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Roger Irvin Bair III Psychology Melissa Lou Bain History Recently I was asked by a perspective freshman, "What's Western Maryland College like?" The question was familiar. In fact, I have answered that question so often that I was prepared to pull out the standard, "private, liberal arts college, located at the foothills of the Catoctins," answer. However, just before I turned on my speech. I decided to get heavy with this unsuspecting youngster. After ten minutes of impassioned, oratorical genius, I realized that this person had no idea of what I was talking about. So, I down-shifted, and gave him the information he needed to hear. Please allow me to try again. College is about change. We all quickly learn that lesson when we arrive. What were once considered universal truths, leading to a well behaved future, begin to slip through our fingers. High school sweethearts quickly fade into the distance, majors change, and jobs emerge where we never dreamed they would. The changes are inevitable. The variables are each individual's ability to be receptive of the need for change when Glen Ricahrd Barlow it arises and then, to adjust with all Biology the implications of the change. The adjustment is an uncomfortable process at best, and is often fairly painful. Perhaps it is our responsibility, as students, to manuver through these transitions .... 223