Music helps to bring rec­ol­lec­tions of sum­mer back into mind. Hearing a song that you fell in love with dur­ing the warm and free sea­son stirs up mem­o­ries that can help get you through your fall days filled with classes, study­ing, reg­is­tered stu­dent orga­ni­za­tion meet­ings, work, and sports prac­tices. Below, a few stu­dents share their songs of sum­mer 2011:

Chelsea Chapin, Criminal Justice
Song Title: “Rolling in the Deep”
Artist: Adele

“This song was on when I got in my car to go any­where or leave any­where. It also played in almost any store I vis­ited.”
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Song Title: “Party Rock Anthem”
Artist: LMFAO

“Whenever it was on, I was with friends hav­ing an awe­some sum­mer adventure!”

Danielle Leisner, Communications
Song Title: “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Artist: Katy Perry

“I love this song because of Team Bonding Tuesdays with Orientation Leaders this summer.”

Laura Wroblewski, Social Studies Education
Song Title: “Party Rock Athem”
Artist: LMFAO

“This is a fun, upbeat song that got played a lot dur­ing a warm sum­mer night when friends and I were just hang­ing out. And the fact that it recently just came out and it’s fairly new means it gets played a lot, but I have yet to get sick of it! It’s a good song to just dance all ‘crazy-like’ to!”

Stephanie Demarest, Graphic Design

Song Title: “Pumped Up Kicks”
Artist: Foster the People

“It’s got a sweet beat.”

Morgan Kramerich, Elementary Education
Song Title: “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”
Artist: Jake Owen

“It’s just a fun song and my sum­mer has been a blast! I had so many good times going out with my friends and tak­ing advan­tage of being able to be
outdoors!”

Adam Cieslinski, Pre-Optometery
Song Title: “Don’t Stop Me Now”
Artist: Queen

“I sort of wanted to pick a song with deep per­sonal motifs inter­twined within the lyrics instead of mean­ing derived merely from the sur­face. But then, for once in my life, I real­ized life doesn’t always have to be that com­pli­cated. This summer’s theme was hav­ing fun and liv­ing it up while I escaped the books for a few months. Plain and sim­ple. I let down my walls, ignored any obsta­cles, and just had lots of fun with my friends! It was a pre­vi­ously unvis­ited level of free­dom, and I don’t want it to end. The most rel­e­vant verse is the intro, which reads: 

“Tonight I’m gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive and the world, it’s turn­ing inside out, yeah!
I’m float­ing around in ecstasy
So don’t stop me now, don’t stop me
‘Cause I’m hav­ing a good time, hav­ing a good time”