by Padah Vang, Colorado College, '19
Coming back home for Winter Break, I wanted to catch up with everyone: friends coming back home from college, a marine friend whose time was limited at home, mentors, coworkers, and cousins. I also had my family. I tried to budget time between everyone within the...
by Ysabel Cueva, Stonehill College , '17
Today as I was walking on campus I came across one of my friends who is also a first generation college student. My friend is a junior and I am a senior. It just happens to be that today there was a planning conference going on for sophomores to help them plan the...
by Adriana Gonzalez, Pomona College
This spring semester I won’t be in California for school. Instead, I’ll be studying in Rio de Janeiro. I boarded my plane a day after it starting snowing in Chicago and arrived in a jungle. There’s so much green here. The weather waters my skin every...
by Santiago Montoya, Brandeis University , '19
It’s funny how you need to start planning your next summer from one year in advance. High school used to be different, at least for me. So this past winter break, I spent most of the time planning what I wanted to do this upcoming summer as well as other future...
by Dallas Simms, The University of Virginia , '17
Scromp (v) – succumbing oneself to the act of devouring I know, I know. Scromp isn’t actually a real word. But growing up, my friends and I used it constantly. We didn’t even have to explain it to each other. The way you emphasize the word—by really adding texture to...
