Well people, it has been five years in the making, but the kid-kid is finally off this. In my time at Northeastern, I would like to think I have brought to you some things that make you laugh, other things that make you cry and always something that promotes thought.
In my time here, and specifically during my four years writing this column, I’ve seen some crazy things. It’s kind of been like high school, only without the food fights and gym classes (then again, my man Walter Hidalgo is taking fencing right now, so I don’t know). The parallels between high school and college are undeniable: the big men on campus (i.e. potential NFL-er Liam Ezekiel), the heads who know everyone (i.e. recent NU alum Jeff Lubin) and the shorties that everyone loves to sweat (i.e. just about any female-dominated group on The Facebook).
My News colleague Jack Weiland (who wrote one helluva column last week, by the way) says he couldn’t come up with something original for his last sports column. Fortunately, I’ve never had such a problem; this final instance will be no different. Everyone wanted to cop a yearbook upon graduation from high school; it did, after all, serve as a reminder of who kept the jump-offs jumped-off on a consistent basis. With that, I present to you the five-year senior class superlatives, according to the world of E-Dot:
Most underrated athlete: