Nobody's Perfect: Set Your Own Personal Limits

by Lysa Vola, Williams College, '14

As president of my college’s Peer Health organization, we decided to center our final campaign of the year around the myth of effortless perfection and how while college students might seem like they have it all together all the time…WE REALLY DON’T....

Oh The Difference It Makes

by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13

“Don’t do what you like, do what you love.” Those were the words of a wise senior whose name I do not remember since I heard him speak during the first hours I was here at Dartmouth. During that time of confusion, uncertainty and excitement, I did...

Tadpoles in the Sea

by Seanna Leath

I got my first camera when I was around twelve, but I’d been fascinated with photography and “capturing life” long before unwrapping that Kodak Easy Share.  My mom threatened to stop making Walgreens’ trips to develop the photos if I didn’t stop snapping shots...

If Time is Money, I'm SO Broke

by Jenny Luong, Amherst College, '14

Time just seems to run away from me. There are never enough hours in a day to do the things I want to do. Can’t take a nap. Can’t go to the movies. Can’t go read a book for leisure because I’ll definitely end up reading it instead of the books...

Phantom Limb

by Seanna Leath

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,...