Mentors & Magicians

by Dallas Simms, The University of Virginia , '17

If they wanted to fly, they flew. If they wanted to disappear, they disappeared. I wasn’t just their mentor; I was their magician. This past summer, I had the opportunity to mentor 8-11 year olds in a special effects filmmaking workshop in Charlottesville, VA. I...

You Aren’t Thinking if You Aren’t Writing: How to Formulate a Good Idea

by Dallas Simms, The University of Virginia , '17

We are all too familiar with that blinking cursor in an empty word document. There is honestly not a worst sight in the world. The blinking is almost mocking you-a constant reminder that you are devoid of any intelligent or creative ideas. Ideas. So much of college is...