Anyone else freaking out yet?

[zakuropanda]

<p>It’s okay, I’m sure everyone is freaking out to some extent. There’s always that question of “Will everyone be smarter than me?” lingering. I really liked one of the old Maroon editorials that had a response to this though. </p>

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September 28, 1994
Everyone here is smarter than you are. Whatever your favorite poem is, someone else has memorized it in the original French. Think you’re the first guy in Hitchcock to build a VCR out of a roll of dimes, a paperback copy of Finnegan’s Wake, and a Habitrail? Think again, pal; the last guy’s had surround sound and picture-in-picture. I think a guy in Upper Flint had his screenplay bought by Tri-Star last year.
For a lot of you, coming to the U of C will be your first experience in dealing with a lot of people smarter than you. Don’t try to be anyone other than who you are; don’t say you’ve read books you haven’t, and admit that you just don’t understand some things.
Joshua Lucas, editor in chief

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