Signs It's Over

I take off for a relaxing week in the Green Mountains in the morning, the First Years roll in on Saturday, and Jim Zielinski & Counselors are shipping out to visit prospectives all over the globe. These plans all look good on paper, but it's easy to wonder how I'm sure summer is over. It's only mid-August! But the calendar isn't lying. It's no trick of the light. It's over. Here's how I know:


Exhibit A. I'm out of toilet paper. Not to mention that this isn't even my bathroom anymore. Summer housing on campus has been vacated. I'm back on Porter 3rd where I belong.



Exhibit B. Travis has completely bugged out. He is pictured here in the room where all the mailing/magic happens, but since this was taken he has moved on to his post as an Orientation Leader for New Student Days. One might say he went postal with the end in sight, but that would be a bad pun on too many levels for this late date in August.



Exhibit C. I'm exhausted. I've been running all across the Midwest searching for good ice cream (no, Dairy Queen does not count). I finally found the Dairy Haus. It's just down the road in Rockton and the homemade fare is worth the dough. This picture shows Lucy '07 and Rachel '08 enjoying their dinner the way every child dreams they will when they're all grown up. Truth: I bought Lucy the ice cream as a bribe for her help with my big move across campus this afternoon-- easily the wisest four dollars of the summer.



Exhibit D. Our fearless leader (Sue) has turned into a Who.



Exhibit E. We've come full circle on the blog. You know the show is over when you see the Grand Casali Fountain at rest in the freshly-painted Gold Key Office. Brandi is ready and waiting, prospies.



Exhibit F. Among all these low-quality pictures of this week, it might be difficult to spot the irrefutable evidence that summer is toast. So, in case you need some more concrete proof we've still got people manning the phones, here's a stealth photo of The Boss, still chained to his phone to answer your questions! I risked my life to snag this shot.

If all this wasn't enough proof that this season is on the way out, I'm afraid I've run out of clues for you. I've got a bus ticket and a boarding pass tucked into my wallet and that's enough for me. I'm "publishing" this and signing off. Hope you all had a great summer, we sure did. Please e-mail, visit, or instant message us anytime. Summer is over, but the Admissions Office is open year-round.

- Julia

And a river ran through it...

but it starts as a trickle...

Students are slowly returning to campus in spurts, flowing smoothly across their Beloit stomping grounds with fresh energy. For those of us that have been here for a while, the returning faces spark not a small bit of excitement, for we know that life is again breathing itself back into the campus and college community. Yet, new faces sprinkle themselves throughout the waves, unsure and still slightly confused, that feeling of drifting that First-Years often experience. Never fear, they will find what they will, with us as their guides if need be.

Regardless, I'm ready for school to start, classes to begin, clubs to meet, and experiences to continue. Summer has been fun, but summer can be tiresome and finally we return to the place of our own, the place we call home.

I guess I could be rambling, but in many ways not. This is the beginning as all points are, and off I go on another adventure.


Travis...