Receiving feedback is a gift of wisdom that calls humanity higher. It provides the means to go further in life with others’ input than we ever could on our own.…
Sixth grade was a good year. It was the last year in elementary school — the cool class. We were the only kids allowed to ride our bikes to school…
There’s this small park beside the train tracks that run through Kensett, and when I feel like life is too crazy for me to deal with, I disappear to that…
As I took my colored construction paper down the colorful aisles of Toys R Us and dreamed of the unending possibilities of prospective Christmas presents, I knew I was in for…
Las Vegas has weighed heavy on my heart this week. I am grieved by the massive loss of life that occurred due to the atrocious acts of one man. I…
I think it was my second year of writing for The Bison. Back then I shared space on the opinions page with several others, including a student columnist who was just…
Water is essential to life. However, over these past few weeks, we’ve all gotten a glimpse of how destructive it can be. Personally, seeing the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and…
Growing up, I always had children of different races in my classroom. I never thought anything different of my classmates, and I was never told to treat them differently. Perhaps…
One does not have to go back very far to recall George W. Bush, Bob Dole and John McCain joining with Al Gore, Bill Clinton and John Kerry to acknowledge…
My roommate Hollee and I were sitting in those relatively comfy chairs in the front corner of Starbucks the other day, taking quizzes to find out which BTS member we are,…