Although “June 11, 1987” sounds like a thousand years ago to current seniors, “June 9, 2015” has taken a thousand years to arrive. Senioritis is scattered all over the hallways of Lane as the class of 2015 anticipates the date that anxious students have been counting down in their planners since the day after winter break.

In 1987, Melissa Breger offered a few pieces of timeless advice to the soon- to-be-graduates. Among those, to remember the enjoyable parts of Lane like International Days and the “blooming Memorial Garden,” as well as the frustrating parts, like wearing ID’s and the impossible passing periods.

Her advice lives on. Today, seniors who are preparing to go are likely permitting bittersweet feelings about their departure. With four years of their adolescence clocked at Lane, it will be a school difficult to forget