The Magic of Memory paper art by ALLISON PALMER ’13
Shared memories of campus remind us of impactful, and sometimes entertaining, college moments
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students may be feeling ing your goals. Some new internal, to succeed, not the pressure, external or r lts in an increasingly secula only in school but as adu ore , as you likely did bef world. They’re wondering ir story will be. the at wh U, starting at WW d these halls before, From those who’ve walke en, and strolled the Gre l who’ve crossed Centennia all e of their stories. They rec Hello Walk, here are som es tim nt, me mo in the times when they felt truly ted with God, and times nec con st mo felt y the when course of their lives. that changed or shaped the y enjoyed are different, While the experiences the ter is the same. We hope their love for their alma ma of joyful nostalgia for these stories are a source U’s history and a source those who are part of WW are about to begin their of comfort for those who S ’23 ER journey. —DANAE MY
