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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1982)
'I /T Focus, The Battalion -LO Friday, April 16, 1982 Senioritis strikes by Cathy Saathoff Battalion Staff Senioritis has me in its grip so badly that I don't want to write this article. But to help alleviate the suff ering of myself and my fellow graduates-to-be, here are some tips on how to survive the final countdown. Basically, be obnoxious as hell and have fun between now and graduation. You are about to undergo a major change by entering a totally new stage of life. Underclassmen think the final semester is breezy; they're wrong. No one learns the truth about Senior Panic until they experience it them selves. We're in the home stretch now, with seniors ticking off the obligations that stand between them and a diploma. Every quiz, test, paper and report finished takes a load off. But still, there are serious worries on the senior mind. Seniors must make all kinds of decisions that will drastically affect the rest of their lives. For example, what kind of dog to buy after graduation. This and other pertinent decisions, such as what field to go into and where to live, must be made soon. Before tackling all of these heavy questions, though, take care of routine matters. Make a big production in each class of finding out what is the last day you will be required to attend; memorize the list and recite it to undergraduate friends. Maybe the hardest part of leaving the security blanket of college is not being able to see your friends anymore. Be obnoxious and alienate them all right now, and by graduation you won't be friends anymore. Listen to their tales of woe about upcoming tests, papers and the like, then turn to them and say, "I don't have to do it. I'm graduating." Then turn away. They won't like you, but you're graduating and will probably never see them again, so who cares? Give them something you don't need anymore, and they will remember you fondly. The tendency is to skip class. Don't do it unless you have a close friend in the class who will warn you about impending doom in the form of lecture quizzes or pop research papers, due two weeks early for graduating seniors. Determine in a roundabout way how long your parents are willing to let you freeload before pushing you out of the nest. Living back at home may seem distasteful, but so does paying $450 for a one-bedroom apartment with a view of a wall. You deserve a break. Translate this information tactfully to your mother in the form of a request for a graduation cruise. Until departure day, spend all your spare time in places that are likely to be crowded with youngsters. Sunday night at Northgate is a pleasant time; seniors gather to talk about old times and how little work they have left and how they really have three papers and seven tests between now and graduation but no longer care and would rather drink beer. While drinking, grab another graduating body and start planning The Graduation Party, an ex travaganza that must include at least five kegs, three types of liquor mixed with two types of fruit juice and a soft drink, chocolate chip cookies and a bag of potato chips, all served near a swimming pool. This is the normal response to the culmination of four to six years of drudgery. Now that it's time to go out into what is com monly referred to as The Real World, you must accept additional responsibilities that you may never have dealt with before. Like supporting yourself. It's time to Grow Up. You must now enter the strange world of adults. This may mean givng up certain things, like getting drunk and throwing up on weekends and going joy riding at 3 a.m. With any luck, you'll get a job in a town that has other things to do. The job hunt itself is a source of worry to many. But don't let it get to you. After all, interviewing is a good excuse to buy new clothes. 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