Fat is an ugly word. No one wants to be called fat. It has come to mean that you don’t fit the cultural expectation of beautiful. So we swap it…
Work ethic during the semester is a series of peaks and valleys. I always start the semester on a peak. I have recently-purchased school supplies — which, after 17 years…
I began writing this article under the title “An Ode to MO,” alternatively titled “Be Thou My Mr. Blonde” or “There Is Beyond the Basic Brew.” One day I hope…
I don’t know about everyone, but for a big chunk of the time I lived in my parents’ house I had my own room. I know that not everybody has…
I have Yik Yak. I check it from time to time. Some of it is absolutely hilarious. People yak stuff worthy of being tweeted and re-tweeted and favorited. Yaks that…
It’s a tough life being a breakfast cereal mascot. A starving bunny, reduced to desperate schemes to get cereal, is told over and over, “Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids.”…
Aglance to the side. The occasional double-take. Some whispered conversation to the person they are walking with, who, of course, must turn and look as well. A flash of pity.…
Ablessing and a curse of music, fashion and culture is that there’s very little that hasn’t been done yet. I like that because it’s dependable. You can always have a…
Isat in Hastings staring at my screen, overwhelmed by a sense of weariness as I grappled with a possible idea of the “perfect” Bison article, when I realized that imperfection…
You probably can’t tell from my picture, but I am not ripped. I discovered my natural ability for feebleness in 7th grade when I could not bench the bar during…