Life as a Denison student is difficult, comedic, and sometimes downright cringe-worthy. Trying to balance the workload of classes, extracurriculars, meetings with professors, eating food, sleeping, and finding time to breathe can be more than hectic and stressful. Some of the moments encountered on a regular basis as a student here have reminded me a lot of the gang from "Parks and Rec" (see below.)
PSA: Don't forget to treat yo self.
1. The feel when they took the waffle maker out of Huffman...![]()
(And don't get me started on the Panini Press.)
2. Checking Blackboard or Notebowl for your grades feels a lot like...
*thumbs up*
3. When Denison Crushes has never featured you...
4. Walking up the stairs from the gym or South Quad.
5. Trying to eat Curtis/Huffman dinner...
6. After a professor assigns 2 essays, an exam, a group project, and a presentation in a 3-week time span.
Why. Just why.
7. Seeing your friend on DenisonSnaps living their best life...
8. Trying to eat healthily but making one of those 2 AM trips to Jolly Pirate instead.
9. Looking at the Denison calendar and realizing that MLK day is celebrated a week late, Winter Break is only 3 weeks, and we don't get classes off for Labor Day...
I don't understand.
10. Walking into Slayter to use your declining at 1:00 PM and seeing how long the line is.
All I wanted was a quick lunch.
11. Talking to your advisor about next semester/internships/what you want to do with your life.
12. When the Swasey bells play a song you know on the way to class.
13. Walking all the way to the Nest/The Snatch in the dark...only to realize it's closed.
(And swearing you can actually taste a snagel or flatbread in your mouth the whole walk back).
14. Seeing the "student accounts tuition" email pop up in your inbox and realizing this semester's payment could feed all small children of Ukraine for 6 months.
15. But at the end of the day, knowing you're exactly where you're supposed to be--you couldn't picture yourself anywhere else.
(To Denison,)
