With graduation just around the corner, it seems like time to look back at what really made us Ducks. Some memories are good, some not so much, but all of them together are what made for one heck of an experience. In case you don’t remember it all, here are the top 10 things you will miss, and won’t miss, about attending the University.
10 Things You Will Miss
1. Watching the Duck do push-ups — he made scoring a touchdown even more exciting.
2. The social norm that it’s OK to drink excessively — once you graduate it’s just called alcoholism.
3. Late-night Dough Co. deliveries — it takes forever, but man is it delicious.
4. Having your friends all live within a few blocks — you hardly ever have to drive around here.
5. Staying up all night partying — it’s not like you can sleep through everyone else partying, anyway.
6. Having breaks every few months — unless you are becoming a teacher, get ready to work year-round.
7. Getting student discounts — we won’t catch another break like that until we are senior citizens.
8. Closing time at Max’s — “Sweet Caroline” will never be the same.
9. Standing in the student section at football games — if you are anywhere else, standing just blocks people’s view.
10. Being a Duck fan that actually goes to Oregon — at least we can always say we did.
10 Things You Won’t Miss
1. Two-hour PowerPoint presentations — also known to many of our classmates as nap time.
2. Campus espresso — let’s be honest, it’s not the best thing we’ve ever tasted.
3. Sharing a laundry room — good riddance to people moving my clothes for me.
4. Math 111 — one of the most-failed classes, and when do we really use math, anyway?
5. Staying up all night studying — we cram as much as possible only to forget it all right after the test.
6. Not being able to register for classes you need — you would think having senior status would be more effective.
7. Buying expensive textbooks and then not needing to use them — talk about money down the drain.
8. Trying to get from Agate Hall to McKenzie in 10 minutes — you can do it, but you won’t miss it.@@only if you’re biking can you make it. I walk faster than anyone I know and I can’t.@@
9. The canvassers at 13th and University — it seems we’ve all mastered the “maybe they will leave me alone if I pretend to be texting” maneuver.
10. Blackboard — you would think the professors would actually know how to use it by now.