Campus Recycling StoryFinding Your Place on the Hill and After: An Opinion piece for a previous issue of the Springhillian Newspaper 4/14/2017 Home Sweet Hill
“It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you are 17 and planning for someday, and then quietly, without ever really noticing, someday is today, and that someday is yesterday. And this is your life.” -- From the television show, "One Tree Hill." Every year, from the day we are born, we seek what our purpose is in life. What will we become? Who will we be like? Will we have the opportunity to change someone’s life? As little kids, we have our favorite characters and role models that we look up to. Every year we meet someone who leaves a mark on us forever. Do you ever wonder how we can do the same thing to them? This has been a question that I ask myself everyday, and to be honest, one that I am still struggling to find the answer to. Luckily, coming to Spring Hill has aided in finding my purpose and my role as a student. Being surrounded by kind professors and like-minded students can help a lot. This period of our lives from 18 to 22 years old, is the time that we make major life adjustments in a way that we have never done before. We deal with a completely new environment, completely new people, and, well, a completely new everything. For simpler terms, college is the point where we start over. For freshmen, you find comfort in knowing that you were not going through this process by yourself. Everyone around you were dealing with the same things. If you are currently still trying to find your place on campus, there are plenty of ways that you can. Try joining some of the student organizations from campus. Whether it is getting involved with the big organizations like the Campus Programming Board, or simply joining the small clubs that students from your major have created. It is already known that your professors will be there for you when you absolutely need it. Do not be afraid to reach out to your advisors, professors, or counselors because at the end of the day, we are all here to help each other grow. For seniors who have come to the end of your journey on the Hill, it may be a scary thought to figure out what your life will be like after graduation. However, if being a student at this Jesuit institution has taught anything, it is to treat everyone with love and respect. The amount of love that fills this campus is contagious. Remember to spread that same love to the rest of the world for your days and new experiences to come. Get involved. Try new things. Remain positive. It is amazing where it could take you. Be patient and give things time. Eventually you will find your place and the person you are meant to be.
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