Senior Wisdom: Jordan Zettle III

By The Beacon | April 8, 2015 9:50am
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Today's wisdom comes from the exceptionally wise Jordan Zettle who drops some serious wisdom on why you should get a dog and why everyone should use the bathrooms in Waldschmidt.

Name: Jordan Zettle III Hometown: Bend, Oregon Major: English; Philosophy and Entrepreneurship minors.

What is your UP claim to fame? Most handsome dog on campus and best steelhead fisherman to come through UP since Jarold Doremus ’84.

When I was a freshman…. I didn’t know what spooning was. I hadn’t yet met ALL of my best friends (I had met some and those “some” know who they are LOGAN). I didn’t impart wisdom - I just parted my hair. I didn’t know what to do with my free time. I didn’t know that I would be sad for college to end. I was naive then. I thought.

Best piece of advice you received from someone during your time here? Experience everything, and don’t let the little things get you into the dumplings. This, too, shall pass.

What are three pieces of wisdom you learned during your time at UPortland that you want to impart to those coming next?

  1. The vegan wraps from Bon Appetit are complete bologna.
  2. Toilet paper in Waldschmidt Hall is soft, delicate, and multi-ply, and it simultaneously brings about an air of knowledge, history and depth. This was likely given to me by the ghost of Waldschmidt.
  1. You’ll find good friends here, and it may take time. I bought my way into friendship with my dog when I was a junior, for instance. Also, do E-Scholars.
The Commons or The Cove? The Cove, but don’t put the guacamole on your burger because it costs extra and I never had that many points except towards the end of the semester when I did have enough points so I’d put the guacamole onto my hamburglars. Wraps!

Best advice for experiencing Portland? Swim in the river. Become different. Enjoy the beauty around you, and enter into the realm of nature. Visit the breweries around. Enjoy time with friends there. Visit Pine State the next morning. Have fun in all the parks around here because I like them. Grab a bike and ride it to Sauvie Island and feel again.

The infamous… what’s next? I might Huck Finn down the Willamette. The best way to get a job is to have something famous to attach yourself to. Forest Gump did this when he ran all over the world.

Any regrets? Study abroad!! Not only did it suck, but also I didn’t even do it.

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