<span class="xbodytext"><span class="header">A Good Beginning</span></span><p><span class="xbodytext">Back in the ’70s, it wasn’t uncommon to see a coffee mug or an alarm clock inscribed, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Corny? Maybe. Cliché? Perhaps. True? You bet.</span></p><p><span class="xbodytext">You’re going to college. Here you’ll establish lifelong relationships, challenge beliefs you’ve held all your life, grow in independence — a process marked by events ranging from sorting your laundry to sorting the salient issues in a presidential campaign.</span></p><p><span class="xbodytext">Here you’ll learn — not just math or communication or art or science; you’ll learn how people from other parts of the state, the nation, the world, view this world and its inhabitants. And while it may seem like you’re taking in everything your brain can possibly contain, you’ll soon discover that you really know just a little — just enough to get you started. Life will teach the rest.</span></p><p><span class="xbodytext">We’re here to help you embark on this important journey that will be simultaneously challenging and rewarding; intimidating and liberating; trying, yet fun. And it can all start right now, with a single click of the mouse — just <strong>select your admission category in the red box to your left and click</strong>.</span></p>