The Gatekeeper

Drexel University is a campus filled with thousands of students hustling about the city, making noise, and making their presence known. Memorial Day weekend was the opposite at Drexel University. It seems as dead as the soliders we were memorializing. Everyone seemed to have left campus for the weekend, most going home to celebrate Memorial Day back in their own hometown with parades, barbeques, family, and friends. Instead I choose to stay on campus and take advantage of the pay inflation of time and a half. Working the desk in the dorms I provide the security for both North and Myers Hall during the day. I find this to be amusing since my scrawny 5 foot 9 frame and 115 pound could not protect a fly. But it made me think of the sliders who protected our country throughout the years. They, like me, at one point were not the trained soldier’s that fought in battle. Some were nerds, college students, and twigs like me. At the gate I felt as if I had the power. Letting certain individuals in, ones with an ID card, symbolic of residency in a country, were allowed to proceed on while others were detains or sent away. Overall the day left me thankful of the soldiers that learned their skill in order to protect myself and my rights.