SAU Honors College

The SAU Honors College was founded in 2003 by Dr. David Rankin, president of SAU. Dr. Lynne Belcher served as founding director and is retired from SAU. The Honors College seeks and admits qualified students who seek to pursue a serious academic program with equally gifted peers and committed teachers. Honors classes are small and provide academically enriching opportunities for students and the faculty who teach them. Currently, SAU enrolls nearly 170 honors students and graduates about 66% of admitees in four years or less. Anyone interested in applying to the Honors College or seeking further information should contact the director, Dr. Edward P. Kardas at epkardas@saumag.edu or at 870 904-8897.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Lamb, Allie: Bucket List

My bucket list is as diverse as my personality. Sometimes I’m serious, but usually I’m silly. Ever since I was a young child, I’ve heard about Santa’s workshop in the North Pole, so obviously I want to go there. Whether or not I’m on the naughty or nice list doesn’t matter. I just want to take a sleigh trip all the way to the North Pole. Ideally, my trip would take place around December 20th so I can actually see Santa and his elves hard at work. I want to see what all the fuss is about. Is it really that hard to hand-make toys for all the little girls and boys around the world? Well, when I get to the North Pole, I’ll find out.

I’m a huge baseball fan, and someday I want to visit every single major league baseball park. I don’t want to just see an empty park, though. I want to see them in all their glory; full of beer-drinking fans, hot dog sellers, and the two teams on the field.

Another place I want to visit is the Holy Land. I want to be able to walk over the same land Jesus did. I want to see the place where He was crucified. Visiting Jerusalem and all of the other sacred cities in the Holy Land would be nearly indescribable, but I expect it would make me feel close to the Son of God.

For the past two years, I have been completely addicted to the television show, “Law and Order SVU,” and its main actor, Chris Meloni. Naturally, I want to meet him, just like any crazed fan would, but an informal encounter on the streets of New York City won’t do it for me. I want the privilege of presenting him an Emmy at the annual Emmy Awards. That way, we would both be dressed up and ready for pictures. I cannot think of a better environment to meet my celebrity crush.

Anyone who personally knows my family thinks we are perfect for our own reality TV show, which is exactly what I want before I kick the bucket. So many misadventures and catastrophes happen to us that it would be impossible for an audience to find our lives boring. Why should we keep all the hilarity to ourselves? We might as well have others enjoy it too. Now that I think about it, I don’t need a college education to accomplish any of these things. I think I’ll start with the North Pole!

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