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ADDIE<br />
NAVARRO ’15<br />
It’s funny that as Duke students, some of the most highly<br />
intelligent, creative, and humble people in the world, we seem<br />
to limit ourselves right out of the gate. Theta encourages women<br />
to live the fullest expression of themselves, whatever that means<br />
to the individual. We are all bright people with lots to offer the<br />
world, and so we should try our best not to accept the tired<br />
narratives of what people tell us our lives need to look like, and<br />
think for ourselves. There are exponentially more “real world”<br />
life paths than there are college majors, minors, or certificates.<br />
Over the summer, I was a whitewater raft guide in Colorado. I<br />
encourage anyone looking for A Real Job to give this a shot -<br />
literally being responsible for people’s lives. It doesn’t get more<br />
serious or real than that. Also it was a blast and it paid enough<br />
for me to travel for the next 7 months. Now I’m backpacking solo<br />
as far as I can without getting on a plane, which involves many<br />
hours on trains across the United States and then a cargo ship<br />
from Seattle to Tokyo. From there, we’ll see what happens. So<br />
far, I’ve been filming and writing like a madwoman with hopes<br />
that when this is all said and done, I’ll have a finished<br />
documentary or written project I can show. I believe the main<br />
function, if not the only true function, of a sorority is to give its<br />
members a foundation and a network upon which to build<br />
themselves into the people they want to be. Theta has quite<br />
literally given me a network of close friends around the country<br />
upon whose couches I have recently spent a good deal of time,<br />
and it has also given me the confidence to think differently and<br />
more creatively about my future.
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