The end is near! Only six more months till graduation and it still seems the year just started. We, the seniors, have so little time left but so much to do.

So much has happened in the first five months of my senior year. Homecoming has come and gone, with another senior float victory and the hilarious antics of the King dance and Queen pageant. The senior retreat was a complete success with great worship and fun games. The senior girls also took home the powder puff trophy on Nov. 16.

I remember one of my first trips off campus with Carson Hopper, Kara Linkowski and Ellie Wilhelm. Nothing especially memorable happened but the conversation we had was interesting. Apparently we are going to buy a house together with a rainmaker so that it constantly rains over the house with the sole reason being that it is ?romantic and/or depressing.? I?ll never forget that time.

Our skits during Senior Retreat will forever stand out in my mind. The T-Rex versus Godzilla showdown, Ryan Brunn as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and Fuji‘s homerun catastrophe brought our class together with their chaos.

I know it sounds like seniors, seniors, seniors, but underclassmen still have time to shine. Night of the Stars is coming and this senior class has never taken home the big film trophy. This is the last chance for the seniors and the chance for the underclassmen to show us up again.

I remember going to Night of the Stars my freshman year when Scott Callisch won Best Teacher Cameo from our first movie. That was the only award we won that year and we bore it proudly.

Looking back at past senior classes, senioritis has driven their closing moments. What kind of memory is that? This should not be an aspiration of this year?s senior class and I do not want to be remembered for our lack of passion. From the rush of the senior trip to graduation night, it is understandable that they would want to get out. But lets not use this as an excuse.

The lure of college is great and beautiful but that is not a reason to slack off in the present. The fear or anticipation of the future should not dictate what we do in the present. Now is our time to shine. Now before the moment is gone.