• I attended my first alumni weekend as a recent college graduate. • Being back on campus showed me that I've moved on from my college life more than I thought I had. • What matters to me now are the friendships I still maintain from my college days.

Driving down Walnut Avenue — near Syracuse University's main campus — for the first time since graduation sparked a feeling I wasn't expecting.

This was where I lived during my last two years of school, where my closest friends and I built a community, a routine, and made some of our fondest memories.

And here I was, a mere six months later, back in town, getting ready to celebrate my first alumni weekend.

When my friends arrived, they said they felt it too — a mix of nostalgia and subtle discomfort. It was the realization that time mo

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