Ready and willing

Bill Recktenwald, my journalism professor at Southern Illinois University, pulled me aside and said, “Be ready for anything and everything.” Waiting for my flight at Lambert-St. Louis Airport, I looked up from my newspaper and saw Don King standing in front of me. Be ready for anything and everything. My lesson was just beginning. Several times over the course of orientation, I learned that things are not exactly what I thought they were. This Summer, I plan to take Bill’s advice to heart, and maintain flexibility.

-- Jarel Loveless, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer