Written by Michael Claxton Harding is just one institution celebrating a centennial this year. In the fall of 1923, two brothers from Kansas City started a film studio in Hollywood,…
Written by Clara Kernodle On Wednesday we went to Siena, south of Florence, and saw the preserved head of Saint Catherine. It was a small, ghoul-like face, with hollowed eyes…
Written by Emma Weber I got my first period at 16, a late age to enter womanhood. I was the last of all my friends and sisters to get it.…
Written by Tiane Davis A couple of weekends ago I got to see Alanis Morissette perform at the Format Festival in Bentonville, Arkansas. After years of leaning on her music…
Written by Avery Hawkins In our culture, it’s normal to hear things like “be true to yourself” or “be your authentic self.” These messages come from an ideology called expressive…
Written by Cory Crabb When returning to college, I didn’t expect to have that familiar overwhelming feeling of school, friends, clubs etc. pile up on me so quickly. The library…
Written by Michael Claxton Everybody knows about the stock market crash of 1929. Lots of people still remember the gas shortages of the 1970s. Some are still recovering from the…
Written by Emma Weber I wear my watch on the inside of my wrist because an ex-boyfriend told me it was easier to sneak a look at the time that…
Written by Melinda Johnson For the last several years, I’ve had an increasing desire to write, not just for myself in a journal, but in order to encourage others and…
Written by Tiane Davis My sophomore year, during winter break, I took on the hours-long commitment of knitting a pink heart-patterned scarf — to protect myself from the weather, obviously,…