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Graduation Year: 2008 Major: English. Minor: Art-Studio Hometown: Richmond, Calif. Hobbies: Dancing, scrapbooking, reading Activities, Programs and Involvement: Dance, Theatre Favorite Quote: "He said, 'Come to the edge.' They said, 'We are afraid.' He said, 'Come to the edge.' They came to the edge. He pushed them and they flew." - Inscription on a silver bracelet LAUREN'S JOURNAL ENTRIES "It has got to be the worst part of senior year, the way that everyone asks about your post-graduate plans. As if each of us has a concrete response. As if we all know the quickest way to jump from A to B, A being College and B being Real Life." "...after returning to the Colorado College campus from Europe, I realized that actual academic work makes up only a fraction of what should be a total college experience." "Some Things about Colorado College that I Wish I had Known Sooner" "I first encountered the Elephant Parable on the first day of my Introduction to Psychology class. It was a hot day in Colorado Springs, the first real summer day I’d felt all year. " April 2007, from London, England "More study-abroad lessons learned (continuation of my February entry)" "Just when it seemed like I couldn’t be any farther away from home – walking along a narrow dirt path between two tiny coastal cities in northern Italy – my world zoomed back into microscopic focus." February 2007, from Florence, Italy "I am a million miles away (it seems) in Florence, Italy, having gone through the familiar motions of unpacking and settling into an unfamiliar apartment just outside the city center." "Getting my hair cut isn’t just another reason to keep an appointment book, but an hour and a half every couple weeks to sit back, relax, and give myself up to a skilled pair of hands and a sympathetic ear." "Last year an upperclassman knowingly informed me, “There are three types of relationships at CC...”" "I came back to CC for a half-block class in independent film. Four days after I unpacked in Colorado Springs, my grandmother died. She had been very sick while I was home for winter break, but I hadn’t expected her health to decline so rapidly." "One of my good friends from high school was just accepted into Colorado College! I was in the middle of buying groceries at the nearby King Soopers, and almost screamed in the store." "I am a sorority girl. It’s hard for me to admit that fact when even some of my closest friends react with either crass humor or blatant disgust. " "I watched two huge cranes tear down my high school today. " "Eight luxurious days in our own beach house on the north shore of Oahu, with nothing to do but stretch out in the sun, lounge in the shade, sip iced tea and read novels. Paradise! I spent the first day doing exactly that... and then came the dreams." "Where art history was a leaden suit of armor, this class is wings for me. I’ve always wanted to draw, but I never had (nor made) time for it. Now I’m sketching for at least two hours a day, for a grade, with a professor’s watchful eye and the support of friends also enrolled in the class. It’s a dream. " "During the past several weeks I often forgot that I had a life to live in between rehearsals. Homework, eating, and sleeping took secondary positions as all my time and energy went into dancing." "Desperately last minute, I bought a box of Care Bear valentines from Wal-Mart. I loathed myself." |
