Union Through Your Eyes: Tell Me You Go to Union Without Telling Me You Go to Union

Good ol’ TikTok – you either love it, hate it or secretly watch it on your Instagram since you would never stoop so low as to actually download it. Anyhow, regardless of where one stands on the matter, there is no denying that some pretty entertaining things have come out of it. 

Having just done an article sharing the views of other university students about Union, I was trying to think of how to do that within our own population. And that’s when it hit me; what better way to find out than to use a very simple imperative sentence (throwback to elementary English class): Tell me you go to Union without telling me you go to Union. Here’s what people had to say.

Tell me you go to Union without telling me you go to Union:

• “Oh, wow, there goes another squirrel experiencing obesity because of students feeding them.”  — Anonymous

• “Shabbat means stop.”  — Gabriel Zita

• “Yes, I really go to school in Nebraska …” — Briane Mility

• “Did you know that the Clocktower is the tallest point in Lincoln?”—  Andrea Grijalva

• “Singing songs almost every class period with Peggy Wahlen.” — Anonymous

• “I’m in my room by 11 every Friday night.” — Becca Denniston

• “I know what the Hebrew word for ‘Sabbath’ is and what it means in English.” — David Campbell

• “I’m within walking distance of Veja-Links at all times.” — Anonymous

• “I can communicate telepathically with the squirrels.” — Mariah Lee-Wong

• “The trees outnumber the students.” — Anonymous

• “Three years ago I never said ‘ope, sorry.’” — Juliet Bromme

• “Hmm, which news channel should I look at today, The Clocktower or @uc_confessions__?” — Shiloh Baillou

• “‘The cafe food needs to get better,’ as they eat the cafe food everyday.” — Anonymous

• “We slinga da ink and pusha da pen along.” — Anonymous

I think we can learn two very important things from these responses. First, being that squirrels are obviously such a big part of Union, our mascot should be a squirrel (listen, Southern has a duck, so we’d still be cooler). Second, I think we can all go ahead and put “moderate knowledge of Hebrew” on our resumes, all thanks to Pastor Rich!

Overall, being that we’re already here at Union, we might as well make the most out of it and try to find and enjoy the little things that make Union Union.

Sammy Ortiz is a junior

nursing major from

Orlando, Fla.