Samuel Colunga
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Engage Yourself in Campus Life

6/20/2025

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After I graduated high school, I didn’t go right to college. I meandered a bit, flipping burgers for two years before settling into a job I thought would become my career. Then, 9/11 happened, and I was forced to pick up stakes, using my wit and know-how to land a job working a phone bank for a man running for governor here in Texas. That went nowhere. I eventually hustled my way into a job in Oklahoma, doing something that was beyond my abilities. Don’t exaggerate on your resume, kids. Because you might actually end up with the job and realize you’re in over your head. 

Come 2007 and I once again found myself jobless. I applied for a position I knew I could do, and I did it well for the next few years. By 2011, after my father passed, I decided to put my brain to good use and go to college. I was 31 by then, older than your average freshman. But like your average freshman, I made the same mistakes, loading up on Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes so I could have Tuesday and Thursday off. To make matters worse I made another faux pas, taking the 8am class. Trust me, I did not make that same mistake spring semester. ​

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The Mundanity of Repetition

5/5/2025

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When Starfield first released for Xbox Series X in 2023, I was so excited. When the initial hubbub from 2016 and 2018 occurred, I didn’t think too much of it. It was merely a pipe dream that was still years away. As the release date drew closer, I made a mental note that this would become a placeholder for me until the next Elder Scrolls game. It had very similar story and visual style beats. It used an updated version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's Creation Engine, which they call Creation Engine 2. To an experienced player, Starfield had a similar feel to previous games by Bethesda Game Studios. This made it easy to pick up on and easy to engage with. Oh, was I wrong in thinking that this would last until Elder Scrolls VI. I, as I tend to do with BGS games, ran through it fairly quickly. I’m sorry. I am the kid in a candy store when it comes to games from Bethesda. Usually, this would be the death knell for me. This is why I wandered the world of Skyrim in 2011 after defeating Alduin and deciding to just pick berries and make potions for seven months until the Dawnguard DLC released. ​

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