If you could change one thing about your experience at Muhlenberg, what would it be?
Issue date: 9/27/07 Section: Focus
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Where do I see myself in four years? That's a difficult question, considering I barely can see where I'll eat tonight (Garden Room, GQ, Sandella's… the possibilities are endless). I can only hope I'll still be on track to pursue my dreams of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. Hopefully it doesn't that mean I'll be holed up in the library, studying for MCATs, like some sort of pre-med hermit. In a perfect world, in the midst of all the unavoidable insanity of med school applications, I forsee myself surrounded by my close friends and still playing football for the Mules. However, while it is easy to plan a black and white (and red, seeing how I am at the 'Berg) syllabus for my future, I recognize that a school like Muhlenberg provides countless opportunities for new possibilities-socially, academically, and extracurricularly. Who knows? I could take an art class that changes my life and causes me to hang up my stethoscope for a paint brush in the hopes of becoming the next Pablo Picasso. Or, maybe a stellar business professor will inspire me to surpass the success of the infamous real estate tycoon Donald Trump. If there is anything I have learned over the first eighteen years of my life, it is that life can be entirely unpredictable. Asking a freshman, who is just beginning to scratch the surface of the myriad of opportunities offered by Muhlenberg, where they will be in four years, is like asking a pre-K child what he or she will want to professionally pursue as an adult; especially one who's current number one issue is how to make second floor Prosser livable (five fans and my room still feels like a sauna). Quite frankly, I think we as freshman have not been exposed to enough of the world to truly know what we want to do with our lives. I enthusiastically look forward to the countless experiences I have yet to encounter over the next four years that will inevitably shape the person I will become.
By Christopher Johnson '11
In the course of one year, I have made a group of three friends who I hold very dear in my heart. We've gone mini-golfing and to the movies, where I was scared out of my mind. I'll never forget the time we went to Dorney Park and could see the school's bell tower from the top of the roller coaster. We've also sat through endless meetings together and pulled many late nights studying and ordered Chinese food at eleven o'clock. We've transformed the Red Door into PULSE and spent many nights dancing in the Garden Room. Looking back now, I see how much fun we've had together and it makes a part of me sad that I don't have these precious memories with more people. Therefore, if I could change one thing about my experience at Muhlenberg so far, it would be to meet more people. Not just meet them, get to know them. Build a relationship with the boy who sat next to me twice a week in my FYS, who I hardly ever talked to, or with the girl who I've seen studying in Seegers every time I've been there to study.
By Christopher Johnson '11
In the course of one year, I have made a group of three friends who I hold very dear in my heart. We've gone mini-golfing and to the movies, where I was scared out of my mind. I'll never forget the time we went to Dorney Park and could see the school's bell tower from the top of the roller coaster. We've also sat through endless meetings together and pulled many late nights studying and ordered Chinese food at eleven o'clock. We've transformed the Red Door into PULSE and spent many nights dancing in the Garden Room. Looking back now, I see how much fun we've had together and it makes a part of me sad that I don't have these precious memories with more people. Therefore, if I could change one thing about my experience at Muhlenberg so far, it would be to meet more people. Not just meet them, get to know them. Build a relationship with the boy who sat next to me twice a week in my FYS, who I hardly ever talked to, or with the girl who I've seen studying in Seegers every time I've been there to study.