Andrea Rowley - Communitas

What I love about being in college is being able to apply what you learn to your every day life. I especially feel like I can do just that with the ideas I learn in this specific course. I know I go back to this a lot in my blog posts, but I cannot help myself from applying things to my experiences with the Campus Activities Board. Going on my third year in the organization and my second year on the executive board, I find myself living within communitas. Obviously, being on CAB does not involve a pilgrimage or a journey, but there are extraordinary experiences that Turner discusses that occur between my fellow members, the acts we bring to campus, and the students who attend them. My favorite part about being so involved with CAB is how people from all different backgrounds and "cliques" come together to bond over a shared interest. Anyone involved with CAB can tell you they have become friends with people they never would have known or never would have thought they would be friends with, and that is because they all came together with a common goal or a common interest in mind. Any opportunity to feel like you belong is one you should take a chance on. You always walk away with more than you bargained for.