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Posted: Friday, September 26, 2014 2:12 pm | Updated: 7:32
pm, Fri Sep 26, 2014.
Lura Rylant/Sports Editor |

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Lura Rylant is the Sports Editor for

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The sounds of steel

clashing and colliding in
the early sunrise of
Posted on Sep 26, 2014
dawn is a recurring
by Lura Rylant
norm for our once
simple 40-acre land.
Once in a grassburr you could find the foundation of our
authentic school. Once in a house you could uncover
the marvelous wonders of the man who built this
campus. Once one could sit comfortably on a bench and
mingle with their peers discussing course dilemmas and
glance at the open opportunity the rock gates
bequeathed them. Once.

The enchanted feeling you get the moment you set foot
onto Tarleton State Universitys campus is nothing short
of the magic of Disneyland. Its red bricks direct you to
the wonderful world of Poo and grant you a gift that no
other universitys campus could dream of. Tarleton is a safe haven for the ambitious, the driven, the quiet and the
great. It gives students the opportunity to recreate themselves in the confines of their comfort while embracing its
tradition with one howdy and open door at a time.
Tarleton gives us the chance to grow, but now its time for us to embrace her expanding boundaries and have
patience with the pains of her growth. As guests into her open doors we are optimistic about opportunities given
to us on a silver platter, but once the dish is served many are disgusted with the little imperfections. Why should
we hate the opportunities of growth when we are a part of the history? Tarleton has helped us grow as scholars
and now is the time to return the favor.
All things good grow in time, but need a little nurturing in the process. Yes, Tarletons growth and construction is
overwhelming and ugly, but it comes with age. Shes just in those awkward teenage years and needs her loving
friends by her side looking past her imperfections.

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This stage only happens once. Once you would have to take golf carts around campus to get to class. Once you
had to maneuver your way through a sea of cars that seems as if they go on for days. Once you had to walk a
new route around the fence barricades because something fresh to campus was sprouting up. Once.

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