Christmas/New Year's: Stuffing Myself

Instead of having the usual presents under the Christmas tree, I had food. Lots and lots of food. No presents in colorfully wrapped boxes. Just food. And I was so very happy. You know the song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”? My version goes like this:...

Year 2 is only better!

Finally back at Harvard! It feels good to come back to old friends and already start making new ones. Year 1 was amazing but I can already tell that year 2 will be even better! The first week of my Sophomore year went by really fast and I wanted to let you guys know...

Homesickness 101

A niggling of homesickness and sadness washed over me as I glanced back at my friend Alejandra.  Just like most of the campus, she was heading to the airport…excited about going home for the Thanksgiving break.  And unlike most of the campus, I was walking to my Latin...