West Chester University - Serpentine Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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hen we left home four years ago to pursue our college Wf careers, we chose a new direction — the avenue of higher education. Some came to West Chester Univer- sity to get away from parents, to make new friends, to party, and to find themselves. But, what we have found in the last four years is that higher education is not limited to the classroom. All of the students here at West Chester are constantly learning. Every day we are faced with new problems and for- thcoming challenges stemming from the littlest of emergen- cies — like what avenue to pursue for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night festivities, to uncompatible roommates, to the twenty-five page typed term paper due in the morning. The journey of higher education has forced us to come to terms with our limitations as individuals — where we must draw the line with ourselves, friends, roommates, partying, and class work. So, after our final year as undergraduates, we are ready — ready to put into effect what we have learned inside and out- side of the classroom, willing to deal with problems, hassles, deadlines, and conflicts that we are about to face for the rest of our lives. The forthcoming pages of The Serpentine are aimed to looking at the life we have led in the last four years; the paths we have chosen to walk, run, and sometimes even stumble down, all in the pursuit of the avenue of higher education.