I can't think of a more frightening thought. Most of us count the days until graduation while preparing for midterms during junior year - but we sing a different tune when we realize that graduation is only a few months away. Some consider working on double or triple majors just to delay graduation. We revel in our freedom to party till 5 a.m. and sleep till noon. I agree with the old saying that college is the best four years of life.
Teenagers here become adults by trying on different identities until one finally fits comfortably.
Call me radical, but I believe that experimenting with drugs is something college students should have an opportunity to do. Aside from the whole legalization debate, I see how many people are actually helping to discover themselves by using drugs responsibly every once in a while. Excuse me Representative, I forgot to tell you about the awesome acid trip I had last weekend. . . I can see the government in the future taking away funding from female students who have had abortions or pulling money from students who participate in anarchist demonstrations. Anything the government of the day doesn't agree with could become a reason to pull out its funding, sending us the message that we don't really deserve a college education.