Letter from the Editor

Salvete discipuli novi!

You are probably asking what the heck I just said.

Well, to satisfy your curiosity, that was Latin for “Greetings, new students!”

“Who is this crazy person speaking in Latin?” you might be thinking.  “Is he a demon-possessed psycho?  Sister Mary Catherine, get my Bible and holy water.”

Well, no, I’m not a demon-possessed psychopath, only the editor in chief of this fine student newspaper.

“What’s the difference?” you might also be asking yourself.

Not much, only that holy water doesn’t work on me.

Now that I’ve thoroughly scared you, let me add my welcome to the numerous ones you have probably already received.

Welcome to Indiana State University, home of the Sycamores and where you will be spending the next—and hopefully only—four years of your life working towards your future occupation.

You are here to improve yourself, making you “more from day one” as the ISU slogan goes.

But what is this “more?”

Well, let me begin by saying college has always been seen in one of two ways: the place where a young person is shaped and molded into a young professional, ready to hit the job market, or the hedonistic locale displayed in such classic movies as “Animal House.”

Let me be the first to tell you the truth about this subject: college is both of these.

College is a place for training and for fun; the trick is to find the right balance.

Lean too far in either direction and college can have disastrous outcomes: too far toward drunken revelry leads to failing grades, and too far toward training takes away from the one time in your life you will probably have to be free.

Only through this balance will your college life be the best.

In college, you may want to be either an Omega or a Delta, but you need to be both.

But what does this have to do with “more?”

Well, college is all about growth, and the “more” experiences you have had—whether it be passing that final exam or enjoying a party once in a while—you will grow “more.”

That’s why your grandparents often have somewhat decent advice: they’ve lived through and experienced “more” things than you have and can speak to certain situations, even if they over exaggerate by adding fifteen miles of travel distance up hill both ways and ten feet of snow to their stories.