romulus 1/22

"Without language, thought is a vague unchartered nebula". Language is systematic, the flexibility of English has allowed it to evolve along with society. Language has placed us in a network where data that is constantly being transferred. We are unaware of the massive flow of information taking place all around us, if not through us which is more common. The array of communications available today does not cause fear in the hearts of common citizens. Most people understand or are adjusting to communicating today.

The systematic nature of language not only parallels other institutions that we depend on to live civilized lives but it changes my entire freshman year experience. I entered Rollins in the fall of 2004. Traditionally, I knew who my roommate was going to be from a letter from the residential life. All that was provided was a name, address and telephone number. This  was a complete reflection of several years ago. I had received a letter from Kent with the exact 3 pieces of information on it about my future roommate. Everyone in my freshman class got the same letter. There were a couple of awkward phones calls that summer and then it was a waiting game. I did not get a cell phone until orientation had begun. I missed an important call that would of changed the beginnings of my first year. I found out that my roommate and I had arrived in town both earlier (technically on-time but hurricane Charlie), and we could of actually gotten to hang out before me moved in together. The introduction of Facebook halfway through the year completely altered the social structure of the college experience forever. The following year, after meeting a bunch of the freshman who lived in Ward with me, I found out that once they found out who their roommate was going to be Facebook was the first place they went. People were hanging out with future classmates, and that is cool.