RACHEL ROBERTSON EDITOR-IN-CHIE- F Lost, oh my how I am lost beyond belief What are you doing in May?...Have you thought about whats next after graduation?... So have you got any sort of job lined up?... Are you REALLY staying in Utah? The questions play in my head, as I spin on a chaotic carousel round and round just trying to cling on for life. April scares me. It is like a recurring nightmare that seems to haunt, like Trump vanning the presidency. I have 68 days until Westminster is no longer my home. I have 68 days until I have to leave the comfortability of being a student... and you know what? That scares the absolute hell out of me. I wish I could be a student forever. I am in love with this sense of security and community. Here, within my comfortable student life, I can grow and make mistakes. As a student, you have endless opportunities and a built-i- n community with a booming plethora of things to do. At Westminster especially, it gives you a home and a niche. The small liberal arts college gives you all the warm fuzzies of small class sizes and tiny major cohorts. April 30 looms in the near future, encroaching like its here to sink my Battleship. April 30, 1 will cross the stage at the Mav- - erik Center, marking my transition from student to alum in a matter of a few steps. I will no longer be a learner here. I will be 21 years of age, standing among my peers trying to figure out the elusive, What next? It feels as though Im losing a part of me. This place has been a piece of me for four years. It has defined me. Oh, so what do you do? second-semest- been a student for the past 16 years of my existence, from pre-- K all the way to my college senior year. I know how to be a student. I can function and know my role. I know what is expected of me and how to succeed as a student. I am blessed that I get this extraordinary opportunity of high- IT FEELS AS THOUGH IM LOSING er education to learn, grow and hopefully do well. Yet, I am scared. APART OF ME. THIS So, so scared. Even the safePLACE HAS BEEN A ty of things like Westminster was PIECE OF ME FOR included in the 2016 IT FOUR YEARS. HAS Colleges That Pay You Back The 200 DEFINED ME. Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition lege. RACHEL ROBERTSON SENIOR I like my answer. Buck, according to Student. I like bethe Princeton Review. ing a student. I like Or lopping stats like Westminster gradubeing at Westminster I feel safe here. Student is something that everyone immediately ates with a bachelors degrees make $49,800 smiles at you for. Pair student with Westminmedian starting salary, according to PayScale. com and the Princeton Review. ster, and Utah locals smile even bigger, most of the time. My stomach still quakes, and I go full Im a student. I am secure in that title. Ive panic when asked, Whats next in May? The question casually hurled out, whether it be on the chairlift, at the pub or at a community dinner. Like clockwork, my answer is, Im currently a student at Westminster Col- 33 senior er Well, Im adopting a dog, I think. Thats my answer. My stupid, stupid answer. Yes, Im graduating and then immediately going to get a dependent being to help aide me in my time of transition. I might as well drag this furry pup along my emotional crisis of job searching, heavy life decisions and finagling how to pay off" the debt that NelNet now holds. A puppy, a piece of paper and debt of around $21,000...bring it on. Sitting here now in my office, I am going to miss running around campus. I will miss loading my schedule to the brim. I will miss my conversations with peers in classroom settings, or readings really good readings that incite debate and conversation. I crave a good debriefing. But most of all, I will miss my as a student. I hope that I can apply my drive and cravings to learn more about the outside world. I am blessed that I have been able to gain this experience. Education is something to be cherished. These past four years have taught me more than I could ever imagine. Now I have 68 days to soak up as much as I can. Cheers to forever being a student, whether I be sitting in a classroom or learning out in the real world. I am forever a student of com-fortabil- life. ity |
