Give it all, or give it nothing

days before, I had decided that I would like to start running cross country again, which is a sport I competed in for six years, up until last year. I somehow deluded myself into thinking that I could stretch a couple more hours out of my day.

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CHRIS NIELSEN

I don't know about you, but I am pretty bloody tired already. And I know that I'm not the only one. It seems like every time I ask how someone is doing, they respond with either "Man, I'm tired" or "Yo, I'm f---ed up!"

The reason I bring this up is because the school year has only been going for three weeks, and already many people are beat. I have a theory about this. I think that some of the people who get involved on campus tend to take things a little bit too far.

I got to thinking about this at about 1:00 on a Monday night, while I wanted to sleep but couldn't because there was too much on my mind. A few

After I initially psyched myself up into running again, reality set in. I know that I would not make many morning runs after staying up late hours in the newsroom. I also wouldn't make many Sunday runs, because I work off campus every Sunday to help pay my tuition. And I haven't even started my Work Study hours yet.

Now don't feel bad, I've still found time to get cleared out of the apartments a couple of times. But that's for another commentary.

My best friend has a creed that I strive to follow. "Give it all, or give it nothing," are his words of wisdom. So I recently decided that it is better to do a few things well then to do many things and be half-assed about them.

Cabrini seems to be split evenly between those who do a lot and those who do nothing. You can

I went to turn the air on, Wrong, it did not work. So I went to open the window in the hallway, wrong, it was nailed shut. So in a moment of furry, I threw the fire extinguisher threw the other window and shattered it.. just kidding.

Can you imagine that, almost all of the windows are nailed shut, only a couple of them can be opened. It is a good thing for that, because I finally opened a window, looked out and saw the back parking lot of the apartments. It sure was a sight for sore eyes, about 500 cans and glass bottles, empty box's and, under a pile of black garbage bags, the smallest garbage dumpster I have ever seen in my life, well almost. There was garbage everywhere, and pilled way over the safety limit that was placed on the dumpster. Without even second-guessing the situation, I figured that we were probably going to get fined for this mess. Although one of my Resident Assistants was very understanding to the situation, and said not to worry about it, it still made me wonder. Why can't we have two garbage dumpsters? That is because it would be way too easy for the school to do. Which would lead me to my conclusion to this commentary. It is like the cheese I was talking about earlier, you have to get off you butt, and do it yourself. Nothing here will get done by just complaining to your drunken friends. Get involved and speak up, there are people that will listen, just go and talk to them, they are here for you, Joe Elliott is the design editor of Loquitur. His favorite cheese is Swiss. probably figure out which group you fit into. Just subtract the number of hours you play video games in your room from the number of hours in a day.

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I don't want this article to give people the wrong idea. It is important to get involved with your college. But you also have to know your limits. And if your sports or activities are in conflict with one another, you should try and see which ones you really care about.

The bottom line is, no matter what you're involved in, it will be something that means a lot to someone. If it is third of fourth most important to you, that can lead to a lot of stress and exhaustion. And there is no club on campus that is worth that price. Chris Nielsen is perspectives editor of Loquitur. If you see him near any open windows, make no sudden moves.