Dear college students,
There are a lot of reasons to love the season we call fall. The
mild weather signals summer coming to a close and harvest is fast approaching. It
brings with it meaningful baseball games and the kickoff of football season around
the country. As I've driven around town recently I've been reminded of what
else fall brings. Crowded stores, parents with a lack of direction when faced
with one way streets, no parking spots within a 5 mile radius of downtown and numerous
kids walking the streets dressed in the best outfit their tuition money could
afford and accessorized with a backpack full of whatever cheap beer or booze
they could smuggle out of their parents liquor cabinet or have a sibling
purchase for them (I myself was a Keystone Light man). Yes folks it’s that time
of year again and the landscape of college towns across America are starting to
change. School is back in session and as
a resident of a college town you have to take the good and bad it brings. As
one of the fortunate ones who were able to stay and find employment where I attended
school there are always highlights to this time of the year for me. As
mentioned before there is something about the mass migration of freshman who
roam the streets in search of a party that may offer them free beer that puts a
smile on my face. This is also the time of year when the newly minted 21 year
old girls wait patiently in line at Riley’s wearing something that seems less
revealing then their own naked bodies as the temperature dips below freezing
and not a jacket in sight to warm them. If you had the pleasure of attending
Chico State you know what I’m talking about. I would like to give sage advice
to new and returning students everywhere. First, go to class and get good
grades and participate in whatever your major offers. For most of you your parents
have saved their whole lives to send you to school and give you the tools for to
have a better life than they have. Take advantage of this because an education is
something no one can take away from you. Secondly I recommend that you all step
out of your comfort zone. You have been in a tiny bubble from elementary to
high school. Expose yourself to new things that you may never have the chance
to experience elsewhere. Finally, have fun! Go out and get drunk, hit up the
parties and play some beer pong. Join a fraternity or sorority and don’t go
home every weekend to see your old friends. Enjoy yourself and make mistakes
along the way and if you were raised with the right values you will learn from
this and use these lessons everyday in your life. So as the first weekend of
freedom is upon us and you see a young looking fellow at your local drinking establishment
rocking some blue plaid and a smile on his face, buy that man a beer and thank
him because it just might be me….
PS. Happy Friday peeps and get a cocktail in your hand soon because
you deserve it and remember…..According to chemistry alcohol is a solution.
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