By Anthony Jauregui
Senior Reporter
Every day I’m on campus I hear one of three things: A club is promoting an event, someone is giving away free food to bring attention to a club or, “Oh my God, there isn’t anything to do on campus.”
Everyone’s perspective of college is different. To the baby boomers, its somewhere the young generation goes to get blown and protest Nixon. To the 80s and 90s kids, it’s a place to party, get a degree, and live.
To us, it’s a combination of apathy and procrastination.
Along with feeling apathetic and entitled to everything, what I’ve learned about this generation of ours is that criticizing flows through our veins and exits out of our mouths or right back into our brains.
Maybe not every day, but quite often, I hear in passing or in class about how there’s nothing to do in this town but more importantly on this campus. How this is a “dry” school and we need more entertainment.
I’m constantly puddled and muddled with negativity on this campus and I’ve grown a miniscule amount of outrage for it.
I feel like I go to college with a bunch of high school mean girls who think they’re better than everyone and deserve everything handed to them on a silver platter.
If you want entertainment, go to it. Join clubs, go to theatre shows, watch a basketball game, do anything but sit on a horse from atop a mountain and think you’re too good to attend.
I know the things offered on campus may not appeal to everyone, but I promise, there is something out there for you, and if there isn’t, create your own fun.
I used to think this campus was the worst.
I’d park, walk fifteen minutes to a classroom in BFE, take some notes then I’d walk back to my car and leave.
Those were the most depressing moments of my life, aside from “The Office” ending in 2014.
Discovering clubs and activities at CSUB, and joining and being a part of something, the quality of my life grew exponentially.
I’m constantly working on projects and still doing a mediocre job in my required classes.
Instead of saying there isn’t anything to do on campus, I challenge you to do this: Walk down the cold, long desolate hall of DDH on a Friday night and just look at all that is offered here. There’s a freaking gaming club for dang nabbits sake.
There is so much offered here at CSUB.
Off the top of my head there are clubs such as: Club Gen, Film Club, Muslim Student’s Association, Fashion Club, Veteran’s Outreach Club and Japan and Beyond. There are clubs for everyone.
Don’t let your failing buddy who attends UCLA or USC tell you different, you’ll be seeing them soon.
And if you think this a dry campus, think again. There’s booze in the Student Union at Rowdy’s.
