FUEL Film Coming to a Campus Near You
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Posted by
Allison
What? FUEL film
When? Fall 2009
Where? A College Campus Near you
How? This tour is being produced by the FUEL, Veggie Van Organization and The Rainmaker Network
Why? To educate and entertain you and your friends. This event is focused on raising awareness and inspiring change.
Have you heard about the film FUEL!? This Sundance Festival award winning film is a powerful documentary on fuel. Throughout this film Josh Tickell shares his views on the world and our environment. This film stars a variety of different environmentalists, policy makers and even entertainment stars. Some of the main topics for this film are suitable living, the world’s addiction to oil and new energy solutions.
An Experience Worth Remembering
Graduation: Bittersweet, a combination of the pleasant and painful. That is the word that comes to mind in relation to the events of this past weekend. Graduation is the mark of an amazing accomplishment, even if it is not representative of a perfect GPA. I made it through four rigorous years of school and somehow managed to pass all of my classes (thanks to the very large curve in some). There were times that I wanted to give up. There were times I wanted to go back to the comfort of my own quiet room at home. But now that all is said and done, I’m sure glad I stuck with it. 
The path through college is not only a journey to finish classes and receive a degree, but one that allows for you to discover where your passions lie, so you can hopefully make a career out of them someday. College is also a voyage of the inner individual. A voyage that allows you to test the water in all aspects of life, create a new identity for some, and push the limits away from the person you once knew growing up. While you may run into situations that force you to break down, there are plenty more that build you back up. Now as a college graduate from UC Santa Barbara, a university not only recognized for its student’s social life but for their stellar performance in the classroom, I know that I have a strong foundation which I can continue to build the rest of my life upon.
As I took a minute to reflect on my balcony the evening of graduation I began to cry. Santa Barbara had allowed me to grow exponentially both as a student and as an individual. The friendships founded on the UCSB campus are ones that will stay with me forever. Leaving was probably one of the hardest things I have ever had to endure. I can only hope for a future that will bring me the same amount of enjoyment I received during my four years in college. I do not know where I will be in three months let alone a year, but I can assure you that the wonderful memories will keep me happy and allow me to say that I am blessed to be a Gaucho.
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