Le Provocateur

"No one opens their doors!" This is the complaint that has been uttered from the lips of many students this year, and not just from freshman. Upperclass RA's have also noticed the lack of socializing among new students. A strikingly large portion of the freshmen class are hibernating in their dorm rooms between or after classes, adding to some of the mystery and frustration of the newcomers.

If you think, "Only a philosopher would say that," think again. For more reasons than one, you are a philosopher, and any 'philosophy' instructor who does not emphasize that fact has a poor philosophy. What follows is for those who want a scientific philosophy rather than a naive one.

Well, I'll be honest. After my wildly successful debut column (five kids on campus have approached me and said, "Hey, I read that thing of yours in the paper,") I really did not think I would be able to handle the pressure that comes with producing another unforgettable college newspaper article.

Remember when...? That question is the one question that can get my friends (whether they be from home or school) and I started on hours of conversation. It might be "Remember the time when we were camping?" or "Remember the time Bill dropped Jen during rehearsal?" but it's always a sure way to get us into conversations that jump from topic to topic, usually having nothing to do with each other.

I'm lucky. I have three friends. You're lucky if you have one. I have three. I have a lot pals, a lot of buddies, but friends- just three. You have to understand that I have a very strict definition of friendship. My definition of friendship is closely based on Aristotle's view of friendship.