The days pass by as we rush towards finals week, almost crossing the finish line for this first semester. It’s funny how it seems like just yesterday we all were trying to settle into college.
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Mind of a Freshman is an Opinion column written by one or two first-year Stevens students to discuss life experiences during their time at Stevens, and other related subject matter.
The smell of burning wood, the warmth of the fire, the comfort of the soft yellow lights. There is nothing like home.
The branch leads up straight into the air and then sharply turns to the right as if it’s deflecting its head from the exposed sun.
You wake up one morning feeling very nauseous and a weird kind of warm. You feel hot, but you can’t stop shivering.
“Halloweekend:” the amount of times I’ve seen this word over the past week blows my mind. It was all good until Mark Zuckerberg got tired of the Halloween posts and decided to suspend a bunch of Instagram accounts—mine included.
You know the feeling of getting under the warm comforter as you prepare yourself for sleep during winter? The undeniable cozy feeling that keeps you so comfortable that you start thanking the creator of beds and comforters?
Walking into school was never an easy task, and doing it knowing my parents had dressed me from the bottoms of my feet to the top of my head made it even harder.
Dear Fall,
I love you. You are probably my one and only true love. I love how Hoboken suddenly goes from 70 degrees with the sun beating me down to 50 degrees the next day as you make a grand entrance with wind that creates tears of great joy in my eyes.
Tears welled and filled my eyes, blurring my vision as trails of snot rolled through my nose all the way down my face.
I think we all know that college can be exciting yet overwhelming for many beginners, but what exactly is going through the freshmen minds?