Iwas blessed to spend my summer in New York City. As a Pennsylvania native, you can imagine the culture shock of moving from a small town in the Appalachians to…
This summer was hard. I spent most of my days sleeping until noon and most of my nights lying awake, staring at the walls of my little room in the…
Every summer I escape the blistering heat of Arkansas to spend a couple of months in the blistering heat of Georgia. This year my trip was bookended by visits to…
The year I finished high school — a quarter century ago — the most popular graduation gift was a brand new book by Dr. Seuss. I got my copy a…
Freshman year I walked onto this campus with straightened hair and Toms shoes. Pitch Perfect was the funniest movie I had ever seen and I only listened to Mumford and…
Well, this is it. I want to thank all 43 of you who read this for keeping up with my tales from the past and the occasional fluffy listicle that…
Sometimes I discover new things and become borderline obsessed. Chess, hacky-sacking, karate — these are just three of my fads that have come and gone in the last couple of…
A few weeks ago, my History of Missions class took a trip to Boston to visit some sites we have learned about this semester. On our journey, we stayed with…
Every Wednesday at 11:30 p.m., a group of hungry boys gathers at 605 E. Pleasure Ave., Apt. #6. Coming from various socioeconomic backgrounds, representing 10 different clubs and ranging in…
Occasionally around the English department, you will hear faculty shouting from their offices. They tend not to be reprimanding some sophomore for writing “less” when he means “fewer,” or for…