Spring Break
Real World Worse Than College Bubble
Rob Casapulla
Issue date: 5/6/07 Section: Commentary
Finally on this small list, of course, will be your ability to drive places and actually park in the same state as your destination. Don't get me wrong, there are meter maids out in the real world too, although I highly doubt that they pursue ticketing with quite the enthusiasm as the guy that does it here.
Now that being said there are worse places on the planet than UConn. Darfur comes to mind. After all, where else can you stand in a parking lot with 10,000 college kids for no other reason than to get trashed and maybe to see a fight. You'll also never be able to walk down a road that's lit up better than a city block but that's still named the rape trail - sorry, the "Celeron bike path." Truthfully you could come back for the Spring Weekend festivities or any of the parties at Carriage or Celeron but do you really want to be that guy?
You'll probably miss some of the other things UConn has offered, which no doubt most of you never partook in. Once you leave college it's generally frowned upon to sleep until noon or later on a daily basis. You won't be able to work on just Tuesdays and Thursdays anymore either. Going to work still drunk from the night before? Probably out of the question, unless you've landed a job in Ted Kennedy's office. Things like Oozeball and "One-Ton Sundaes" are not generally offered in most office buildings.
Those of you who have been here for four years remember when the men and women won the NCAA Tournament and you won't be at college for that to happen ever again. Granted, the way things are going, the rest of us will never be in college to see it either.
Apart from the student section of the basketball games, you won't be able to go to pointless rallies or presentations, or walk by people lying on the ground just "dying for a change." It's annoying but it's also always amusing. Likewise you won't be able to pretend like you're going to attend all those random lectures but then go out drinking instead.
Now that being said there are worse places on the planet than UConn. Darfur comes to mind. After all, where else can you stand in a parking lot with 10,000 college kids for no other reason than to get trashed and maybe to see a fight. You'll also never be able to walk down a road that's lit up better than a city block but that's still named the rape trail - sorry, the "Celeron bike path." Truthfully you could come back for the Spring Weekend festivities or any of the parties at Carriage or Celeron but do you really want to be that guy?
You'll probably miss some of the other things UConn has offered, which no doubt most of you never partook in. Once you leave college it's generally frowned upon to sleep until noon or later on a daily basis. You won't be able to work on just Tuesdays and Thursdays anymore either. Going to work still drunk from the night before? Probably out of the question, unless you've landed a job in Ted Kennedy's office. Things like Oozeball and "One-Ton Sundaes" are not generally offered in most office buildings.
Those of you who have been here for four years remember when the men and women won the NCAA Tournament and you won't be at college for that to happen ever again. Granted, the way things are going, the rest of us will never be in college to see it either.
Apart from the student section of the basketball games, you won't be able to go to pointless rallies or presentations, or walk by people lying on the ground just "dying for a change." It's annoying but it's also always amusing. Likewise you won't be able to pretend like you're going to attend all those random lectures but then go out drinking instead.
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