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" Before leaving home, I openly preached about my excitement to get out to a city and try new things.  This morning, that concept of trying new things drove me out of bed at 5am so that I could workout with the rowing team! Let me assure you this new endeavor is KICKING MY BUTT. I&amp;#039;m pretty sure I am the least athletic of everyone practicing, but my saving grace is the fact that this girl is still showing up every morning. CofC Crew, if you are reading this, PLEASE don&amp;#039;t kick me off! 17er&amp;#039;s, check out what sports your school offers to kids with no experience. Other new things I&amp;#039;ve tried in my 3 weeks? I went to a dance club! It was the place everyone said was the best in town, and also happened to be a gay bar, so my new friends and I made it a girls&amp;#039; night. It was a great time, and at midnight they had a drag show, which everyone gets SO excited for! Note: if a club opens at 10, getting there at 10:30 doesn&amp;#039;t mean you&amp;#039;re fashionably late. It means you will sit on a couch for an hour waiting on everyone else to get there. Other great new things I&amp;#039;ve tried:   Open Mic Night. At a caf\u00E9, at a museum, anywhere. I don&amp;#039;t write poetry/music, but I like to think I am getting my weekly does of soul.   Making homemade dinner: fried chicken and mac n cheese! Lesson: if you couldn&amp;#039;t cook at home, you can&amp;#039;t cook at college. So make your friends teach you!   Laundry. I will make a how-to video later for those of you lucky kids who are nervous about having to do laundry. I learned, you will learn.  Exploring town at night. Stick your feet in a fountain! Buy overpriced Reese&amp;#039;s Pieces from CVS!  Breaking my toe, having a nice limp for a few days, and then getting a bad cold. Don&amp;#039;t be afraid of your campus doctor&amp;#039;s office!  So much more has been going on than I have time to touch on here, but let it be known that your first few weeks of college are just like they say: a lot of fun and a lot of new experiences. Don&amp;#039;t let any pass you up, you never know what friend you&amp;#039;ll make where, or what new interest you&amp;#039;ll discover you love!  Did you join any new clubs at school? Sound off in the comments! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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