Look at this guy here. Forced smile, clean shaven face, that gray shirt that, in all fairness, looks pretty good. I look at this photo every week as I write my horoscopes and think, how could I be this person?

Some of you may be thinking, “Morgan, what are you talking about? You are a beauti-

ful man person deserving of a nice steak din- ner,” while others may be thinking, “Wasn’t this photo just taken last semester?”

Both of you may be right, but that’s not the argument I’m making here.

While at Oswego, it’s important that you don’t remain the same person you were. Many have friends from high school who wrote in their yearbooks, “Oh Frank, you are so per- fect, don’t ever change.” Which was probably pretty awkward if your name wasn’t Frank and it’s also lousy advice. You should strive to become a better person than you were.

Everyone knows the stereotypes of people who don’t change from high school. Typically those are shown in TV shows as the captain of the football team who remains hung up on the past as he asks you if you’d like a side of fries with your burger.

This should be a time in our lives where we try to do new things to improve ourselves. You never know what you like or what you can be good at until you give it a try.

I didn’t know I wanted to write for the

newspaper, but last year I gave it a try and now I typically write one to two articles a week, in addition to the horoscopes and the occasional comic that shakes the artistic world to its core.

This applies to classes too. Try taking something different and you can find your true calling. If you’re expecting me to link this to another example from my life about how I took a class that changed my college expe- rience, I unfortunately don’t have one. Still, that doesn’t make that argument less valid.

I do have an example for work though. Freshman year I applied to be a Laker Leader and an RA. Before those jobs I thought I was going to write for a television show. Now, I’m looking at graduate school for higher educa- tion programs, things where I can work with a student staff and run a program that helps students out.

People who go nowhere in life do so be- cause they become stagnant. Be better than you were last year, last semester or last week. It’s the only way to find who you truly are.