Opinion

Columnist breaks up with first collegiate love
By: Bailey Smith, Staff Writer


Dear Northeast,

It is with utmost regret that I must leave you now, but you see, this is a very crucial point in my life and I believe we’ve learned all we can from each other. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve had memories with you that I will never in my life forget. Remember all the tornado warnings we made it through with all my peers and I huddled in the glass lobbies of your dormitories? Or how about all those rainy Tuesdays and Thursdays when I had 8 o’clocks? I have never been so thankful for your…umm… compact campus! Really, you’ve taught me so much. I remember all those months ago, when I first sat in Keenum Stadium with the “Showband from Tigerland,” I thought you were going to be the most boring chapter in my life! Well, wait, I didn’t mean for it to come off like that. I just didn’t know you back then. I thought I would have killed to be at a university, but I was young and judged you by appearance alone. You’ve taught me the beauty of simplicity with your small campus and the wealth of opportunities it has provided me. You have given me so many chances to lead and get to know people. I mean, you just can’t do that when in the midst of 20,000 students!
I think you know what I’m trying to say. It was great while it lasted, but I’ve earned 62 hours now… and they’re transferable. Yeah, it was a shock to me, too. The point is, though, that we’re through. I have to move on. It’s just better for both of us. You’ll find someone so much better than me, and they’ll learn so much from you. You’re gonna change so many lives. I can see it already in how much you’ve changed me in our short time together. So thank you for everything, Northeast. I’ll never forget my first collegiate Alma Mater.

God bless and love always,
Your faithful transfer student