Road construction, pedestrians and Five Points all have one major thing in common; they back up traffic. Sitting in traffic is one of the little things in life that often causes the most frustration. It’s especially difficult to contain your frustration when you have somewhere to be or are running extremely late. As a society, Read More
Halloween is one of the best holidays, hands down. I mean, who doesn’t like getting candy? Or, when you’re older, you can buy a huge bag of candy for the “trick-or-treaters.” When I was little, Halloween was the best thing that could possibly happen. My neighborhood is set in a wooded area, so it was Read More
It is 1 a.m. and I’m doing what I do best, procrastinating. I need to take a shower. I need to finish the homework left over from Homecoming weekend. I need to care. But I’m here, thinking about how long the electricity stayed on while the Titanic was sinking and how no one was electrocuted Read More
In the last month, I did something I never imagined I would do, and I did it twice. That’s right, I played not one, but two, video games and I have to tell you I was pleasantly surprised. Growing up, my parents never bought my sister and me any sort of game console. I don’t Read More
Each and every day, we are faced with routine tasks. We have the choice, the freedom, to step out of the monotony. We have the ability to think, act and respond differently to situations. But the majority of the time, we don’t. As students, we all can have hectic lives and often choose to live Read More
Sunday night was the season finale of AMC’s “Breaking Bad.” While I am not an avid viewer of the program (I do aspire to be one someday) I knew that the anticipation of this series finale was beyond nerve-wrecking. It was the talk of, well, just about everything. There were people tweeting about it, articles Read More
No matter what the teachers in high school say, they will never fully equip you with the knowledge and life advice you will need in college. That’s where I come in with my life advice you didn’t ask for. Now, I don’t claim to be an expert. However, since the time I began classes at Read More
Last week in my column (“Another season,”) I wrote about the shows I am disappointed to see go off the air. I only listed three, but there were so many I found during my research that were cancelled. But something else I noticed was the lack of television shows airing their pilot episodes this fall. Read More