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FALL 2017
LINDSAY BARNDT
Director, Office of Student Transitions
Two years of IVF treatments.
Sixteen weeks pregnant. No heartbeat.
Twelve hours of labor. Three ounces of what
could have been. But I am grateful.
For modern medicine that saved my life.
For coming home to my 2-year-old, the
little one still here. For being allowed to eat
as many cheeseburgers as I wanted after
losing a third of my blood supply. Gratitude
is easy when life is good. But choosing
gratitude when life destroys you?
That's my story. And a deep love of
cheeseburgers — just hold the pickles.
CHRISTOPHER BLAKELEY '19
Civil engineering
I have never fit into a particular clique,
I tend to float from group to group.
My grandfather taught me to be kind
and to be a helper. So I am that guy that
sees the outsider and befriends him.
It's not always an advantage to not be
anchored to a group, but I think
my grandfather would be proud.
