2008 Woodie Awards
Imagine embarking on a four year version of COOT. You're thrown in with a group of random individuals and you are expected to get along, so you do. You brave the elements and the hardships that come to you in turn, and during these times you watch each other and learn more about each other than you ever could have by simply talking or sitting at a table.
As we enter the spring semester and graduation looms in the not so distant future, the ever important question of "What is going on with Senior Steps?" becomes more pressing every day. We all-save a few particularly inebriated members of the Class of 2006-remember what happened last year.
Shit happens. It's all relative. Clichéd, but true. That's what I've learned today, at least. This morning (being Sunday the 25th), I went out to brunch for a friend's birthday. We went to Slates, a locally known and respected restaurant/bakery, and were completely stoked for its innovative menu and funky atmosphere.
Many students are doubtlessly familiar with required community service, either because they have had to do it themselves due to a minor offense, or have had friends do it for the same reason. Service activities can range from picking up trash on the side of the road, to tutoring school children for a couple hours a week.
Last week I was surfing channels on my television when I happened on Turner Classic Movies, stayed by a husky female voice that I hadn't heard in years. Most of you out there aren't familiar with that voice, but those of us who were around in the forties and fifties will never forget it.
There are about 200,000 miles of rail track in the United States. Along these lines that wind in and out of America's largest cities and industrial centers, across acres of farmland, and through many small towns like Waterville, are the homes of millions of Americans and their families.
Anyone that has experienced the "Champagne on the Steps" tradition at Colby knows it's ridiculous. They know its complete insanity and absolute fun. They know that it can get a little crazy, and unfortunately, several Colby seniors were arrested for their actions on the steps last year.
Our political system is ostensibly based on the idea that everyone is equal, that everyone should have an equal hand in guiding the sociopolitical fate of a city/state/country. Does anyone really believe this? I don't follow politics well enough to have a favorite 2008 candidate, but most Echo readers probably do.