“Do you know what you’re doing this summer?” “Got any work plans after graduation?” “Do you have a job lined up yet?” These are the questions that fill many second-semester seniors with inescapable dread. […] Read More
When I was in middle school, my mom and I had a screaming match for the ages. It was when we lived in Santa Barbara—I was halfway through seventh grade when she announced that […] Read More
Imagine going 20 years without being able to see birds. It might sound off-the-wall, but that’s how life was for my friend who has obsessive-compulsive disorder before she went on medication. Before I met […] Read More
When I was little, I used to fill up sketchbooks with asymmetrical drawings. I think I even had pastels. I stopped in middle school, when academics started taking up more of my time, creativity, […] Read More
Today, I had a fight with a FedEx printer. That’s right, a printer. I swiped my card and plugged in my USB six times, muttering furiously under my breath, before finally realizing the resume […] Read More
If there’s anything college has taught me, it’s the art of public napping—and it’s an art I’ve perfected. After all, what else can you do when you live far enough off-campus that it’s not […] Read More
Imagine if lawns were made of book pages instead of grass, with every lawn its own novel. Now imagine me as an insatiable lawnmower, consuming all the pages of every lawn on the city. […] Read More
I recently reread the novel Gone Girl for a book report in my crisis comm class. Unusual sentence, yes, but this novel is rich with crisis communication and public relations mishaps, and what better way to learn […] Read More
Here’s a song to set the mood. I woke up feeling a bit sad today, and I wasn’t sure why. There, I said it. It shouldn’t be difficult to state something so simple. But […] Read More
I was searching for profound quotes about why concerts are the best to kick off this post. I found one about music in general that made me chuckle: “Without music, life would be a […] Read More