In an email sent out on May 2, Stevens announced the removal of physical education as a degree requirement. This applies to all incoming students, as well as waiving any remaining classes for current students.
The Stute
Graduating from college can feel very definitive. It’s the end of this beautiful and strange era of pseudo-adulthood in which you think you’ve learned everything there is to be learned and know about almost everything there is to know.
“So, Lauren, how was your freshman year?” my friends from home and distant family members ask. Well, I’m nearly positive that it is the most expected and cliché subject for a first-year student to write about in her final Mind of a Freshman column, but I’m coming clean in plain terms this time, instead of writing in metaphor as per usual.
Have you ever passed by a river and paused to stare at your reflection? You’ll find that the image peering back at you looks just like you, but jagged and misshapen from the waves of the water.
As graduation approaches, I’m faced head-on with the “lasts.” Last class, last critique, last assignment. These things come at the end of every semester, but this time feels unique.
I was four years old when I moved to the U.S, with not even an ounce of English on my tongue.
My four years spent at Stevens impacted me in ways that I could have never imagined. The sleepless nights trying to derive heat and mass transfers taught me to persevere through difficulties, no matter how impossible they might seem.
I recently asked my first-year humanities classes: Will war ever end? I specified that I had in mind the end of war and even the threat of war between nations.
Finally, the end of the Spring 2022 semester is almost here. After three short days, our priorities will shift from finishing assignments to studying for finals.
The world moves so fast that it can be hard to take a break, even if it’s only for a minute.