Brian Drisdelle

This weekend marked Club Hockey's first overnight trip of the season: three games and two nights in Portland, Maine, facing off against some of the northeast

All throughout my college search, almost blindly, I don't ever think I even considered the fact that college might be difficult.

Fall in Hanover is spectacular; from brightly-colored trees to cool autumn afternoons, New England's most quintessential beauty is on full-display.

It's that quaint avenue peering through the Rocky arch—a place seldom touched upon on admissions tours and during information sessions—and a topic so often dodged around such that when I was applying to college, I even found it intimidating.

So far, each day has had its own instantaneous excursions, everything from friends calling to swim in the river to brief trips off exploring in the woods.

This time around, it was all about family; this weekend, the College invited all sophomore students to bring up their parents and siblings for a couple days, hosting all different kinds of programming and events. 

Yes, interspersed throughout those never-ending nights of acoustic riffs around the campfire are an abundance of corporate information sessions, from investment banking and consulting firms to tech and the state department.

Not only had I not taken a French class in an entire year, but also, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.

Exploring medieval feats and revolutionary tales, I've been recently exposed to an entirely new lens through which to view the events of past eras: through art.