A matter of introduction
As I’m a freshman at Columbia, it’s become my duty to lend a perspective to Spectrum that is at once naïve and cynical—think Horatio Alger on six cups of coffee a day. Having spent the last two years in a sad and desolate corner of Wales, it’s high time that I adjust to city life and move beyond the drizzle and the sheep. The pubs won’t be the same and neither will at least one meaning of the word “rubber,” but there’s the slightest chance that some of what I learned there just might translate.
Having minutely sized up my surroundings during NSOP out of sheer paranoia, I feel confident in stating that every member of the Class of 2015 has something unique to offer, and I eagerly welcome my peers and the myriad of perspectives that they bring to Morningside Heights. These will be an interesting four years for all of us, and I hope that our varying ideas and opinions—and our jackass, toolbag criticisms of those ideas and opinions, deserved and undeserved alike (but constant nonetheless)—will make the time we spend together all the more interesting. At the very least it’ll be entertaining.
William Holt is a freshman.
What’s the other meaning of rubber? This bothers me a surprisingly large amount.
is naive. Also boring.
and annoying. typical use of the “As a fat pig, I…” while referencing a 19th century author. PATHETIC. GROW UP. THIS IS THE IVY LEAGUE NOW.
and especially the first line…
Idk what you’re talking about, but I thought the post was friendly and readable. More importantly, his voice comes through, and it’s one I don’t mind hearing. Yours on the other hand…I mind. Yes, it’s the ivy league now. Grow up yourself and learn to let him talk.
It’s late. I’m up. Where’s the 1:11?
Sorry to disappoint, Anonymous! Spectrum officially returns to its full content cycle tomorrow, including the 1:11, the Wake Up Call, and a whole host of goodies we’ve got waiting for you. See you then!
I loved “Horatio Alger on 6 cups of coffee” a little too much. Good.
attaboy holt
STEVE HOLT!
“myriad of perspectives”
No of, buddy.
Myriad can be an adjective OR a noun, thankyouverymuch
if anything it’s obvious that you loved that ‘sad and desolate corner of Wales.’