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Enjoy the good moments, and remember them

It is so easy to get caught up in the things that aren’t great at Stevens. Just pick up any issue of The Stute and you’re sure to find a variety of complaints covering academics, extracurricular, and Greek life. We receive letters to the editor whenever something really bad happens, and it’s a great way to voice concerns (see page 9). I have had a lot of moments when I just really strongly disliked this school and I used my column to say so. However, I think that students should feel free to use this platform when something is really great and making them happy, too. I really like to read the archives we have in the office in my spare time, and I think that as we write Stevens history each week we should have some opinion content that really captures and shares our happy college memories. With that being said, I want to share how happy I was to attend Unity Showcase for the first time and Accepted Students Day.

A friend asked if I wanted to go to Unity, and I almost blew it off for a trip to the mall. I thought it was going to be like any other cultural event with a lot of food, some flags, music, and little dancing (see page 6). I had no idea that it was actually going to be a night of meaningful entertainment that would literally give me chills! The first thing I appreciated about Unity was that I saw new faces up on stage — because it’s really easy to keep going to the same type of events with the same friends or executive board of a club representing. Then the costumes, choreography, and voice overs were a clear product of many hours of hard work that just created beautiful and cultural stories that did a great job fighting against stereotypes and breaking down. The Ethnic Student Council then presented awards and there was so much friendship and appreciation shown — it was really touching. Beyond that, so many family members attended the event to support the students on stage. It was just a really special night and I can’t wait for next year’s.

I have done table-sitting at Accepted Students day and Club Fair before, but this one felt different and was actually really enjoyable for me. I took a camera and went around snapping pictures and I realized how much I like our small community. I knew most of the other students at nearby tables, and, instead of taking shifts, a lot of them just hung out together for the two hours. With music playing and everyone smiley and proud to be representing their organization to “future ducks,” it was a good time both days. It was really nice when President Farvardin came through with the presidential puppy, Martini. There was beautiful weather, free food, and Stevens pride.

I really hope that in the future we could get something like RAGE to work well so we can have more of these large scale, all-RSO-inclusive events just to casually hangout all together and share our interests with the rest of the Stevens community. And I hope that when that does happen, we can keep these good memories alive in The Stute.