On Call- Blog

Still is a concept that could be confusing when you first look at it and hear it. I admit I was unsure of the meaning when I first heard what the theme for the new yearbook. As I began to think about I started to like it more and more. It is a great theme for this school and this country. But I feel as though it could have two meanings that are both really great.
The first is the way that Krissy described it. With all of the changes and additions that have come with this New Year we have never lost our identity as a school or a country. We are Still CBU and we are Still America. I am proud of both and no matter the problems and changes that arise there is nothing that can take who and what we are at heart. We are in the middle of one of the biggest historic event that will likely take place in our lifetimes. We are in a terrible depression that while growing up seemed to be a practical impossibility. But even though all of that, we haven’t lost who we are as a people. We would still band together and take care of one another. The other way that this theme could have been interpreted is as taking time to be Still. We often fly through life and our daily lives without ever taking time to appreciate how far we have come or even merely the lives we have been blessed with. There are so many reasons to be thankful at CBU and we all need to be Still in order to recognize what we have been given. I recently spent time out in the middle of Rose Garden just to take time away from all technology and hustle and bustle of my life. I truly enjoyed my time; maybe even more than I thought was possible. I usually am so caught up in all the papers, tests, and social excursions that I never take a step back to see how great CBU has become even in the short time that I have been here. With the summer coming we will all have more time to relax and look back at what CBU really is and how important it is to each of us. CBU is Still CBU and we have to be Still to appreciate the changes.