Gazette student correspondent reflects on Harvard years
There are Frisbees flying around over the Quad lawn. It’s the first day that really feels like spring: warm and sunny outdoors with everyone making the most of it. From his vantage point at a picnic table outside the Cabot House dining hall, Tyrik LaCruise ’17 mused, “Every time I see folks from freshman year, we mention how we can’t believe it’s been almost four years. It’s kind of surreal. “I remember seeing seniors as a freshman and thinking they had everything figured out. And now I know that wasn’t true.” For LaCruise and the rest of the Class of 2017, this is our last first day of spring as Harvard students. We’re graduating in a month, and it’s beginning to feel like a reality. I remember coming to college four years ago having no idea what to expect, full of wonder and naïveté. And as clichéd as it sounds, I blinked, and the...