A lot has happened since I last posted, but school and extracurricular activities have got in the way. It's all good though, because in two weeks I will officially be done with my freshman year of college. This has definitely been the best year of my life. I can't put into words the amount of amazing experiences that I have had at LMU. I just finished reading the Princeton review on LMU for fun. It certainly doesn't do the school justice. Sure, it has one of the prettiest campuses in the U.S, the happiest students, and the small class sizes and friendly professors are great. What I think many people fail to realize is the amount of students here that are inspirations to each other. I feel that I have phrased that wrongly. I will attempt to elaborate. I have so many peers that are the most genuine people I have ever met. They have strong convictions and they stand by them. Many of my friends have done service in Africa, shot documentaries in Asia, and built schools in the Philippines. Countless people at LMU go on the De Colores service trips to Mexico, tutor children at local schools, work for social justice, and nitiate environmental programs on campus and off. The list goes on and on, but I won't bore you with it. My point is that, even though the Princeton review says that the "skinny, rich-beyond-belief blonde girls whose version of 'scrubbing it' is wearing their Juicy Couture sweatshirts with their Manolo Blahniks" are everywhere on campus, LMU is so much more. I think that Loyola Marymount is one of the most grounded and conscientious schools in L.A and it shouldn't be recognized as a refuge for bratty rich kids.
P.S Tomorrow I will be marching with hundreds of other LMU students for immigration reform. We will march from 3rd Street to McArthur Park.
