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Whatever the dilemma may be, something always comes to mind when upper classmen and recent graduates reflect upon the last four, five and sometimes six years of their life. Although some things can only be learned through personal experience, a lot can be gained from other’s experiences. Adam Larson, who graduated in August, said when he looks back on his college career, he feels that he missed out on a Lot of relationships because he didn’t live in a dorm. “I lived in an apartment for four years of my schooling with my brother and two friends,” Larson said. “I wish I would have lived in the dorm and developed friendships that way. I didn’t do a whole lot with other people until my last two years. There are so many great people that I wish I could have gotten to know more.” Larson also said he regrets not taking the time to understand the material in his classes. “There are a lot of classes 1 didn’t try to learn. 1 just tried to pass,” Larson said. iSEMEU! IT LOW iliaxtb lance pCO-Ifl Jtiii ■ SARAH IOWLER • THE BATTALION Through an internship this summer, Larson said he realized the importance of maintaining what he calls the “correct mental understanding of what you are doing (in college).” This is something he wished he would have had a better perspective of while in college. College is a time to have fun, but is also for students to learn a specific thing that they will use later in life, Larson said. “(Coming) from high school, you don’t realize this is your career you are preparing for,” Larson said. In addition to paving a career path, Larson said he wishes he would have realized what resources would be obsolete after college. “I only sold back two or three books,” Larson said. “I thought I might use them again.” Even though some students feel they are being ripped off by selling them back, Larson said it is seldom that he ever opens one of his old textbooks. Joe Williamson, a 2002 graduate, said he wished he had put more effort into school, especially by regularly attending class. “When I look back, if I would have gone to class, I could have raised my GPA, which would have opened more doors for me now,” Williamson said. “I would also have slept at the right time, which was not in class.” Students sometimes find themselves in over their heads when balancing extracurricular activities and school-related stress. Williamson said focusing on fewer things, as opposed to spread ing himself out over many areas, is another thing he would have changed about his college life. As he progressed through his college career, Williamson said he discovered that a balance between social life, school work, and extracurricular involvement was important. However. Williamson admits there are no decisions he regrets. He said he believes the choices he made and the les sons he learned will enable him to be successful in life. “When it comes down to it, I wouldn’t want to drop anything 1 did. 1 wouldn’t have traded my ‘other l|fc education’ for my school education,” Williamson ■k said. “There is nothing I regret, but there are Ik some things 1 would have liked to have done.” ^ Clint Eubanks, a senior chemical engi neering major, said wasting energy wor rying about girls and trying to win their approval is something he regrets. “I came to A&M with the miscon ception that if 1 didn't find a wife in college, I probably never would,” i Eubanks said. “First of all, it’s not true, and secondly. I’m no longer I afraid to be single.” Finding a niche through involve ment with student organizations is something many college students find important to do from the beginning of one’s college career. Eubanks said he wishes he would have gotten into a social outlet his fresh man year. Eubanks said an organization such as Upstream, a Bible study for fresh- man, would have been a great place for him Jjp to get involved. As upperclassmen and recent graduates re examine their lives in college, they may find them selves regretting subpar study habits. While some stu dent confess they wished they would have studied more, Eubanks said the key to studying is all about location, location, location. “I wish 1 never would have studied in my room, “Eubanks said. “The library or computer lab is good for getting school work done. Today, my personal space is a sanctuary for rest and friends.” Former member of 3LW files suit against R&B trio NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Naturi Naughton, a former member of the plat- jnum-selling teen group 3LW, claims in a awsuit that she was forced out of the R&B no because she was not “ghetto enough.” Naughton, 18, says she was ousted from e group, whose hits include “Playas Con ay and “No More,” in August. n a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court ln Newark, the East Orange resident NEWS IN BRIEF charged that the “purported manager of the group, Michelle Williams, said Naughton “did not present the appropriate ‘project girl image,”’ and berated her as “Ms. Two Parent Household.” The lawsuit was filed Friday. It names group members Kiely Williams, 16, of Annandale, and Adrienne Bailon, 18, of New York. Also sued was Williams, who is Kiely’s sister; another sister, Tse Williams, owner of Nine Lives Entertainment of Newark; Big Cat Management of New York; and STUDENT TRAVEL rock Fish Camp *03 Chairperson Applications Available Now! 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