2008 Woodie Awards
Community Senate Update
Ali Stewart
Issue date: 4/22/05 Section: News
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No, I am not on crack and no they have not gotten to me - yet.
When else, but during finals, does the average Guilford College student (or any college student for that matter) bond with their fellow students over the fact that they have not slept in 43 hours and are on the verge of being legally insane?
When else, but during finals, do students take care of each other with such love and understanding?
When else can you find that other group of students you barely know in Bauman at 4:38 in the morning and encourage them to go run circles on the lawn outside from the pure ridiculousness that is finals?
And thus, I maintain that finals are great.
Final really are a time for togetherness. There is a sense of unity on campus that no one can deny.
It is already starting too. I know that as I write this article, that I won't sleep until 3:30 or 4:00 tonight (this morning?) as it is already 12:46 a.m. and I haven't even begun to dive into my research paper on gay marriage (sorry, Kyle).
And the beautiful thing is, I'm not alone.
All over campus for the next two weeks you will see people who have not bathed in days and though one's typical response may be to keep a fair distance (unless you live in the Pines) you will witness these people being pulled into much needed hugs, because finals are something we can all understand.
There is an unbridled kindness that comes out during finals that, while very much a part of the daily Guilford experience, overwhelms the community.
While abroad last semester I missed out on one of my favorite times of the year, because classes were not as difficult or stressful. The stress came from saying goodbye to such a fabulous city, but there were no 15 page papers in sight, let alone in addition to the other classes, exams, and life in general that inevitably piles up.
Too often in life we let the little things get us. We get distracted by what we need to do, but for some reason at the most crucial time of the semester there is a sense that we have done all we can and whether an assignment is 'done' or not, it is due.
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