work life balance.

This past summer I had two internships. One required 40 hours a week and the other required about 10-20. All I did was work over the summer. I learned a lot about which career route I wanted to pursue and which routes I do not want to pursue. However, I feel like I...

Moving In

When I moved into my dorm at IWU it was chaos! Students, parents, and boxes were everywhere! My mom helped me move it. She made my bed, moped the floor, and wiped down everything– and I mean EVERYTHING! I could remember thinking “How am I supposed to live...

Moving In: Dorms and Homesickness

Freshman year, my parents flew with me over to Amherst. They rented a car and helped me move in and buy the necessities. As soon as they saw my room, the look of my mom’s face said it all; I was going to live in a matchbox. The room wasn’t only oddly L-shaped, it was...

Moving In…?

As a new Resident Assistant, I have now been on both ends of the spectrum: the nervous, anxious and shy freshman moving into a scary new dorm; and the cheerful and peppy RA helping first year students move into their dorms. As a freshman I had many anxieties...

Crossing the Bridge: From Friendliness to Friendship

I don’t understand. How can everyone make friends by asking each other the most generic questions: “What’s your name, where are you from, and what do you want to major in?” All I hear are these same three questions and then silence. It’s so difficult to keep any other...