The Picture of My Life After Graduation is Just Now Coming Into Focus
While standing in line to go up on stage and accept my high school diploma, I heard someone shout my …
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Movie Pregame: Do Good Books Make Good Feature Films?
Turning a book into a movie isn’t a new concept. Filmmakers have remade all sorts of novels …
10 Gap Year Programs to Find Yourself Before You Find Your Campus
Yes, you can spend your gap year outside of a minimum wage job and mom and dad’s basement. Why …
Suppress The Slut
Coco Chanel once said, “A girl must be two things: classy and fabulousâ€. During the Thanksgiving …
The Dreaded Conversation: Mom, I Need to Take a Gap Year
As I got older, I realized that almost all children of immigrants lived the same childhood, …
How I Learned to Stop Writing and Watch Some Movies
It’s that age-old cliché: Go to college, fall in love. Only I didn’t fall in love with a person—I …
The Truth About Reinventing Yourself in College
The first time I came home after leaving for my first semester of college at Drake …
Are You Unhappy with Your Extracurricular Activity? Join the Club
I distinctly remember a feeling of dread. I knew I had a long day of classes ahead of me. After …
Take the Easy Way Out: 10 Reasons to Live with Parents Post-Graduation
Let’s face it—living in our own places has some costs, literal and figurative. This realization has …
Introverts Don’t Need A Cure, But We Need Confidence
I knew I should call myself an introvert when I was in middle school, and haven’t stopped since. It …
He is 90210: Getting to Know Tristan Wilds
By Lizzie Horne > Junior > Journalism > University of Maryland “Acting was never my …
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The Netflix Representation You Didn’t Ask for: My Experience Wearing a Hijab
In the coming-of-age of some Muslim teenagers, the hijab is the symbol of your womanhood, your …
Leaving for College: Even Harder as a Sophomore
The period of time between high school graduation and college move in day become some of the most …
What It’s Like to Be a Divorced Kid in College
Divorce can be a lot harder than people think, and at some points, leave you at a breaking point. My …
10 One Tree Hill Quotes from the Ladies of Tree Hill to Fire Up Your Feminist Soul
Ask any 18 to 24-year-old on the street if they’ve seen One Tree Hill and some might talk your …
12 Things to Do Your First Week at FSU
Freshmen are the equivalent to freshly hatched turtles crawling towards the ocean. You know it’s …
TBH, Shouldn’t We Always Be Honest?
What started as a simple way to earn more likes and comments on Instagram turned into a millennial …
Passions Can Change. Your Identity Doesn’t Have To.
“I don’t want to go to college, I want to DANCE!” I cried after my first visit to the College of …
Attacking the Activities Fair
“Be sure to get involved on campus!” For most schools, the fall activities fair is your one-stop …
How I Broke Up with My Best Friend
We used to be inseparable. We had the same friends, the same classes; we even lived together.We went …
Why I Love Being The Little Fish In The Big Pond
I was extremely thrilled about the opportunity to leave my hometown in Brazil and come to the United …
I Just Declared My Major and No, I’m Not a Freshman
I sat in my last chemistry lecture at the end of my sophomore year thinking to myself, “How did I …
College Is Like an Olympic-Sized Diving Board—Wait What?
High school feels like a tiny, safe bubble, like easing into a warm, comfortable neighborhood pool. …
My Spring Break Story: I Went Clubbing at Home for the First (and Last) Time
Last week, the exhausted Gators at the University of Florida got an early Spring Break. Most of us …
