You Don't Have to Save the World While You're in College

by Jennifer Campbell
VS. BE A STUDENT ACTIVISTYou are about to start college in Seattle, one of the most aggressively liberal cities in America. Social activism is a way of life here, and the city is packed with attractive, engaged people carrying clipboards who are going to try to make you believe that it's your duty to get involved and change the world.
Counterpoint: It's not.
Yes, rolling up your sleeves to stop gentrification/save the glaciers/curb tuition hikes looks like the righteous path