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SPRING 2017
Poll: 100 freshmen
We shanghaied students in the Travers-Wolfe lounge
and solicited thoughts from their first year in college. What a fab bunch.
No. of students with the following
on their graduation bucket list
INTERNSHIP
80
STUDY ABROAD
78
BECOME MORE
GENEROUS
60
BECOME FRIENDS
WITH SOMEONE
VERY DIFFERENT
FROM ME
54
FALL IN LOVE
42
LEARN SECOND
LANGUAGE
40
REDUCE DEPENDENCE
ON SNOOZE BUTTON
40
Obsolete by 2020
Talking on phone / chalkboards /
driving a car / email / mail delivery /
memes / cursive / Facebook / waiters /
everything
15 students describe themselves in one great word: Revolutionary / extravagant / goofball / compassionate / precise / humble /
determined / scintillating /
unstoppable / quirky / beautiful / adventurous / loyal / chill / landslide
MEAGHANNE McBRIDE
MUSIC
What are the biggest
challenges facing the nation?
RACIAL INEQUALITY
59
EDUCATION
41
CLIMATE CHANGE
32
ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY
27
IMMIGRATION
27
TERRORISM
25
WAR
4
Are you confident your life
will look like the American dream?
Yes
50
Ha Ha
50
