My Blog Hiatus Explained

I’ve hated most of the blogs I’ve written lately.  I think I’ve hated them because I wasn’t being myself.  Let me explain….

I don’t do student activities because I think it’s the best thing in the world.  I don’t do student activities because I love playing bingo or setting up picnics or arranging late night dance parties.  Let’s be honest, in the big scope of things in life, these kind of events are meaningless and a diversion.

I do student activities for bigger reasons.  I do student activities because the students that get on the inside and participate can be set free from the bullshit that happens in the classroom, the pressures of families and friends and can really pursue their own interests and curiosities unabated in a way that’s completely different from ANYTHING else on campus.

Have a passion for social justice?  Set up a service event or bring a speaker to talk about Darfur.  Love music?  Invite one of your favorite bands to rock out your campus.  Politics more your gig?  We’ve bought Cory Booker (the man!  @corybooker) and Mike Huckabee to our campus this year.  The possibilities are literally endless as well as the experiences.

I’m all about self-actualization and there are very few things that give the opportunity to self-actualize more than doing student activities, at least in it’s best form.  I’d forgotten that in some of my latest blogs as I’ve tried to find my niche in the blogosphere.  But you can’t write that way and expect to produce anything more than boring bilge.  No more, my friends.