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A scholar is someone who loves to learn “Being a scholar is about having openness.” As I was sitting in my minor class this morning, contemplating how to relate to you readers the anxious excitement in the air surrounding the new scholars, my faculty partner posed this question to her students, “What is it to be a Governor’s Scholar?” What seemed like such a simple question received a multitude of responses. A scholar is someone who loves to learn. At this point, each Scholar’s major, minor, and seminar have only met for one full session. Yet so far, I’ve heard only rave reviews about every class. One of the young men on my hall told me how fascinating just listening to his philosophy teacher was. I even overheard one scholar telling another, “I’ve only been here a day and I’ve already learned more than I did the entire last year.” Another classmate spoke up: A scholar cares about meeting other people. Meeting other people, especially in a new place, can be scary. However, with a little prodding from faculty and RAs, most scholars have made plenty of new friends. It seems that everywhere I turn I see a new Frisbee pick-up game starting, or just a group of scholars sitting under a tree. The most encouraging thing is watching as friends invite anyone to join them for a game of Catchphrase. It’s someone who isn’t afraid to take risks, someone else volunteered. Monday night we had guest speaker, Victoria Murden McClure, tell us about how she was able to become the first American to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a rowboat, as well as her philosophies on life. She said we all have oceans, and we cannot be afraid to cross them. Many scholars took her message to heart, and it was evident during the club fair today. I found it impressive that so many scholars would step up in front of 360 of their peers and share a part of themselves, whether it was their love for soccer, politics, or a desire to start working-out. It was about 15 minutes into the discussion when our teacher Amy summed it up in one phrase: Being a scholar is about having openness. She was right. Being a scholar is about being open to learning, to making new friends, and facing new challenges. Being a scholar is about being open, and I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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