
” The iconic Billy Joel sound - the piano riffs, his voice, the drums with the steady beat that always goes with a slight bobbing of the head - makes the song an instant crowd pleaser. It shocked me that such a classic song was still so applicable to the many ambitious young adults who fill this campus.īilly Joel released his hit in 1977 on his album “The Stranger. Since this moment, I have had the song playing on a loop on Spotify, the words echoing in the back of my head. If you haven’t been feeling this ontological dread then please share your ways, because I know I have definitely been feeling it all these days.Ībout a week ago, I was taking a day to practice a little bit of self-care when I decided to watch the Netflix Original show “The Politician.” I had reached the last episode in the season where the main character - played by Broadway star Ben Platt - sings the Billy Joel classic “Vienna.” By the end of the song I had chills dancing up my arms. It gets darker earlier, activating those emo hours sooner and it can all get to be a bit too much. No matter what stage you are at, things are piling up by the minute and the time change really does not help with that seasonal depression thing.

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Many are really feeling the heat of being a full time college student with the growing amount of homework, work and responsibilities.

STEFANEE MONTESANTOS | OPINION COLUMNIST | is the middle of November - some students are nearing graduation, others are approaching the end of their first semester of college.
