2008 Woodie Awards
The drive was pleasant in the mid-afternoon, the view was incredible, thoughts focused on what the coming semester held in store. Then, a horrible SCREEEETCH followed by an ominous odor filling the car. Crap. Suddenly I was aware of the fact that I was in the middle of the desert a very long way from anywhere.
Everyone has some sort of standard on which they base their decisions. One very popular decision making method is to look to a hero and ask what they would do in a given situation. It's hard to forget the mid-90s fad that had everyone wearing neon colored bracelets and t-shirts asking W.
A champion died this summer. Retired US Army Colonel Earl P. Hopper Sr. passed away in July at the age of 86. Highly decorated, Colonel Hopper's 30 year military career spanned service in World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War. Colonel Hopper became an ardent crusader for POW's and MIA's and their families after his son, Earl Hopper Jr.
Embry-Riddle is an intense and demanding school. I can guarantee there will almost always be a long list of things you need to do. Assignments will need finishing, papers will need writing, and professors will need meeting. There will be many days you will come back from class overwhelmed by what needs to get done that night.
When I first got in the 350z, I was genuinely concerned I wouldn't like it. The interior wasn't great, and usually a low dollar "track car for the road" is just a bad copy of a grand-tourer for kids who played gt4 too much and cant afford a real GT car. They usually wind up as a limp wristed compromise between a sporty coupe and a grocery getter.
College is not just a place where you go to get a degree; college is a place that represents a unique stage in most people's lives when a special mixture of independence, freedom, and personal interests combine to create an invaluable amount of experiences.
For many students, going to college is the first chance to live without parents. While that means no more lists of chores, no more chauffeuring younger siblings, and a plethora of other tedious tasks, it can also mean no more allowance. Of course, there is not a huge need to go out and spend money beyond engineering paper, flight logs, or other school supplies, but the appeal of seeing a movie for five dollars or getting a decent meal outside of Chartwells is hard to ignore.
The start of a new school year signifies the beginning of grueling class schedules and endless hours of studying. After spending hour upon hour holed up in your room, the white-washed walls seem to close on you, and the television becomes a hypnotizing distraction that pulls your will away from productivity.
