By Kelsey Murray – The queasy feelings in your stomach, the sweaty palms and procrastinating tendencies are not a casual case of the flu. No, these are the symptoms of senioritis. Urban Dictionary defines this as, “A crippling disease that strikes seniors.” Seniors usually start to slack off, lose focus and freak out about the next steps to take in theirRead More

By Emily Ferro – The first move from living at home to living in a college dorm is an unforgettable experience. I was so excited to finally go somewhere new after living in the same house for 18 years. Since I had never moved anywhere before, I was an over-eager packer. The question in my head was the question thatRead More

By Emily Ferro – We’ve all been there before-sitting in a class wondering “when am I ever going to need to know this?” Whether the work is busywork, or extremely relevant to the course, it sometimes just feels like the course is there to fill up four years in college. Throughout high school, “How is this useful?” was the questionRead More

By Jarad Sassone-McHugh – Over the past few years, Christmas has slowly changed. Whether this change is for better or for worse, no one can tell just yet, but the great holiday of Christ has been vitiated. Once upon a time in a golden age known as the 90s, innocence, belief in a majestic fat man, and nothing but euphoricRead More

By Emily Ferro – Typically, as soon as a student enters high school, parents, teachers and adults generally begin to preach the old adage, “Enjoy it while it lasts; time will fly by.” Hearing this phrase is like a rite of passage: a student is not legally or universally allowed to turn 16 without someone advising them that the funRead More