As I typed up my last graduate school application, it began to hit me that very soon I am going to be leaving this extraordinary place I have called home for the past four years. As much as we’ve all tried to deny and avoid the thought of the dreaded “G word”, it is approaching faster than the rate at which we go back to bed after reading Ernest’s snow day texts.
Don’t worry, you can continue to sleep in and make mac and cheese for dinner, “because college”, but just remember that our time on Hawk Hill does have an expiration date (unlike that mac and cheese) and we just want to make sure that you’re able to take that selfie with Barb in your cap and gown with #NoRegrets.
1) Take advantage of Landmark
Seriously, if you don’t have night class on Monday then there is no reason to be missing Margarita Monday. I’m joking (mostly), but really, margs are $2 on Monday. And Blue Moons (with an orange slice) are $2 on Tuesday, and quizzo starts at 10 – come on, that’s fun and educational (or at least that’s what I tell my parents). The late night food menu every night is also a wallet saver, and plus, pub safe or the shuttle can be your DD!
2) Talk to your professors
This is on a little more of a serious note than Marg Monday, but don’t skip over it. You don’t know where you will be headed in the future. Who knows, graduate school may be necessary and you need a letter of rec, or you may want to become part of the SJU community again. Bottom line: it’s never a bad idea to have a good contact at Saint Joseph’s.
3) Eat late night Larry’s
Honestly, it’s a Saint Joseph’s tradition. You’ve probably had a lot of fun in there freshman year, so bring your posse back at least once for some nostalgia.
4) Go to house parties
And you know where you have to head before you’re given your Larry’s consolation prize: the house party. Preferably, this should be one that isn’t crowded wall-to-wall. It would be nice to find a place that you can actually move, and one where the keg is not kicked before 10:30 pm but hey, sometimes it is what it is. On a more serious note: you’ll be going to bars for the rest of your life, so take advantage of the house party down the street!
5) Take naps
When we are all “real people” with “real jobs”, I get this feeling the average boss isn’t going to be cool with their employees taking a 2 pm nap with Netflix on in the background. Obviously, I could be wrong, I don’t know your future boss. But in the meantime, you know who it IS always acceptable for to take naps at 2 pm? College kids. And you know what you still are? A college kid. For another few months, make the most of it.
6) Don’t stop making connections
This is a big one. As seniors we start to sever our ties in the end in order to make our departure less painful. But there’s no reason to do this, you should still be trying to meet people as much as you have been these past 4 years. Now I’m not saying to go Freshman style and start adding random people on Facebook but like, you never know what new connections could bring into your life! Who knows, maybe that freshman or sophomore you get to know could invite you to facilitate their APEX group in a few years.
7) Go to SUB events and the Spring Concert
Did you know that Jay Pharoah from SNL is coming to Saint Joe’s? And Vanessa Carlton? Can you say “free chasers in the Perch”?? And for the Spring Concert, we can’t speak to who it will be this year but have a feeling that it will be good, and also cheaper than any other concert you have and will attend in your life.
8) Eat Hawk Wraps
This is a given. Who knows the next time you will be able to experience the euphoric goodness that is a Hawk Wrap after you graduate, so take it all in now guys, take it all in.
9) Barbelinstagram like your life depends on it
Considered a rite of passage to many, the Barbelinstagram is a sacred art form for Hawks young and old, involved and uninvolved, #TeamShuttle, and #TeamAntiShuttle. It’s so much more than a picture of a building on a social media site; this is an emblem of our school pride, of the Hawk itself, of those five words we hold closest to our hearts (THWND). So please, mind your p’s and q’s and don’t forget to Barbelinstagram.
10) Campion Brunch
Bring yourself back to the beginning. Let’s make this a full-circle experience guys. Reminisce about the old days, while you wore your lanyard and avoided that person from the night before at ALL costs. Honestly though, it’s a good, wholesome breakfast for like 10 bucks. Also, they have smoothies now.
And most importantly throughout these next few months, always remember…