I spent four years at the University,
and all I got was a lousy rivalry
Unfortunately, I spent most of my
time at Oregon yearning to be some
where else. What’s even worse, as every
Friday approached, I eagerly waited un
til I could leave Eugene and drive 45
minutes to the crap capital of Oregon.
Yes, I am one of those girls who over
looked every eligible person at my own
school and became attached to a Beaver.
For three years I experienced the ups
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Throughout the course
of those years, my car has
been introduced to eggs,
milk, orange juice and toi
let paper. I got a free break
fast and something with
which to wipe my ass.
There was the first time I
drove up north to visit to
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Overnight, three eggs somehow found
their way to the roof of my car, only to
be discovered the next day, long after
they had had the opportunity to cook in
the heat of the sun. Believe me, remov
ing dried-on cooked egg from a wind
shield is harder than one would think.
I recall being excited that my
school’s football team was known
across the country and for whatever
reason bragging that my school must
be so obviously better than his for
this reason. He would retort that he
didn’t care and at least his school
wasn’t selling its soul to Nike.
Yeah, well at least I don’t have to take
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I SOMETIMES SPILL
a nealth class to graduate! Oh
yeah, well at least at OSU the
groundskeepers pick up the
grass after they mow it rather
than abandon the leftover clip
pings in wet clumps. Of all
four years I have attended the
University, I have never seen
the grass get picked up, which
for some reason has bothered
me consistently every spring, t suppose
that’s the kind of treatment an agricul
ture school like OSU can give. At least
my campus doesn’t smell like some
thing that came out of a cow’s rear end.
I remember when Autzen Stadium’s
renovation was complete. I joked that
all of Corvallis could fit inside our stadi
um. He retorted that it was good that
my school knows how to spend money
on educational things.
At least we don’t celebrate Hal
loween every day of the year.
But all of that is beside the point. In
the end, the grass sometimes might
have looked greener up there, possibly
because of the natural fertilizer that
runs abundant, but I still enjoyed my
time at Oregon.
So we never got to hold simultane
ous study breaks or go visit IHOP in the
middle of the night because we were
craving pancakes. Well, I could go to
IHOP, but he was stuck with Shari’s.
Although a long-distance relation
ship is hard and I wouldn’t wish it on
anyone, it has its perks. When I wanted
space, I had it, a lot of it. But I
always had the option to go somewhere
different where 1 could escape to when I
was sick of Duckville.
Those Beavers, we love to hate them,
but damn if some of us don’t love to
love them.
Leimena: Graduate unfazed
about medical school delay
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were not many people on the island,
there was this orphanage on the island
that had kids living in it who all had
HIV or AIDS. That means that their
parents had it and died from it.”
Leimena’s passion extends beyond
the medical field. His roommate said
he exudes a passion for life.
“It seems like he never needs sleep,
and he always seems like he has endless
amounts of energy,” advertising major
and roommate Brian Frost said. “Those
should be good traits to make him a doc
tor, along with him being bright. ”
Political science major Marcus Week
said he has known Leimena “forever.”
“I know he is really driven and dedi
cated to becoming a doctor,” Week
said. “He is also really passionate
[
about his hobbies, be it sports
or movies.”
While Leimena won’t be attending
medical school next fall, he is not dis
traught about the competitive process.
“Most people don’t go straight into
medical school when they graduate,” he
said. “I will be attending a school where
I can work towards my masters in pub
lic health, which will give me experience
and will look nice on my resume. ”
For now, even his work at the
Knight Library provides practice inter
acting with people, which Leimena
says is essential to his goals.
“I don’t get to volunteer much any
more because I have to work, but I get
to interact with people daily, which will
be part of my job someday,” he said.
Danielle Hickey | Photo editor
Senior history major Peter Leimena is
looking into attending medical school after
graduation.
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