I think we could make a pretty good case for renaming Target College Depot or We Have Everything You Need For Really Cheap or even, I Bet You Didn’t Know You Needed To Buy That Until You Saw It Here. Okay, so maybe that last one is kind of a mouthful.

This is important because it's comic relief and because Target really is a great place for college students.

My roommate and I go to Target at least once a week. We get groceries, toiletries and clothing. More importantly, we go to get useless things we don’t need from the dollar section. One of my favorite purchases from this section is a pair of black socks that have glow-in-the-dark bones on them. I know what you’re thinking. Great purchase, right? Very logical and versatile, you say, as you roll your eyes. Well, they were both of those things during Halloween season, thank you very much.

Target might be the best thing that ever happened to this college town besides, maybe, the legalization of marijuana. Not only is Target just a five minute bus ride away from campus, it also has a variety of essentials for cheap prices. I don’t think I’ve ever walked out of Target without a smile on my face and at least 10 pounds hanging on both arms.

If this testimony hasn’t convinced you to love Target more than you love quesadilla day at the Farrand Grab ‘n’ Go, then these next few reasons most definitely will.

Target, along with other stores in Boulder, charges customers if they choose to use the plastic Target bags to carry their groceries. This deters people from using the wasteful plastic bags because nobody, especially a broke college student, is willing to pay the extra $.10 for the ease of using plastic bags. Instead, most of us choose to stuff everything we can into our backpacks, reusable bags or our pockets.

One of my favorite things about Target is the staff. Often, the employees are good-looking college students. Want an excuse to talk to the cute guy behind the electronics counter? Go ask him which one of the cameras is best for outdoor photography. I’m sure he likes to hike, so the conversation will turn to that. Keep going and eventually he’ll ask you to be his girlfriend because you have so much in common. Okay, so maybe he won't ask you to be his girlfriend, but you’ll get to talk to a cute guy and you'll find out which camera is best for outdoor photography and that's pretty cool, too.

I’m fully confident that you are now 100 percent convinced that Target is great and you should go there at least once a week. In fact, I’m not sure how I would have gotten this far into my freshman year without the Target in Boulder. I would never have snacks to eat in between meals. I wouldn’t have seasonal decorations to put on the otherwise bare, institutional

dorm walls. And I wouldn’t have these buff arms from carrying my Target treasures to the bus and then to my dorm. As a citizen, it's your duty to go to Target, spend your money and have great snacks and glow-in-the-dark socks.