Two weekends ago at the Leadership Connect summit, I received a text message from a friend and former writer/photographer for The Stute in the middle of a presentation by Chris Shemanski.
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I was fully prepared to attend the RSO summit this past Saturday, recently renamed Leadership Connect. My mindset entering Connect was entirely negative.
In the hubbub of classwork, part-time work, thesis preparation, club meetings, eating, and occasionally sometimes sleeping, valuing family and friends is one of many things that gets neglected.
In the past 14 issues I’ve discussed a host of topics: from embracing change and achieving goals to the state of the student government and death on campus.
Back in September I wrote a piece titled “8 things at a time.” In it, I discussed overloading as a student, ordering priorities, and ultimately focusing on one thing at a time.
When I was initially penning this piece, I was going to focus on the terrorist attacks in Paris, how they relate to other attacks covered less by the media, and what we can take away from such tragedy.
Last Saturday I was half-sick, half-exhausted, and when I finally woke up, none of my roommates were around. The evening was quiet, except for the intermittent bursts of cheering capped off by a loud, repeating horn.
I am going to preface the following analysis by stating that I am focusing on one specific question that I felt wasn’t answered.
“Exclusive” is a word that has two distinct interpretations. More commonly, the idea of exclusivity is used as a marketing tool, such as an exclusive offer or system-specific video game.
Two days ago was Back to the Future day. Social media boomed with people around the world celebrating the 1989 Back to the Future sequel—which saw time travel to October 21, 2015—and clamoring about what the film got right about 2015 (hello, virtual reality eyewear) and what it got wrong (sorry, Cubs).