2008 Woodie Awards
Letter to the Editor
Issue date: 6/20/08
Open letter to incoming freshmen:
As an alumnus and former student leader, there is one piece of advice
that I cannot stress enough to incoming freshman: Get involved.
Hofstra has more than 100 student-run clubs and teams, as well as a
non-commercial radio station that is constantly winning awards. Your
involvement in any of these clubs or in WRHU will not only look good
on your resume, but they are the key to making your time in the
college the best years of your life (so far).
While cliques abound at Hofstra, you will find that, for the most
part, this is not the case with the members of student clubs. When
they flag you down at a student activity fair and ask for your e-mail
address, they are not just doing it for their health. They really want
to welcome you into their fold. And once you start getting involved,
you'll see the fears you had that you wouldn't make any new friends in
college will become a faint memory.
This goes for commuters too. Getting involved will make the difference
between dreading your trip to Hofstra in the morning and looking
forward to it. When you only come to campus for classes and head
straight home afterwards, you won't be able to wait for your four or
so years to be over. If you get out of class and head to a meeting,
game or other activity with people who make you feel like you belong,
you'll never want your college years to end.
While every club has its's social value, some also offer invaluable
preprofessional training. I can personally attest that becoming a
member of The Chronicle prepares students to become working
journalists in a way that a classroom never could. If you plan on
majoring in print journalism but have no intention of joining The
Chronicle or Pulse, Hofstra's student-run magazine, then find another
major. You're just wasting your time going to school. Classes can
teach you the fundamentals of writing, but its practice that makes you
As an alumnus and former student leader, there is one piece of advice
that I cannot stress enough to incoming freshman: Get involved.
Hofstra has more than 100 student-run clubs and teams, as well as a
non-commercial radio station that is constantly winning awards. Your
involvement in any of these clubs or in WRHU will not only look good
on your resume, but they are the key to making your time in the
college the best years of your life (so far).
While cliques abound at Hofstra, you will find that, for the most
part, this is not the case with the members of student clubs. When
they flag you down at a student activity fair and ask for your e-mail
address, they are not just doing it for their health. They really want
to welcome you into their fold. And once you start getting involved,
you'll see the fears you had that you wouldn't make any new friends in
college will become a faint memory.
This goes for commuters too. Getting involved will make the difference
between dreading your trip to Hofstra in the morning and looking
forward to it. When you only come to campus for classes and head
straight home afterwards, you won't be able to wait for your four or
so years to be over. If you get out of class and head to a meeting,
game or other activity with people who make you feel like you belong,
you'll never want your college years to end.
While every club has its's social value, some also offer invaluable
preprofessional training. I can personally attest that becoming a
member of The Chronicle prepares students to become working
journalists in a way that a classroom never could. If you plan on
majoring in print journalism but have no intention of joining The
Chronicle or Pulse, Hofstra's student-run magazine, then find another
major. You're just wasting your time going to school. Classes can
teach you the fundamentals of writing, but its practice that makes you
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posted 7/31/08 @ 12:33 PM EST
I dont think that hofstra has to worry any more with editorials like that.
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