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"There will be numerous occasions while at college when you will have to make a decision between going to an event on campus or staying in your dorm. My advice: Go! You never know what you will learn or whom you will meet when you put a little energy into showing up.
Your campus will be covered in leaflets advertising everything from info sessions about studying abroad, to a screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, from the annual Diwali celebration, to guest speakers discussing mass incarceration. Every professor will tell you it's important to come to class, but the real value of enrolling at a college campus (as opposed to taking courses exclusively online) is that there are hundreds of things to experience outside of class, and likely thousands of people to meet.
Being a college student requires energy, and it's important to get your rest (especially at the end of the semester/quarter when every paper and project is due and your immune system is working at full tilt), but there will never be another time in your life where so many different types of activities are happening all around you. Make the most of it! Yes, it's fun to binge on Netflix, but the job fair is happening from 10-3—¡Ándale! You can binge later. Yes, it's chilly outside and warm inside, but your school is playing its rival in football—Get out there, and cheer them on! Going to college is about enhancing your life; you got in, now, it's time to show up.
Tehama Lopez-Bunyasi is an Assistant Professor in the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University."
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