Issue date: 10/20/04 Section: Opinion

It really seems like every year I'm going to have to write one of these. If you were one of my orientation students I probably jammed it down your throats.

There are two things I hate: the Yankees and student apathy at Suffolk. Everybody else writes about the Yankees, so I'm writing about student apathy at Suffolk.
I recently attended Fall Fest, a show put on here at Suffolk in the C. Walsh Theater.

Even though I am no master thespian I know when something is well done and the show was extremely well done.

Everybody who performed was great and I have a lot of respect for those willing to perform on a public stage.

Unfortunately I wish more people came. I wish more people cared. I wish I saw different people attend this event other then the usual 4th floor faces.

I know some of you might think I sound like a broken record. I wrote a piece similar to this last year, but obviously it didn't work. If I was your orientation leader last summer you probably remember me urging everyone to get involved in this community.

I stand by those words and will stand by them till I either die or graduate.

Too many people just pass through the halls without ever giving thought or care about this university.

I see them everyday, they just come in, take classes and leave. It's sad really.

Suffolk has so much to offer and I see these students not taking advantage of it. It kind of pains me.

I urge everybody to do something. Join a club, go to an event and for the love of God go to Fall Fest next year.

Even the kids who smoke at the gravel pit are involved.

They smoke and usually are good conversationalist. They contribute to the Suffolk community.

Everyone who hangs out or participates at Suffolk is part of the community.

We need people to participate in this community.

I'm sick and tired of seeing the same people doing everything. I want to see new people do things, anything in fact.

If you haven't been to the 4th floor on Donahue, please visit. Just hang out, join a club, play ping pong, do something.

Your parents pay enough for you to go here, the least you could do is catch an episodes of the Cosby's on the big screen TV up there.

I write this and many people will agree with me. The only problem is that those people are probably already involved. I just hope my message can reach a few students out there.

In five, 10 or 20 years I know what kind of memories I will have.

I know the stories I will tell. They will be of long nights in the Journal office, orientations during the summer, Suffolk dances, going to Suffolk productions and much, much more. They will be filled with friends that I know and love and keep in touch with.

I do not know and do not want to know what kind of memories the those other students will have.

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