Weekend Activities.
Saturday, I went down to Pullman to visit the new TKE colony that is starting up there. They seem like a good group of young men. Rebuilding a fraternity is very hard work, but the impact that their work will have on young men for generations to come are pretty profound.
I find it quite interesting to work with college communities. The college world ends after 4-9 years. Each student has the opportunity to leave a legacy within that short window of time, much as we all have the opportune to leave a legacy over the course of our life here in the 'real' world. It seems that the accelerated timeline makes the consequences of our decisions more profound. The consequences of or decisions in college seem to play out in an accelerated fashion compared to the rest of or our life decisions. We are exposed to every temptation in college, and either resist or we don't. Reputations are established quickly, We learn to swim or we sink. Our successes and failures in the college world shape the way that we make decisions for the rest of our life.
Anyway, It is interesting too look back at my college days, think about who influenced me back then, and what impact they had on the rest of my life. It is also interesting to wonder what impact I had on other classmate's lives over the course of time that I spent in college. We are so impressionable that at that point of our life that even when we disagree with somebody, our disagreement can form part of our identity for the rest of our lives. Weird.
