Freshmen at Large - Stephanie Hodges

Being a freshman is literally the best thing in the world. You can get away with not knowing how to get anywhere, you don’t have any underclassmen to worry about, and walking through campus everyday is still semi-exciting. However, being a freshman gives everyone around you a perfectly acceptable reason to laugh and make fun of you wherever you go. This is the reason I try to conceal my 2010 identity by not wearing “Fish Camp 2010” shirts or wearing high heels to class. Instead of begging an upperclassman to humiliate me by asking how to get to Evans Library, I ask a semi-responsible looking adult to direct me. When surrounded by juniors or seniors at a game, I drop the whole wildcat thing and just silently “AAAAAA” to myself. However, being the outgoing girl that I am, I let it slip every once in a while. For all you freshmen and curious upperclassmen, here are a few things I have learned from my recent freshman experiences.
1. Saying “hullabaloo caneck caneck” more than twice in a conversation may give you away.
2. Telling someone “Hey guess what. I saw James the yell leader today,” is one thing you may want to avoid.
3. Don’t ask your teacher to go to the bathroom. Your teacher will be confused, and when you get back, the two Corps guys in your class will be laughing at you. Don’t do it.
4. When you ask your prof a question, don’t address her as “teacher.” I have never done this, but I think it would be pretty embarrassing.
5. Don’t get overly excited when you find the C-store in the Commons, especially when wearing your sorority shirt. That’s when people start to stereotype.
6. Whatever you do, make sure you’re not featured weekly in the college newspaper under a column entitled “Freshman at Large.” That’s kind of a give-away.