There are only 24 hours in a day

“People will make time for they want to do.” I firmly believe this and have always applied this philosophy to my life. However, I may have over applied it since coming to college. As in high school, I find myself overwhelmed with various activities. Only difference is...

Balance

College is not high school. You can do a million things in high school but it is important to not stretch yourself thin in college. This is advice I received going into my first year of college.  I managed to maintain balance well my first semester but second semester...

College: The Land of the Free

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of college is the freedom: The chance to make my own decisions, the opportunity to decide what I will do with my time, where I will go, and how long I will stay out. In college I will make my first steps into adulthood...

Settled in!

To the incoming freshmen. I hope you are getting settled in your dorms and with your class schedules. Luckily, I did before Hurricane Irene blew through my campus. I know you’re excited to be in college. When I was in high school, the night before school started...

Phantom Limb

Imagine sitting at the kitchen table every night, head bent over bills, trying to make pennies stretch into places where dollar bills are necessary… …Working fifty hours a week behind a desk, then returning to work five more hours each night,...