Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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It Went By So Fast. C ollege...four years in the Twilight Zone, stuffed in between the insecure, adolescent imma¬ turity of high school and the burgeoning maturity of adulthood and a professional career. I learned how to learn, cook perfect macaroni cheese, and bounce a check. I flirted with alcohol poisoning, suffered through job interviews and complained about the 5:1 ratio. Oh yeah, and I got a Bachelors Degree . But let ' s face it...the degree was the easiest part of it all. There were academic advisors, profes¬ sors and a course catalog to walk us through it. All that we really had to do was open up a book, go to lecture and ace the quizzes, tests, homework and reports, nothing different from high school. What really made those four years special and significant wasn ' t on that piece of paper I received at com¬ mencement but in my head and heart. 2 Opening

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Faces p JL or most of us, WPI was the first time we were really left on our own two feet, if only for seven weeks at a time. Who can forget Freshmen year? No parental guidance! No restrictions! O.K., it was a little bit scary but, hey, it was also a lot of fun. It was Freshman year when I first discovered what the word party really meant. Unfortunately, along with the discovery of party came the painful introduction to the word, hangover. With one year under our belt, we entered our sophomore year with a bit more confidence. Most friendships at home survived the tumultuous first year and it was great to return to a campus of familiar faces. Those of us who had lost their fresh¬ man fifteen over the summer soon learned about the sophomore fifteen! Problems soon appeared with a steadily increasing workload. Managing to find the time to play sports, be a Greek, participate in clubs and pass courses became a task in itself. And for many came the first of three obstacles to overco¬ me...the Sufficiency.