Our Voice
Every week we write The Voice about a key issue involving GCSU. Sometimes we spread out and cover the city, and occasionally we leave Milledgeville altogether to write about a global issue. But rarely is it a difficult task to choose what we want to write about.
This week it was. We wanted to write about the end of the semester, and offer a salute to our new graduates and wish them luck out in the quote/un-quote Real World. We wanted to write about Jake Stewart, who like Carmen Bass and John Bruner before him was taken from us before his time. We wanted to write more about the registrar’s office and the changes to graduation. We wanted to write a summary describing our thoughts regarding this semester as a whole.
So we elected this week just to write about all of them.
Firstly, huzzah to our graduating seniors and grad students (did we really just say huzzah?). Congrats on getting through all your classes and getting all the paperwork filled out. So get ready – the whole wide world is waiting for you. Go conquer it in ways only a GCSU Bobcat could. Here at The Colonnade we are saying goodbye to several of our writers and editors, and we’ll be sad to see them go, but we know they’ll be great at wherever their lives take them. We know the same is true for all of our new grads.
Speaking of graduation paperwork, we were right in our previous voice that changes are coming from the Office of the Registrar. We’ll be sure to keep you posted next semester with the latest changes that might affect your graduation or your HOPE Scholarship hours. Rest assured we’ll strive to keep you up-to-date with all the decisions made on campus that will affect the lives and futures of the students who call it home.
And how about this semester? It’s been interesting to say the very least. A Grim Reaper at the fountain, The Sweetwater Festival, the formation of many new RSOs, construction galore, the soccer and intramural seasons, the parking situation and all the hubbub it caused, just to name a few.
It’s certainly been an interesting ride. And next semester looks to be just as exciting, with such things as GCSU Idol, baseball and softball, homecoming, and all the other spring festivities to ensue.
We don’t know about you, but we can’t wait!
Of course no semester is without it’s share of bad times, and this one has been no exception. GCSU will always mourn the loss of the three students who lost their lives this semester. John Bruner, Carmen Bass and Jake Stewart will all be badly missed, and we owe it to them as a campus to keep their memories alive in the things that we do.
It’s a shame that their lives were cut short, especially in such uncontrollable conditions, but let it serve as a lesson to everyone to be careful, and to always live your lives to the fullest. Keep your eyes on the future in honor of those who will not have the opportunity.
So where will the future lead us? Only time will tell. All we can say for certain is that we’re excited to see what unfolds. We wish everyone a happy winter break and can’t wait to see what awaits us in the coming months. See you in 2008!
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Nov 30 2007. Filed under Opinion, Our Voice.
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