Proud to call myself a Frog
Commentary by Chelsea Hudson

I am proud to be a Horned Frog.

Have you ever said something and witnessed it come to fruition? It happened to me last Tuesday.

On that same day my column appeared describing what a community should be that evening I got to witness the reality.

The Student Center was packed, the lights were off and the excitement was building.

Every face in the room had a unique appearance. This group of people was not the same group always doing everything; it was a new and diverse group. We all knew it was going to happen.

But seeing the people there was magical. This group is called Community Council. Their name does them justice.

I felt a part of a community when I sat with them. This team of people will change the face of TCU programming as we know it.

It has only just begun. The more people involved, the more successful the ideas presented will become. There was a lot of speculation about this meeting, but it worked!

Not only were many organizations on campus represented, but several students who don’t participate in a specific group were there too.

For those of us who are insanely busy in our own organizational world, we sometimes forget the reason we believe in what we do.

Making a difference in others’ lives is why we are here. Impacts can be made in all shapes and sizes. It can be making a new friend, laughing until it hurts and crying until we laugh. Being involved is about people.

At that meeting, I met a young lady, named Brandi, who transferred to TCU. I asked her why she came and she said, “I just want to be a part of something.”

At TCU we are all a part of something wonderful.

We are a real, living and breathing community. We have our good moments and we have our bad times, yet through it all we manage to make the Horned Frog sign with pride. We are going to always improve, I have faith in that.

I will never forget on Sept. 11 when we all came together to have a moment of silence for our country. Not only did we come together once, but twice. We met in front of Saddler Hall at noon and at Frog Fountain later that evening. If you were there then you will remember the unforgettable feeling of comforting one another.

Sometimes we may not always have the best attendance at various events, but we are getting better.

Sometimes we get lost in our problems and forget the things that matter most.
But when it really matters we all stand together and say in one voice, “Go Frogs!”

Chelsea Hudson is a junior political science major from Plano. She can be contacted at (c.n.hudson@student.tcu.edu).

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