Hello Reality…Goodbye Fantasy

by Ashley Roberts, Illinois Wesleyan University, '13

All the packing and shopping had paid off; it was move-in day. I was officially a college student! I had everything packed strategically in the car. My brother asked, “Is this all going to fit?” I replied with a shrug of my shoulders. Being the first in my family to...

Life inside the Purple Bubble

by Lysa Vola, Williams College, '14

“Welcome to the next best four years of your life: College.” I drove 21 hours to finally arrive at the “purple bubble,” one of the smallest, yet best liberal arts colleges in the nation. As I approached my dorm, Williams Hall, my mind was flooded with the reality at...

I Made It HERE??

by Jesse Sanchez, Harvard University , '14

My mom wasn’t able to finish grade school because she had to help out in the fields of her small rancho in Mexico. She came to America to give her family hope for something better and after everything we have been through together, I just hope to make her proud...

Toto, I Have The Feeling We’re not in Kansas Anymore

by Joseph Dingman

A kid up the hall in my dorm left last week, for good it turns out. His parents came to take his belongings back home, and they didn’t seem happy about it.  College is not High School.  For me, high school was merely a carry-over of the meritocracy I was accustomed to...