This is the same routine as every other term. It's usually about this time each semester when we all look at our schedules and think, "Woe is me." We look and wonder how we will ever get all of this work done before the semester comes to a close. It usually comes when we are four or five weeks from Winter Break. Now that it is here, let's see what is really going on. Do we really have it all that bad?
We all have the same struggles. We all have the same issues that come at the most inconvenient moment possible. We all have those professors who seem to honestly believe that their classes are our only commitments. We all have the professor who decides to change the parameters on our final project just before it's due. Trust me on this one. This is nothing new.
In these days of crying in our soup, though, I thought it would be interesting to see who actually was possibly the busiest person at Ball State. Who was the one among us who could really complain about a busy schedule and gripe about repeated nights of only a few hours sleep?
I figured that it might be somebody I wouldn't expect. We can all figure that the students who are carrying 18 credit hours and are president of a student organization or two certainly have full schedules. Speaking as a former resident assistant I can assure you that they all have schedules that could bring a person to tears, with the plethora of meetings, events, reports to write and the like. Many of us here are remarkably busy people and have much to balance in their lives. There are students who are parents, work two jobs or have other commitments. I'd like to highlight one person who has a challenging schedule. Meet Adolfo Solis.
Solis is a full-time student at Ball State, taking 12 credit hours as a double major in legal studies and political science. To hear his weekly schedule is certainly a bit humbling, to say the least. In addition to a full-time school schedule, Solis works as a full-time custodian for Housing and Residence Life, taking care of the homes of our on-campus students. For most people, working eight hours a day, five days a week is all they can handle. For most people, myself included, being a full-time student is all they can handle. It's quite very impressive to see Solis pull off both tasks at once.
Solis also has a position of importance in Indiana's Hispanic and Latino community. He has for some time been a commissioner on the Indiana Council for Hispanic and Latino Affairs, and just this last week was chosen as its vice president. This job brings Solis to Indianapolis on a regular basis to meet with government leaders as well as countless leaders from the Latino community in Indiana.
Solis came to the U.S. from Torreon, Mexico, 13 short years ago. Coming to Ball State has afforded Solis wonderful opportunities, and he will graduate in May.
The next time you are sitting in your room, head in your hands, wondering how you are ever going to get all of your work done, go talk to Solis and see how he does it as one of the busiest people at Ball State.
Write to Alex at apcarroll@bsu.edu
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