So Many Reasons to Be Grateful!

by Nahomi Velasquez, Boston University, '15

Wow. Just wow! When I look back on my experiences both in and out of college there are so many things to be thankful for! And so, I would like to take a moment to reflect on just a few of the things that I am truly blessed to have experienced. Family: I am very...

No Sweets for Two Weeks!

by Seanna Leath

Lucky for me and my waistline, my aunt is a fitness instructor at our church.  She recently assigned a new fast of no sweets for two weeks.  No cakes, cookies, candy, pies, or ice cream.  Since she didn’t say “no sweet breakfast foods,” I snuck in some cinnamon rolls...

Summer

by Irvin Gomez, Dartmouth College , '13

After endless papers, countless pages written and read, I finished freshman year. Exhausted, sleep deprived, eager and most importantly proud of what I have achieved during my first year of college, I turned in my last paper, went through the odyssey of moving out and...

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....

It's STILL Tuesday?!

by Seanna Leath

In two weeks, I’ll be halfway through the first semester of my sophomore year.  My friends and I have discussed the elusive time phenomenon of our college experience.  The days seem to take forever; weeks disappear before you know it, and months fly by.  At least once...