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FORENSICS TEAM: The Talking Saints wrap up another successful year, find details on page 5. GRADUATING SEN IORS: Senior quotes and seniors’ plans after graduation in May are located on page 6. SOFTBALL WEEKEND: Check out who won and pictures of the teams in action on page 8. To graduating seniors: a reflection of our days By Kara Lyng Staff Reporter Well, we’ve done it. We are graduating. We’ve been through a lot these last years at Carroll College. At times it seemed as though life plodded on, endless, like the weeks before any major break. Other times it seemed that there was nothing we could do to slow down the inevitable pull toward the real world, like right now, on the eve of graduation. When we walked onto this campus during our senior year in high school, most of us probably never imagined that we’d ever reach this point. We just wanted to ditch our parents and get on with growing up. That first year was literally life changing. For most of us, this was our first time away from home for any major length of time. We stood there in the parking lots with excitement battling fear within us as the orien tation staff carried our cinderblocks and refrig erators to our new rooms. We walked with our parents around campus, desperately trying to take care of things our selves while our parents were desperately try ing to cram in every last second of parenting they could. The day came to say goodbye and everyone fought down tears and fears and braved the new world ahead. We learned, in that first year, that 8 a.m. classes were killers. We learned that Guad Hill was the best sled ding around, even when there was no snow. We learned that we could survive on three hours of sleep and still make it to class, in pajamas and a baseball hat. We found that 24- hour Perkins was a great study locale. We learned to live with a complete stranger and, even more amazing, share our junk food stash with our new best friend. REFLECTION We saw football games at the Junior High school and stayed up all night in the Science Building biology labs (unless you were in forensics, in which case you learned how to sleep on the floor of the Carroll vans). Second semester we got a brand new science center and spilled our first chemicals on the nice floors. That first year was filled with discoveries of alcohol tolerance, intervisitation rules, the lack of parking, and Francee O’Reilly. Maybe it wasn’t our best year, but we were learning. That summer we saw how much we grew. We went home and tried to relearn how to live under our parents’ roof. We saw our old friends and realized that while with some it felt like we never left, most of our friends were different, and we didn’t have too much to say anymore. In August, we went back to Carroll. As sophomores we knew the ropes. We knew how to sneak food out of food service and which washing machines were the best. What we didn’t see coming was the depar ture of a good friend. We started the year by saying goodbye to Matt Grimes. But, we were strong; we got through it with the help of Father Peoples and our friends. We saw the football team begin to rise in strength. That was the year of rain and shine and a bazillion times playing the fight song during homecoming. I still don’t know how many push-ups Seish Hokazono did. We also saw the consequences of hate on our very own campus, and tried to heal our selves. Continued on page 3 ....... Senior and graduation calendar of events Friday, May 2 7:30 p.m. Senior Party Bert and Ernies downtown Saturday, May 3 - Midnight Golf Tournament 6 p.m. Bar-B-Q at President Trebon’s home. Wednesday, May 7 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pick up gown, hood and baccalaureate tickets in President’s Conference Room * Friday, May 9 Friday, May 9 Saturday, May 10 4:30-5:30 p.m. Senior Time Capsule 6 p.m. 11 a.m. (Founders’ Comer) Reception for Baccalaureate ** Seniors and Parents Mass at St. Helena Cathedral # Thursday, May 8 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pick up gown, hood and baccalaureate tickets in President’s Conference Room * Friday, May 9 11 a.m. Graduation Rehearsal (PE Center) Saturday, May 10 Sunday, May 11 2 p.m. Commencement in PE Center ## *A $10 deposit is required for the hood. You will turn in the hood in room 177 at the PE Center following Commencement to get your deposit back. ** The senior Time Capsule will be followed by Alumni walk and the unveiling of the Class of 2003 bricks. # Assemble on the south lawn at 10:30 a.m. If the weather is bad, gather in the basement of the Cathedral. Due to limited seating, each graduate will be issued two tickets. Right after Mass, you will proceed to the front steps of the Cathedral for a photograph. ## Degree candidates assemble in the PE Center handball court area at 1:30 p.m. Following, please return your hood in room 177 of the PE Center to get your deposit back. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2003 VOLUME 86, NO. 7
