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Unbelievable, first semester is almost over. There is just one more week of classes and then another week for finals. After that it’s over. Seems like yesterday that my parents dropped me off and helped me moved into my dorm. When you move in, you don’t really think...

Second Year

Sophomore year is so different from freshman year. I’m finding myself less stressed and actually sleeping. Gasp. (I know!) Despite the fact that classes are more intense, time is going by so fast, and declaring a major is right around the corner, I really am enjoying...

Static on the Line

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...

READY! SET! GO!

*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEEEEP* went my cell phone’s crappy alarm. It was 6:32am on August 13, 2011. I could see it was still early because I did not hear the familiar Chicago traffic outside my window. As I wiped the boogers from my bloodshot eyes, I knew today was the day!...

Summer

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...