A Letter to Myself Four Years From Now
At the very beginning of ninth grade, my school took my classmates and me on a retreat as a way of introducing us to the changes that would...
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Life Lessons I Haven't Learned Yet
I graduate from college in less than a month. I have seen a lot of graduating seniors write about things that they have learned since...
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What Her Campus Kenyon Means to Us
It’s that time of the year when we, as graduating seniors, are preparing to say goodbye to the hill we have called home for the past four...
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What My Hatred of Online Shopping Says About Me as a Person
I’ve been thinking a lot about online shopping lately. I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s because I’m becoming increasingly aware of the...
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On Taking My First (and Last) Art Class at Kenyon
When I was in middle school, I had an art class with a teacher who was famous for giving everybody As, as long as they showed up to class...
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Meeting Your Heroes
Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to see my favorite musician in concert. I’m not much of a music fan, in the sense that I don’t go out...
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My Relationship to STEM Fields
I take issue with the popular phrase “for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes seventy-three cents.” It’s not that I believe that a...
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Steven Ring '17, Kenyon Farmer
You may volunteer at the Kenyon Farm every week, or you may not even know where the farm is (it’s about a twenty minute walk down East...
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When You Have a Unique Passion
Recently, I’ve starting doing this new thing: I see a tweet on my phone, react automatically in my head, show my phone to my roommate, and...
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My Addiction to Chewing Gum
My mother is a dentist. I had terrible teeth as a child and, as a result, had braces for over five years. I’ve dealt with this irony for...
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An Ode to Neopets
One afternoon, when I was around eight years old, I ran up to my parents crying. Without knowing the consequences, I had fed my green Lupe...
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Conquering My Fear and Learning to Love Driving
I had been behind the wheel of a car no more than fifteen times when I got into my first accident. I had gotten my learner’s permit a few...
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My Favorite Documentaries on Netflix Right Now
I’m not the kind of person to binge watch TV shows, especially if they have multiple seasons. Binge watching entails a sort of time...
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A Smaller Thanksgiving
I have been taking a little break from Facebook over the past few weeks. I deleted the app entirely from my phone, and I only logged in...
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Experiencing Senioritis in College
I applied to Kenyon Early Decision. I was accepted in December, and by Winter Break my family had submitted the first down payment. I had...
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An Athlete's Struggle With Body Image
I thought I had conquered body image without even needing to fight it. I was never the type of girl to pour over pictures of models in...
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A Love Letter to Fall Weather
There have been more than enough online articles and blog posts that talk about fall. I feel absolutely no need to express my love for the...
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My “Get Shit Done Bun” or, Why I Will Never Cut My Hair Off
I am very sensitive to hot weather. I get overheated a lot more quickly than the average person, and I get dizzy, sluggish, and irritable...
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I Don’t Go To Hillel Services, and That’s Okay
When I was first applying to colleges, my parents set a few qualifications for the place that I would ultimately choose. Number one, my...
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John Green and Frozen: Overexposed Does Not Equal Overrated
Last year, when John Green was announced as the 2016 Commencement speaker, I heard mixed reviews. There were a few groans, and statements...
