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Reflections
East is changing. I want to say growing, because it's mirroring the growth I'm going through, but that's not fair to those who'd rather it be how it once was.
Frosh year, I would have been very surprised if I'd walked into the lounge slightly after noon to discover a half-full bottle of brandy and several empty glasses sitting out on the table. Today, though, it doesn't phase me, and not entirely because I was drinking that brandy last night. It's not that East was a dry dorm, but a year or two ago none of the drinking was public. If you drank, you drank with a few friends in someone's room, with the door closed. Now, it's not nearly so covert.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. Part of me wants the East of yore, of Funball and G63. Those traditions aren't mine, though, and is it my place to want to hold back a natural change? Places, cultures, and groups are not static and unchanging. They're dynamic and fluid organisms, and I'mnot sure where my part in that process is.
If I know myself, my part is to sit back and watch. It's where I'm most comfortable.
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Frosh year, I would have been very surprised if I'd walked into the lounge slightly after noon to discover a half-full bottle of brandy and several empty glasses sitting out on the table. Today, though, it doesn't phase me, and not entirely because I was drinking that brandy last night. It's not that East was a dry dorm, but a year or two ago none of the drinking was public. If you drank, you drank with a few friends in someone's room, with the door closed. Now, it's not nearly so covert.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. Part of me wants the East of yore, of Funball and G63. Those traditions aren't mine, though, and is it my place to want to hold back a natural change? Places, cultures, and groups are not static and unchanging. They're dynamic and fluid organisms, and I'mnot sure where my part in that process is.
If I know myself, my part is to sit back and watch. It's where I'm most comfortable.
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East changes a lot every year, as you lose at least 1/4 of the dorm to graduation and such. Even the people who stay behind change - my frosh year I certainly wouldn't have predicted that I would be living in a suite and throwing several parties with lots of alcohol.
*shrug* Everything changes, and life goes on . . .