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(09/23/10 6:11am)
Sometimes I catch myself thinking too seriously. I like to think that thinking too seriously is a little different from taking things too seriously. When someone takes something too seriously, he announces that his life is finished, when in reality, he is nowhere near death. When someone thinks too seriously, she is constantly reminiscing about the past and wondering about the future, generally susceptible to planning big life changes every Sunday night and entirely capable of skipping class to write about thinking too seriously.
(09/20/10 5:10am)
Fitness classes at the Aquatic and Fitness Center provide a release for students seeking time away from the regimented workload of University life while also giving them a chance to learn from an experienced trainer. But not many students realize that these trainers are frequently undergraduate students at the University as well.
(09/16/10 5:37am)
I have trouble transitioning - most evidently seen in my eloquent, refined and incredibly messy essays. The words "work on transitions" appear all-too often on my analytical essay attempts. I huff and I puff and I cringe because I know that transitions in my essays are not the only transitions I need to improve.
(09/09/10 5:59am)
I don't know what role I play in my social group. My social group consists of my close friends, my less-close friends, my run-into-all-the-time acquaintances, my classmates and my family.
(09/02/10 5:15am)
My favorite things in the world are words. Words strung together harmoniously. Words placed piecemeal in an uneven hiccup of a sentence. Words in English that sound like foreign words if you don't know how to pronounce them. Like when I say "poim" instead of poem. Or words in French that I don't understand because I'm awful at French. But I know I like how they sound.
(09/01/10 5:15am)
If you haven't recently heard someone start a sentence with the words, "Well, in this economy ..." then you've been living in a cave. Even at the University - where many students are considered relatively affluent - people are talking about the difficulty of finding jobs and money, and everyone seems to be aware of how this will impact their lives once they leave Grounds for good.
(08/31/10 4:00am)
First-year students have it easy. They check a website that tells them where they live and who their roommates are. After first year, however, living arrangements become more complicated.\nWhile there are many factors that go into off-Grounds apartment hunting, the choice that most strongly affects quality of life is far more esoteric than roommates or even distance from Grounds. Instead, the most pivotal choice for living arrangements boils down to the following: whether or not to live in "old" or "new" housing. Students who chose the former have found both benefits and detriments living in more antiquated buildings.
(08/25/10 5:08am)
When I'm sad or uncomfortable or jealous, I generally use one of two defensive maneuvers: sleep or insults.
(08/21/10 4:00am)
First-year students have it easy. They check a website that tells them where they live and who their roommates are. After first year, however, living arrangements become more complicated.
(04/29/10 5:39am)
Perhaps contrary to popular belief, video gaming can be more beneficial than just having the opportunity to learn the secrets to World of Warcraft. In fact, the hours spent playing video games just might yield a future career path.
(04/21/10 5:11am)
I had no idea this would come up so often this far into second semester - I have a twin. If the school year is almost finished and lots of people still do not know about my other half, I figure I could at least give her some credit because she's sort of inherently in everything I do, say and write.
(04/14/10 4:38am)
Republicans do not recycle, skinny white girls only listen to Taylor Swift and all Asians are pre-Commerce.
(04/07/10 6:09am)
I dislike indecisiveness. Wen I see it in other people, I just want to make them just choose something, one way or another. It is not that difficult.
(03/24/10 6:12am)
When I was in high school, I highlighted quotes in my quote books. Yeah, I had quote books. One of my favorites came from Clifton Fadiman (I have no idea who he is): "Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality." Upon first glance, I giggled. This was before I realized that Fadiman might share something with me. We both glorify food. Though I like all food, there is one savory food genre that I'll always place on a pedestal: Chinese food.
(03/03/10 6:41am)
I know there's an international food section in Newcomb Dining Hall, and I know some restaurants on the Corner are not American, but my culinary sphere of influence truly expanded last Saturday when I entered "Snacks of Mumbai"at the Lorna Sundberg International Center at 21 University Circle - a destination I never previously knew existed.
(02/22/10 6:18am)
Few people at the University know very much about Kathy McGruder, even though most students talk to her several times a week. They smile, exchange pleasantries and then move on in search of lunch.
(02/17/10 8:12am)
Maybe no one wants to read about a holiday once it has passed, but I want to share my Valentine's Day dinner experience. (Be grateful I'm not still stuck on Christmas.) I am not going to gush about the lovely dinner I had with my boyfriend, the cute things he bought me and the great conversations we had while eating steak. If I had a boyfriend, I totally would. Instead, I had Valentine's dinner with my mom and my sister this year at Lord Hardwicke's.
(02/03/10 6:57am)
I've learned a lot during my second semester of college. Maybe you're thinking, "It's only been two weeks. I've barely been in class." This is not true. I will proudly proclaim that I have attended every one of my classes for two weeks straight. This is potentially record-setting. What I've learned, though, has little to do with the Gender, Death and Dying or Intensive French Grammar or whatever those other classes are titled.
(01/21/10 3:10am)
After five-and-a-half years of classes en fran
(12/02/09 5:36am)
This summer I fell in love with Julia Child. No, I did not buy one of her cookbooks and attempt to recreate her dishes. I just watched a movie in which someone else did. I read several memoirs by foodies - books that included life lessons and recipes. I held an end of the summer dinner party for several of my good friends. We ate scallops and sipped on wine I stole from my mother's stash. It was all very chic and self-empowering and warm and fuzzy and...