I have at last basked in the presence of Dr. Jo. Kristin was determined that I should have the "Josefson experience" before graduation, so today after the Founder's Day Convo and the luncheon following, I trooped behind her to his Women and Politics class. And I must say that I was not disappointed. I felt especially smart when he began to talk about the influence of Postmodern philosophy on the politics of Coalition. Man, even that sentence made me feel smart. I even got a special glance at the beginning at class as he said that the material would be difficult, but would be considerably easier and more familiar to those who had taken postmodernism. Teeheehee. Whatever his faults, the man has passion! Speaking of which, Scheppard got all crazy passionate in class this morning. It was faboulous. She jumped up and down as she raved about "Star Wars" to illustrate how you enter a story and play with the ideas... making decisions for the characters and putting yourself in the story with them. And all in order to prove a point about exegesis. It was beautiful. I shall miss these professors who challenge me to think, to think deeply, and to think passionately. Graduation is so close; I can feel it closing in. Mostly I'm excited about the things to come, but it is bittersweet in a way. Part of me fears mediocraty. I don't know what I'll do when I no longer have the intellectual stimulation of great professors and other students (Kristin) to draw on. Oh, well. I guess you can never grow if you don't keep moving forward...

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