Senior year in high school, I was in an AP English Literature class. By many accounts, it was one of my favorite classes throughout high school.

The teacher, “Brother Tom,” had this knack for invigorating the writer within at every class session— something that can be difficult to do with antsy high school students, already accepted to colleges and eager to begin the next chapter of their lives.

While in his class, I came up with the concept of “literary moments,” one I still flirt with today.

Literary moments, by my definition, are times when something happening in real life has nuances of one of the mechanical or technical devices writers use in literature or poetry. To give a simple example, if it is raining outside while I am very sad, that is somewhat a “literary moment.” I’ve seen these moments on deeper levels in my own life… sometimes when I am faced with a question about the direction I am moving in, personally or career-wise.

And I saw these literary moments again this past issue. Two to note:

1. While columnist Daniel Suhr attended a panel on media convergence, The Warrior had a “convergence experience” of its own. One of our goals this year is to work with MUTV so both media outlets can thrive, ultimately achieving the mission of an informed campus.

2. Sophomore Tim Blattner, the subject of the cover story, is hardly your typical sophomore. He looks beyond his own needs, beyond the needs of most his age and has dedicated his passions to helping those across the globe. Talk about seeing beyond the campus.

Each of these moments incurred feelings within me of what life is like outside of campus, and how our life inside campus is like a small mirror version of what we can expect in three, two or even one year. And just the way many of us reflected on these things in AP English our senior years, I encourage you to ponder them within yourselves as “literary moments.”

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