LN THE The Lion's Eye August 30, 2004 Pye on Campus Goodbye, summer, we hardly knew ye Hot fun in the summer time ... ooohhh yeah! And now, a poem: Hello Summer, Goodbye Books, No More Teacher's Dirty Looks Time for Sun, Time for Fun, Time to let your wal- let run Dry your Eyes, Cloudless Skies, Boring school days we Despise And now we're Out, So give a Shout, But summer jobs we'll do Without! 3 Six months ago you were longing for some hot fun in the summer time. A countless genocide of No. 2 pencils littered your classroom floors in anticipa- tion for the school year to end. Do you recall putting your hand over your face, pretending to take notes, but instead you dreamed of lazy days down the shore sipping strawberry daquiris? Now a hideous ensemble of churning stomachs and the students that go with them drag themselves back onto the Penn State Delco campus as the new scholastic year bellows. Putting a face on a new Lion By SARAH GALLATIG Editor of the Lion’s Eye SLG232@psu.edu The fall semester is starting off fresh ... fresh with freshmen that is. Freshmen get the greatest opportu- nity in the world: To start over, meet new people, receive a better GPA, and join new clubs. Colleen Tustin, a graduate of Academy Park High School, is one of those lucky freshmen. Tustin is planning on earning a degree in communications for two rea- sons. "I would love to be a publicist for the Phillies or Yankees," she said. "And because I like to dress up, talk to peo- ple, and put things together." Choosing Penn State was not a dif ficult decision for Tustin. In fact, it's the only school to which she applied. "I like the school and the football By GERRY DUNGAN | Ahhh, the summertime, and how the living was easy. [| But, I know what you did last summer. Did it go something like this? Just days before your final final, you and your best buds planned on having the most outrageously fun summer vacation — ever. A summer vacation that would make “Girls Gone Wild” look like a cardigan- wearing Mr. Rogers Special. You were all like generals carefully planning covert operations to attack the summer without warning or mercy. And then, only weeks after the last day of school, the casualties began. Let us now take a moment of silence to honor some of our fallen brethren: m Those who immediately had to enslave themselves into one, two, or even three summer jobs in order to pay for a quick three-day trip down the shore — where, of course, it rained the entire weekend. ® Those whose summer consisted of mortifying fami- ly barbeques where Uncle Herman constantly defied logic by burning everything to a crisp yet still man- aged to give you salmonella. m Those who suffered the notorious dog days of sum- mer where they sat in their cars, sweat pouring down, windows down, air-conditioning down. m Those who wished desperately for their own in- ground swimming pool and got one, along with hun- dreds of dollars worth of flood damage. m Those forced to sell their souls in order to get out of or into hellish apartment agreements. m All those who met the perfect someone in June, fell in love with that person in July, and threatened to tear that person limb from limb if he/she didn't stay the @*$# away by the end of August. ® And to all our best buds who had the dumb luck and got to stay in the Bahamas all summer for free: I can't wait for this school year start. Gerry Dungan is a featured columnist for the Lion’s Eye. E-mail him at GMD 138@psu.edu. a - Photo by Sarah Gallatig Colleen Tustin, a graduate of Academy Park High School in Sharon Hill, is one of the incoming freshmen who'll be making the adjustment to college life. ‘Everyone here at Penn State has been so nice,’ she says. "I know I have to study harder than With all the clubs available at Penn team," she said. "Plus, my cousin went here." Another positive aspect about attending college is meeting new people from different diversities. And with Penn State Delco being the most diverse Penn State campus, Tustin will have many opportunities to meet great people, and learn about dif- ferent cultures. "I'm looking forward to having dif- ferent classes and meeting students that I didn't go to high school with," Tustin said. Tustin has decided to spend all four years at Penn State Delco because of a learning disability. "I'm dyslexic,” she said. “I tend to do better in smaller class sizes. And going up to Penn State Main, I heard that the classes are so large that it would be really difficult for me." Tustin is looking ahead to the fall semester. "The new challenge that Penn State will provide for me is very exciting, but a little overwhelming, too," said Tustin. "I just want to receive good grades that I can be really proud of." As everyone knows, high school is different than college, and Tustin is ready to embrace that challenge. I did in high school,” she said. "But at the same time I'll be making new friends, and in a new learning environ- ment, which I think will help me a lot." Tustin has already had the opportu- nity to begin learning at Penn State, through Penn State's summer program. "The 30-hour program helped prove to me that Penn State will do anything to help me achieve my goals," she said. "The program gave me help that I didn't get in high school." Another aspect about the program that Tustin enjoyed was, "the fact that I could ask for help and people didn't make me feel stupid. Everyone here at Penn State has been so nice." State, Tustin is having a hard time deciding which ones she wants to be involved in. "I already know that I want “ try out for cheerleading, and maybe try the Lion Ambassadors," she said. Tustin has many people rooting for her along the way, but one of the biggest supporters is her role model. "My mom is definitely someone. I look up to,” Tustin said. “She is strong, positive, and entirely giving." Tustin can't wait for the school year to begin. "I'm getting really anxious to see what it's like,” she said. “I'm glad it's here."
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