I Get to Write About Anything I Want?

Anything, not everything.

Column by Taylor Grace Suiter, Senior from Brentwood, Tennessee Productivity expert David Allen says, “You can do anything, but not everything.” He’s right. That’s terrifying. Allen’s sentiment rings especially true for me lately as I prepare to graduate. I don’t know what I want to do. I studied Organizational Communication – which touts its curriculum as being Read More

No easy answers

Column by Taylor Grace Suiter, Senior from Brentwood, Tennessee In his 1917 essay “The Divine Afflatus,” German-American cultural critic H.L. Mencken writes, “For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong.” Mencken’s quote began a chapter of a reading I was assigned earlier in the semester, and I’ve been wrestling with it Read More

The Shoe Tree: a hyperreality for the hopelessly romantic

Column by Taylor Grace Suiter Senior from Brentwood, Tennessee Valentine’s Day is upon us, and with it, all the trappings of love. Hearts and Cupids and red and pink fill the front aisles of Walgreens, reminders of Hallmark’s commodification of the heartfelt. These signs are nothing new; Valentine’s Day symbology looks the same the country over, but Read More

“Master of None” masters seniors’ anxieties

Column by Taylor Grace Suiter, Senior from Brentwood, Tennessee Aziz Ansari’s “Master of None” premiered on Netflix Nov. 6th, so naturally I spent my weekend watching and live tweeting it. I loved it and I still can’t stop talking about it. Ansari isn’t just an observational comedian, he’s plain observant, and it shows in the series’ ability to Read More

Facebook’s Evolution from the Original Social Network

Column by Taylor Grace Suiter, Senior from Brentwood, Tennessee “Back when I joined Facebook there wasn’t a ‘like’ button. If you thought your friend’s status was funny, you had to have the gumption to type out ‘Hahahahahha YAAAAAS!’ We didn’t even have a share button. It was a different time back then.”  – Me, in the future, maybe. Read More

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