The Final Countdown

With the Best of VCU issue upon us, The CT is bringing a lot of things to the table. Today also happens to be my last column. We have made it a long way, from the 2008 presidential election, to my personal thoughts on the meaning behind baking different types of cakes.

Therefore, to bring everything back full circle, here you have it: the last list of random things I have been thinking about lately-including some of my always appreciated, sage advice.

1. Go cruising

There are going to be some sizzling hot temperatures for the next few days. Take advantage of this beautiful weather and be one of those people who cruise around campus with obnoxious music blasting. Just don’t forget the “stunna shades.”

2. Throw a giant “let’s get ready for summer” rager

There is no better way to de-stress after finals than to find a friend with a backyard, buy some tiki torches and party in a way that will make Lindsay Lohan look like a nun. Also, find a friend with a grill. Food is a great add-on for a rager-and it’s cookout season.

3. B.Y.O.B. parties

In the three years I have been at VCU, I can count on my hand the times I have been to a party that wasn’t B.Y.O.B. It is what you should expect when partying in Richmond. My friends and I used to mourn the fact that we would have to make sure we were well supplied before going out, but I would rather be bringing my own beverages than attend school in Harrisonburg for even one day. Farms make me dangerously antsy.

4. R.I.P. Bea Arthur

With the loss of Estelle Getty in July, and then with the passing of my personal favorite, Bea Arthur, it has been a rough year for “The Golden Girls.” There will never again be a sitcom like “The Golden Girls.” Before, “sitcom” meant Ray Romano being terribly unfunny on CBS for nine seasons. “The Golden Girls” consisted of people who could have been your grandmothers sitting around a kitchen table and warming American hearts.

5. “The Hills” > “The City”

Basically, it’s like this: Whitney Port has never really been interesting. Therefore, why she got her own TV show is completely beyond me. Both are completely terrible, trashy shows, but if I’m going to have to pick one, I’m going with “The Hills.”
For example, we get to see Lauren Conrad crying in every episode because she breaks a nail or Spencer is mean to her, Audrina “Ceiling Eyes” Patridge trying her hardest to make eye contact with anyone she talks to and Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt being horrible people. “The Hills” is a win-win situation for everybody, and if that makes me shallow, I don’t care. You can’t fight the truth.

6. VCU needs a bigger library

VCU is one of the biggest schools in Virginia, yet the library is so small that every year it gets more and more crowded with students frantically trying to find a place to study, especially around midterms and finals. The library should be expanded to better accommodate students.

Schools such as the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have comparable student bodies to VCU and have multiple libraries. While VCU might not have room for multiple libraries on the Monroe Park Campus, we have room to expand the one we have.

And finally,

Thank you for reading my columns and for your feedback, both positive and negative. I have fun writing and hope that you have had even more fun reading. Good day.