With graduation quickly approaching, I realized that there is a certain set of requisites that allows you to call yourself a true, blue and gold Gaucho. You know you’re a Gaucho when…
1. You darty all day, and then successfully make it out at night
2. You share a bathroom with 4+ people
3. You eat Freebirds in the middle of the day and don’t give a damn what anyone else thinks
4. You’ve embraced soccer, lacrosse, and water polo (football is stupid anyways…)
5. You constantly have to park 5 blocks away from your house…and always ask a friend to come pick you up
6. You skip class to go nap at the beach
7. You’ve done the loop…or at least a fraction of it
8. You’ve mastered the quarter system…weekly tests/projects/papers are fun.
9. You begin to loathe signing up for classes because there’s never any spaces left in your coveted classes…stupid budget cuts
10. You’ve taken Human Sexuality with the Baldwins (and learned about their personal sex lives…TMI)
11. Your explanation for every world phenomenon, occurrence, or behavior is: “It’s a social construction.”
12. You find yourself caring more about the environment
13. You’ve gone on the Landshark (whether you remember it or not)
14. You begin to think that everyone in the world is beautiful because of the insanely attractive subset of the human population you are surrounded by
15. You do a double-take every time you see a blue backpack…ATHLETES—WHERE??
16. You’ve purchased 1-5 bikes in your time at UCSB
17. You decide to go get pitchers instead of going to the library to study for your midterm tomorrow
18. You’ve complained about out-of-towners
19. You’ve completed a walk of shame
20. You’ve hiked Inspiration Point/Seven Falls…or at least pretended
21. You’ve been berated by Gelb
22. Your house has received a noise ordinance
23. Your clothing primarily consists of high-waisted shorts and crop tops
24. You’ve hooked up with someone without knowing their name
25. You’ve attended Extravanganza
26. You’ve sang karaoke at OTT
27. You’ve gone downtown
28. You’ve completed the Undie Run
29. You’ve used #mylifeyourdream
30. You’ve realized that you’re the luckiest fella/gal in the world to have attended UCSB!