Expect the Unexpected

Quit trying to predict all of the things you will do. There is something that you will do in six

months, one year or even ten years from now that you have never heard about or considered

\doing just yet.

Exactly one year ago I was a high school senior. I still had not decided on where I would

be attending college. I started to get more and more anxious because the majority of my

senior class peers knew where their homes would be in the fall. I was weighing my options

every day and considered financial aid, distance, school size, transferable credits and more

into my decision making algorithm.

Later on in the spring I decided on attending Ohio Northern University for a multitude of

reasons. I knew it would be very possible to try band and after some research, going to

Summer Orientation and listening to how easy it was to join my decision to try it was made.

All summer I was so excited (and a little nervous) to get marching band started up again.

I got to move in a week early and that was so helpful because I got an extra week to get

acquainted to campus. By the time the rest of the incoming freshman and returning students

arrived, I already knew students from every college and every year.

Before starting college I was very apprehensive of sororities and fraternities. I did not

know much about them but they did not seem like something I would be interested in.

I found out that there are national band service sororities and fraternities that exist on

campus. Tau Beta Sigma is the sorority and Kappa Kappa Psi is the fraternity, although

both are co-ed. Some of my newest (and currently closest) friends are in those organizations.

I never would have been able to predict that because I had no idea that there was such a

thing as a “band service sorority”. Since I had no idea that those organizations existed,

there is no way I could have predicted that I would have fit in so well with them.

From the first week of band camp I was drawn to members of Tau Beta Sigma. Several

members of my section are in TBS and I felt really comfortable with them. I hoped early

on that I could eventually become a member of TBS and help the band become even better.

Fast forward a few months and recruiting events later to the present day and I have

officially completed First Degree of Tau Beta Sigma! This weekend we had a ceremony

and I received my Big Sister! She is one of my closest friends and I am so excited she is my Big.

I am eager to move forward in the upcoming steps to become a full member of Tau Beta

Sigma, which will happen in just a short month.

You never know what life is going to offer you. Do not close yourself off to new experiences

because you never know what you may miss.