ARCHIVES.
As an enormous Star Wars fanatic, when I think about those two syllables I think of the Jedi Archives, which hold the wisdom gathered over thousands of years by the famous galactic peacekeepers (pictured below).
Google describes the word “archives” as “a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.”
Now, I don’t know about you guys, but that doesn’t instill a rush of curious energy in me. It sounds boring as hell. Therefore, I avoided the archives at all costs.
When I heard we were headed to the archives for our English class a few weeks ago, my thoughts were as follows, “Sweet, not a real class…………Wait, we’re gonna have to read about boring people from like early 1900s for 2 hours.”
The only memorable impact Gaillet made on me was his description of how to physically handle the texts since they were fragile. I wasn’t thrilled when I got there but as I started to look through old school newspapers I found something I’m actually really interested in.
FOOTBALL.
I absolutely ADORE football. My older brother played Division I football at North Carolina, I played for four years in high school, was recruited, and seriously considered playing in college. I’ve been a fantastically large fan my entire life, and didn’t even consider Santa Clara for school initially solely because they do not have a football team. This sport is a big deal to me and is an integral part of my life.
So, when I found some pieces in the old newspapers about my school’s team in the 1940s, I got pretty pumped. I had known that we had a team and was excited to read up on the teams of yore. The more I read about the football squad’s exploits and competition against big-time Division I teams the more I am confused at their departure from existence. I left the archive session with an intense curiosity as to how the Broncos had fallen so far. I will find out and report back, readers.