COMMENTARY THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2010 www.hpe.com
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Attention City Council candidates
211 W. Lexington Avenue, Suite 104, High Point, NC 889.9977
The Enterprise is offering to candidates for High Point City Council and the mayor’s post the chance to write one guest column about their candidacies to be published prior to city elections, which will be held Nov. 2. Columns must be no longer than 450 words (columns exceeding that length will be rejected in their entirety, as will be columns that are potentially libelous). Columns must be e-mailed or digitally transmitted to the Enterprise no later than 5 p.m., Oct. 1. E-mail columns to Vince Wheeler, Opinion page editor, at vwheeler@hpe.com. Call him at 888-3517 with questions. Columns must include the candidate’s full address and a daytime phone number.
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eople always say that kids grow up fast. I guess that’s true, since now I’m all grown up and ready to start college. I’m writing my last column from my dorm at UNC-Greensboro, a tiny postage stamp room that always stays cold, even when the AC is off. I have to do my own laundry now, which I have done maybe twice in my life (but as a college student I’m supposed to be able to figure that one out). Speaking of figuring out, there already have been problems to solve; one might call them quizzes before the actual test begins. The very first one involved my room. As I said before, my room is small. I expected limited space, but man, when I walked in, I couldn’t help but wonder how I would even get around in it. So during the attempt to arrange the beds, dressers and desks in a way so that my roommate and I wouldn’t kill ourselves in the night, my mom and I decided to bunk the beds. With a herculean effort we prevailed – and ended up with a mattress six feet in the air. While a bunked bed frees up more space, it also leads to the natural and proper question – what is the best way to get up there? I decided not to jump (as my boyfriend suggested) and for a few days had to settle with climbing up the end in a somewhat Spiderman fashion, albeit awkwardly. (Don’t worry, Mom; I was careful.) Fortunately, my dad constructed a ladder that makes the climb much safer (because a life-threatening situation twice a day gets old after a while). Another trouble I’ve encountered
is having to learn the operating times of buildings. Conflicting operating hours made picking up my books a hassle, and it also resulted in many hungry freshTEEN VIEW man when the honors orientation on SatJulie urday was scheduled Fox to begin at the same ■■■time that the cafeteria opened. Let’s just say we learned the caf’s schedule the hard way. And the list goes on – learning the bus routes, trying not to overload my schedule and finding the buildings where my classes are located are just a few of the things I’m starting to think about. But these last few days haven’t contained only problems. I’ve made new friends, seen new perspectives and even gotten excited about my honors classes, which I was previously neutral about. I must say I have fallen in love with the cafeteria – there are so many options that I just have to try! And even convocation wasn’t all bad; some school pride might be making its way into my heart – not to be sentimental or anything. So as I close my last column, I just want to let my readers know that I’m thankful for your support this year as I’ve made my journey to where I am now. I’ve liked hearing that many of you enjoyed my writing. There’s just one thing left to say: Go Spartans! Teen View columnist JULIE FOX is a 2010 graduate of High Point Christian Academy.
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