I am a first-year, and I have just emerged from the pre-college rite of passage: Summer Orientation. I, along with some three hundred other apprehensive first-years, wandered through the Grounds (map in hand), struggled with the SIS system and listened to speech upon speech, all with one resounding theme: LEADERSHIP. We were told that we will develop leadership skills here at the University and will become great leaders
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