Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Graduate: explore o By J.T. WAGENHEIM Editor in Chief I don't envy those of you who are graduating this semester. I don't want to scare you, but your time here as a USC undergrad has expired. It's time to fly from Cocky's roost into the great unknown of job searches, car payments and, for some, the married life. As you scramble to take the last final exams you'll ever have to take, return overdue library books and pay those parking tickets that will keep you from getting your degree, I thought it appropriate for cnmer?n#? whn i? ?ti!1 cliohtlv sane to offer some pointers for Real World 101. First of all, the Real World is not a show on MTV where we attempt to answer the question: "What happens when seven strangers get together and live in a strange house...?" The real world is all about responsiblity, decision-making and all of that other stuff your parents told you you would have to learn something about before you graduated. Whether you have is another story, I'm sure. Second, don't be afraid to take risks or relocate or get into something that you 5 should ta ptions and J.T. Wagenheim EDITOR IN CHIEF never thought you'd ever get into. Your career lives have just sprung from their collegiate loins. You still have room to play around, you know, get your feet wet before settling down and making do-or-die decisions. Third, if you do screw-up along the way, just pick yourself up and get right back into what it was you screwed up in (Unless you were fired for losing $12 billion of corporate assets. You might want to try something else). Just try real hard not to make the same mistake twice, and of course, learn from those mistakes. Fourth, explore all your options about careers and job opportunities before deciding on one. If someone wants you bad enough, they'll wait until you can make a good decision. I hope that many of you are even faced with problems of Are ^?,u c ke risks, decisions making decisions ? that means vmi'11 dn alrioht J ? o I don't know how valid these things are coming from a junior AD/PR major, but I think they sound good and make pretty decent sense. You may have some of your own words of wisdom to live by, and I think that whatever you do ? as long as you give it 100 percent ? you will be successful. There is a book by Dr. Seuss that I guarantee at least 50 percent of you will get from parents or friends on graduation day: "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" It basically details ? Dr. Suess style ? what is ahead nf vmi at vrni rtac? from thi? ? J V ~ """ point in your life to the next. If no one gives it to you for graduation, please pick up a copy (no, I am not on commission with Random House). Dr. Seuss can certainly attest to what lies ahead better than I can, so let me leave you with something from "Oh, the Places You'll Go!": "So...be your name Buxbaum or Bixbv or Brav or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So...get on your way!" 1 scpteriencJed ? DiatrrtxjfO by TfOum M*aa Sfvioa John D. Althaus John Boy: Youm All the best in you Congratulations oi Love, Mom, Dad, i Andrea Covingl You have worke* so very proud of Love, Mom & E Doug Searcy Congratulations c You make us proi Love, Mom & D ' li fTlir T Alia JpF- T~A ss ' <**? <S!K 4 - ? MM . * //4 ;en, Jr. ade us very proud, rteaching at USF. 11 receiving your PhD. Xjt rr omi 1 \t | V*. M. U11111J 5 MB! jjf LUI1 i so hard, and we are you! tad kjin J* s \ . :J yy -x^^. - * *.t;? M *Ski % mS - * >n a job well done! jd! ad j ??*f . | r\ 1 ft if -m