11:11 Make a Wish

IT’S 11:11, MAKE A WISH! MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD THIS ADAGE BEFORE. BECAUSE THEIR NUMBERS ARE OFTEN LINKED TO CHANCE, THE 11/11 DATE AND TIME IS PRIME FOR WISH GRANTING. TO DISCUSS THEIR WISHES FOR THE NEW QUARTER, CHRISTMAS AND 2023, I WAS SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF NORTHWESTERN STUDENTS.

THANKS FOR DOING THIS, TO BEGIN, LET’S DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. EVERYBODY GO AROUND AND SAY THEIR NAME, YEAR AND MAJOR. 

[Rachel Ramirez] Hi I’m Rachel. I’m a freshman and I’m RTVF major. 

[Haley Shamah] Hi I’m Haley. I’m a first year and I am undecided 

[Luis Castaneda] Hi I’m Luis. I’m a first year and I’m a journalism major. 

[Stephany Martinez] Hi I’m Stephany. I’m a first year and I’m undecided. 

SO DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT TIME ON SNAPCHAT WHERE EVERYBODY MADE A LITTLE 11:11 POST WITH LIKE THE BLACK SCREEN AND THEY HAD LIKE A WISH? DID ANY OF YOU EVER DO THAT? 

[SM] Yeah 

[RR] Yep. 

[HS] No, I don’t think I was on Snapchat during that era.

[SM] You missed out.

[HS] I did miss out .

WELL, SINCE SOME OF YOU NEVER WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, HERE’S YOUR CHANCE. DO YOU HAVE ANY WISHES UPCOMING WINTER TERM OR THE REST OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR. 

[RR] I would say to be more involved in clubs. I think the RTVF-like extracurricular scene on in Northwestern is very active. And I haven’t, I’ve been pushing it off cause I didn’t want to be too overwhelmed my first quarter. But I definitely want to be more involved next quarter.

[HS] I genuinely just want to pass my classes. My classes this quarter have been a little challenging. And I just want to pass them, I want to pass this quarter, I want to pass next quarter. Hopefully, I can pass with semi decent grades, but I just want to pass.

[LC] I think I just want to like, find inner peace, you know, get over my anxieties. And like start a new chapter and being more, I guess retrofit for the Northwestern life I just started. 

[SM] Yeah, I also want to work on getting I really want to get good grades in the classes I’m taking now. But I also do want to work on my inner peace too. Like this first semester, my inner peace has been shaky. So I do want to work on my inner peace. And I also do want to make more friends and be more social and like join clubs, because I’m not in any clubs yet. But I do want to do that.

IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE EARLY TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I KNOW AS SOON AS NOVEMBER 1ST HIT PEOPLE ALREADY STARTED PUTTING UP THEIR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND STARTED LISTENING TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC, SO MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE IS THERE ANYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR EYE ON FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR? 

[RR]  I would say clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes. I noticed since coming to Northwestern. I do not have enough clothes winter clothes, regular clothes, going out clothes. So overall, I just want to buy clothes. 

[HS] So I am Jewish. I don’t celebrate Christmas never have never have had a Christmas tree. And presents are a thing for Hanukkah like the whole eight days. But that’s not really a thing in my family. So I’m going to say that my Hanukkah wish list is honestly just better Hanukkah music because all you people that celebrate Christmas, you guys have Mariah Carey up the charts every single year, non stop bangers and like, I need a Jewish version of that. And I need it to be played on the radio constantly. And that’s all I want because the Christmas music would be great. So imagine how much better Hanukkah music would be. Mariah Carey I don’t think you’re Jewish, but where is my Hanukkah song?

[LC]  I think the experience I come from Florida so it’s like, not the Christmas that everyone else experiences. There’s no snow. I mean, there’s the lights. But I’ve made like, a good number of like friends here and relationships. So I feel like getting to experience that alongside some snowmen and some hot cocoa. I think that would be really sweet. So I think it’s for me, it’s not anything tangible. It’s more of like the feeling of Christmas. 

[SM] Okay, so I’m from Miami and I’m gonna be back there for Christmas. And honestly, I just really want to have a nice like warm beach day with like warm water. Like I’ve been craving that a lot. But most importantly, like the biggest thing is like I need tickets for the Taylor Swift era concert. That’s like my main thing so even if I don’t get my beach day as long as I like get tickets for the concert I’m gonna be really happy.

SO WE ALREADY WENT AS FAR AS TO CHRISTMAS SO WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST FINISH OFF THE YEAR WITH LIKE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT FINDING THE INNER PEACE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT FOR 2023. 

[RR]  I think my 2023 definitely includes a lot of self reflection and a lot of improvement on my part like in my personal relationships, my friendships my academics, just like like Lewis mentioned earlier inner piece, I definitely want to do a lot of reflecting and just improve myself as much as I can this upcoming year.

[HS] So this is a little bit of a lighter note, like you went super like reflective. I think New Year’s resolutions are stupid because I’m too lazy to hold myself accountable. But I would definitely say that if I were to do a New Year’s resolution, I would just try to get more involved on campus. I really put myself out there and join more clubs. 

[LC] I think changing my lifestyle, like you can do that, like at any time, and like, I shouldn’t depend on the start of a new year to do it. But everyone’s doing it. So I might as well try along with everyone. So like going to the gym more. I know, that’s like a very popular thing. So I might wait off going to the actual gym, but like going on runs, like I used to go and to back home. You know, I think starting college kind of like shocked me in a way. And like I let go of some of the things that I used to love to do. So doing those things again. 

[SM] Mines are pretty basic. Like I do want to like maybe work out and feel more healthy because I have not been feeling healthy at all. And yeah, maybe just like kind of like fix myself. I feel like I lost myself a lot in college like this first month has been like really hectic and like you can lose yourself. So I just kind of like want to be more in tune with myself like this new year. 

THANKS FOR SHARING GUYS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I HOPE YOU SOME OF YOUR WISHES COME TRUE. I HOPE YOU GET YOUR TICKETS I HOPE. I HOPE YOU GET YOUR HANUKKAH MUSIC AND I HOPE YOU JOIN SOME CLUBS. THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR DOING THIS AND THAT’S IT. FOR WNUR NEWS I’M KARRAH TOATLEY. 

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