STAFF EDITORIAL
Graduation is around the corner and the Graphic editors would like to help the seniors escape from the lurking reality that college is, in fact, over and the coming final exams will be their last. We have chosen some of the finest, and not so fine, moments of your college career. So please take a moment as we reminisce through the top ten most memorable aspects of your Pepperdine experience.
10. Remember when there was life before Facebook? Or when you didn’t know the incoming class before they even got here? Or what about your senior year when JuicyCampus plagued our student body (but it’s OK, because it was “always juicy … and always anonymous”). At least our SGA President got to travel the nation AND appear on national television.
9. Remember your freshman year when the basketball team actually won more than 10 games? You seniors have had the luxury of witnessing three different coaches this year, and Walberg’s resignation even got us on the front of ESPN.com.
8. Remember when you arrived on campus and gas prices were under $2? Believe it or not, the prices have skyrocketed faster than tuition.
7. Remember when your options on places to go out weren’t restricted to Thai Dishes and Spumoni? You had the Dume Room and you never missed a Tuesday night at the Inn. The Dume Room was doomed when it closed last year, but what happened to your epic Tuesday nights?
6. Remember when it rained so much that you wished you built an arc? Well, instead, you went down to Alumni Park, made your very own slip-n-slides, and wrestled in the mud until Public Safety made you stop.
On the topic of natural disasters …
5. Remember when you were woken up before dawn by your RAs for the infamous fire weekend, herded to the Caf and encouraged to put on a hideous and uncomfortable mask as you appeared on news stations all over the country?
4. Remember when you had the option of going to Ralph’s in the middle of the night to satisfy those early-morning munchies? Without a 24-hour grocery store you’re forced to visit your long-time buddy Skeletor who is always at the window … no matter what.
3. Remember when you had a mascot … or so you thought. Was it the four guys running around in spandex and confusing the entire audience? No. It was the new Willie the Wave who made his dashing debut your junior year. A “Wave” with a giant goofy smile, sunglasses, a Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops. Be proud.
2. Remember when you spent the first 15 minutes of your class driving around campus, President Benton’s house, the law school lot and always prayed that you would get that perfect spot? But by the 15-minute mark you were on the shuttle from the Fieldhouse. At least you missed part of class, right? Or maybe you actually made it to class on time by parking in front of a fire hydrant or AT Benton’s house. Sometimes you get that little blue and white slip on your windshield and sometimes you don’t … That’s Public Safety for you.
And last but not least …
1. Remember when the Student Programming Board decided to completely gyp you of your concert experience for your senior year in college? But don’t worry, your money will go to pay for the underclassmen’s concerts next year so that it can be twice as good as Jimmy Eat World, Augustana, OK GO, Something Corporate and Jars of Clay.
We hope you’ve enjoyed our little trip down memory lane and that your last few weeks as college students are stress-free. Don’t forget, you won’t be climbing hundreds of stairs each day to keep you in shape, so hit up a gym that is hopefully larger than the one in Firestone. Feel free to post whatever pictures you would like on Facebook, and if you meet an LMU graduate pretend as if they are your rivals, because that’s what you’ve been told to think for four years. When you come back and visit, remember that thanks to your binge drinking we’ll have class before convo (excuse us — “chapel”), and will not be able to join you at the Inn on Tuesday.
Have fun at graduation with Vin Scully, who will be much more entertaining than John Payson, the CEO of General Electric or even the first lady. We at the Graphic wish you the best of luck with wherever you are headed!
04-10-2008