Farewell to Clemson

May 9, 2004, 11:21 PM

As I write my farewell to Clemson, I am now a 2 day Alumnus of the Best Public College in the State of South Carolina and the Greatest University in all of the world, Clemson University.

It is with a great sense of accomplishment that I think back over my academic years at Clemson, but it is with a Deep, Deep sense of a special love and bond as I look back at the last 4 years of my life that were spent at the most beautiful place on Earth where the Blue Ridge Yawns its Greatness.

Growing up a huge Clemson fan, I have always had orange blood and countless people have told me to cherish the times I had as a student although I would always be a Tiger.

Although I will still frequent Clemson very often, I will definitely miss Bowman Field in the Springtime, all of the orange all the time, sitting at Beautiful Tiger Field watching the Tiger Baseball team play on a sunny afternoon, hearing the Carillon Bells ring from Tillman Hall, driving in from Seneca on Hwy 93 as I cross the bridge over Hartwell and seeing that awesome view of Death Valley, Tillman and all of Clemson, midnight trips to Brackett computer lab or Cooper, viewing the Orange sunset over Lake Hartwell, seeing those Tigers run down the Hill from the student section, and just living the Clemson experience. There is nothing like the Clemson Family, NOTHING.

Growing up a Tiger, I always thought that I knew what Clemson was all about. I only knew a small part. Spending the last 4 years being embraced by Clemson people, I have learned that Clemson is not only a beautiful place, a great school, and full of great people, but it is a place like none other on Earth. It is a place where people hold a special, common bond. It is a place where there is a genuine sense of pride and respect for tradition. It is a place where Family is not strong enough of a word to describe.

My love for Clemson runs deep and indeed as Joe Sherman put it, There is Something in these Hills!

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Until the final farewell it is only "Until I come back again." Having gone through a couple of long stretches (10 years or more) where I was unable to get back I can tell you that Clemson never leaves you. You will always be looking for the sports scores and on Tigernet. Back in the old days before Al Gore invented the internet and I was overseas, it would often take me a week to find the football scores, but I kept looking. Basketball or baseball scores were impossible unless we got beat by or upset a very highly ranked team (I know walking barefoot through the snow to school, uphill both ways). I can't tell you how neat it is to get a live webcam view now. Just remember your stories will only get better with age, the girls better looking, and you will have been even more handsome and debonair. While you have learned alot at Clemson and have most of life in front of you, I wouldn't trade places with any of you younger guys and have missed all that I've learned in the last 40 years.

Farewell to Clemson

Agreed... but be glad you got outta there before another

Every penny was well worth it....

Congrats, and I will be doing it over and over... jr and

Congrats, and I will be doing it over and over... jr and

How can you understand an IPTAY hike and not a tuition hike?

And where are you off to, 4 life? Keep us posted.***

Wait 'till the fall when you go back to your first home

TL4Heisman

Congratulations!.......

You only say farewell once and you aren't there yet (long)

AMEN!***

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