Cartoons by Crissy Cole; Compilation by Holt Menzies

by CRISSY COLE
Editorial Cartoonist

So, this is it…“My last hurrah,” as they say. Or, if you prefer, The Final Countdown! (at the very least, I hope that song immediately began playing in your head as you read that, but hopefully you thought of “Gob Bluth”).

It’s time for me to put on my cap, gown and blue suede shoes… well, not really on the shoes, although I am tempted to wear my big pink North Face boots across stage since they are the sole reason I survived living in Boone.

Before I go, I want to thank Appalachian State University for being so amazing.

I took the tour of the school, and about 45 minutes later, I was in love. I couldn’t get over how pretty the campus is. I still can’t. I love it. So I want to say thank you to everyone—from the poor sweet angels that work in Housing and Residence Life to the guys who work Food Services on wing night, to Chancellor Peacock. You’ve made my experience incredible.

There are also a few professors I’d like to mention by name. Thank you to Roger Bodo, Roger Gonce, and Paul Gates from the Communication Department. Ol’ Bodo is funny as he is wise, and Professor Gonce has got style for days. Also, I had so much fun with Professor Gates during our summer session. I actually enjoyed learning about communication law thanks to him—plus he has the best stories!

Finally, thank you to Professor Neel Das. I enjoyed your teaching so much that I took two of your classes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me.

Now, before I bid you adieu, here are a few pieces of advice:

Boone goes from awesome to flash flood in a matter of 5 minutes. Get a good raincoat and some galoshes—pronto! You might want to stick an emergency poncho somewhere in the nether-regions of your backpack, too. You never know when the flood will hit…

If you are in the waitressing profession like I am, go work in Blowing Rock. You’ll make bank.

Stay up here for at least one summer. The traffic is perfect, the weather is gorgeous, the swimming holes are fun and only the coolest people stay up here during the summertime.

Go for a hike. The Blue Ridge is breath taking.

Go to class. My marketing professor always includes a Woody Allen quote on his syllabus that simply states, “90 percent of life is showing up.”

Go play games on Sanford Mall. I once drew a turbo hopscotch on the sidewalk. It was awesome.

Get involved! (This one’s for you, Jim Street). I participated in Trailhead Academies and lived and served on the Leadership and Service floor my freshman year. I even joined a sorority…for a while. I wasn’t in love with everything I became involved in, but it was really fun along the way. Then, it led me to something I did fall in love with—The Appalachian newspaper. It is here I have met some of the coolest and funniest people I know—people I call friend and hope not to lose contact with after I leave. On this note, I’d like to say thank you again to everyone on staff with me. We rock, and I am going to miss you guys so much.

And now, as promised—adieu.

Cole, a senior advertising major from Mooresville, is the editorial cartoonist.

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