Static on the Line

by Seanna Leath

A few years ago, my friends and I talked excitedly about heading off to college in August—ready to meet new people and take great classes and be college students. We talked about the schools we’d chosen to attend and how amazing it would be to leave home and be out on...

College: The Land of the Free

by Rodney Savannah, University of Southern California, '15

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...

Think Twice Before Taking the Dive

by Julianna Moreno, Texas State University , '15

“Julie you need to be really careful when you go to college…like seriously. Don’t take rides from strangers, don’t get drunk at parties, be careful with your money…just make sure you think everything through and be cautious,”were the words that my mother said to...

Halfway Through Harvard: Reflection

by Jesse Sanchez, Harvard University , '14

It still blows my mind to think that I’m halfway through college… It seems like I just started blogging with CSO but it’s already been two years… Well, I have definitely grown in more ways than are possible to count but the change doesn’t...

Two Steps Forward

by Darius Journigan

“I can’t wait to be out of this house!” Sound familiar?? Of course it does! I’m quite sure the majority of youth have had this thought on more than one occasion. I was so ready to move out that my idea of life “on my own” was jaded...