Urban Diamond

On the corner of a busy urban city, lies the twinkling light of a finely polished diamond. If I were Audrey Hepburn, I would be wearing a black satin gown designed by Givenchy and an elegant necklace would hang snugly across my neck. As I would chew on my warm pastry and sip on my steaming coffee I’d admire the diamonds and hope that someday they would be mine. Although I am not Audrey Hepburn as you may have guessed, I am also standing outside the windows at Tiffany’s.
“When I get a degree those diamonds will glint across my neck, and not on a mannequin in the window.” I think to myself. “When I get a degree, I can wear jewels and dress in Givenchy.” When you get a degree, you get a future. And while we might not all be able to buy designer duds, we can be confident that a secure future is probable. Diamonds are like the best universities in the country. If you’re going to buy something that sparkles, you don’t buy a pearl, you buy a diamond. The University of Redlands is like those Tiffany diamonds; sparkling, beautiful, and full of promise. When you get a degree from the
University of Redlands, you are investing for a future that you deserve. Humans are all like unpolished diamonds. But when you get a degree from the University of Redlands, each year you spend, and each class you take, you become a little more polished. Until that final moment when you walk in your cap and gown and graduate; it is then that you will sparkle like the inside of Tiffany’s.