"Drink it in. Leave your dorm sometimes. Walk with your bare feet all the way to the bay. Avoid anthills. Climb so many trees. Notice with whom you share your world. Try everything (safely). Play in the bioluminescence. Remember that you are enough. Meditate. Watch the honeybees. Dance however you'd like and don't mind who is watching. Yes, you chose to be here. Yes, it's extremely hard and eye-opening and exhausting and exciting. Find your peace."

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-Liz Bates, she/they, Neurobiology AOC, 2021 Cohort