Students, now that you're here, it's time to go. Break through the campus/North End bubble.
Get off of campus.
Get an internship, meet some people, develop some contacts, get some experience.
Go downtown, check out the museums, walk the International District on 38th, have dinner in a Korean restaurant in South Tacoma, shop the Russian store on Center Street, take the ferry to Vashon Island.
Find something new and seemingly undiscovered, then act all in the know around your friends.
This is that time--make the most of it.