10 Ways to Ensure You Don’t Forget Your Prox

By Danielle Ranucci '23

1. Pack it the night before. 2. Set an alarm. 3. Set 20 alarms. 4. Check that you have it before leaving your dorm. 5. Double check that you have it before leaving your dorm. 6. Rig a tripwire to dump hellishly icy water onto your head as you try to leave your dorm—now you have ABSOLUTELY NO CHOICE but to check again, ehhhh? 7. Enlist a friend to check for you. 8. Enlist your mother to call you and shame you into annihilation for not checking. 9. Kidnap Hire one of those airport security guys to travel from JFK all the way to your dorm to pat you down and ensure that yes, indeed, you do have it, now can I get back to my shift? 10. Rush out your door, late for your chemistry precept but unerringly confident that you DO have your prox. 11. Forget it anyway. Proceed to weep your guts out. DR '23