Now that you are approaching the end of your first semester, what do you believe should be included as essential to any first-year experience at a university?  In your essay, describe the university life  - as you have studied it and as you have come to experience it this semester.   How has your HON 110 class and your section’s theme in particular addressed the nature and usefulness of university life and a university education?  Do you feel better able to evaluate information, form opinions and construct arguments of your own?  Have you changed your mind about anything concerning college life and/or our theme?  Be sure to include references to your readings and other experiences this semester in the essay.

    In your essay, you may want to include references to readings such as:  Oxford Stamp, any of the time management readings, civic engagement readings, critical thinking readings, A Long Way Gone, Mountains Beyond Mountains.  You may want to comment on workshops or speakers.  You may want to consider portfolio essay prompts.  You may want to comment on your cultural and service activities, and on your interactions with your Links.  When referencing readings, be sure to use citations and references in the text.  If you must quote a section from a reading, you must use page numbers to attribute the quote; I would rather you did not quote.