42 Things You Might Do at Wellesley
By Olivia Funderburg '18
Olivia Funderburg '18, Editor-in-Chief of Counterpoint Magazine ('17-'18)
Smuggle Domino’s into Clapp
See all the lamps across campus turn on
Go a whole semester without eating in Tower
Take a night ride on the Peter
Play hide-and-seek in the Science Center
Host a secret society initiation
Make a spontaneous Boston trip just for Toscanini’s
Know that the day the Peter is always reliable is the day you graduate
Beat the bus from Harvard Square to Mass Ave
Drink a lot of coffee at El Table
Write for Counterpoint
Start a movement
Tunnel from Tower Court to Stone Davis
Start saying “liminal space”
Commit yourself to getting enough sleep every night
Become a semi-regular customer at Wendy’s, Oath, and Sweet
Finish writing a paper the morning after it’s due
Gain an appreciation for tea
Add a young adult novel to a professor’s syllabus
Get lost in the Science Center
Get lost in Green
Come to understand the value of leaving campus
Do something that terrifies you—like going abroad
Lose a friend
Try your hand at being an adult
Start keeping a journal
Go to a concert in Boston alone
Go to the Stone Center
Try—and fail—to learn how to work with Student Financial Services
Make a new friend senior year
Adopt a catchphrase
Roam the city because the Boston Public Library is closed for Veteran’s Day
Have an emotional breakdown in the Cleveland Circle Chipotle
Learn how to craft community
Know when you need to be alone
Challenge yourself to know when to ask for help
Get tipsy and cry over a moral dilemma
Say goodbye as your best friend leaves to study abroad
Cut yourself some slack
Think about faith
Start to discover who you are
Face the unknown
8 things that four years on Counterpoint gave me:
An unhealthy attachment to the Oxford comma
A slight understanding of InDesign
Countless hours spent in the Jewett media lab
A+ emailing skills
Frantic group messages in times of crisis (and times of joy)
Pride in myself and my work
A chance to make change
A family
From May 2018 Issue