How to Learn a New Instrument, Even If You're Not Musically Literate (Yet)
We may be winding down to the end of 2020, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait until you make your New Years' resolution list to start...
Margaret Engel (Hofstra ‘21)
Margaret Engel (Hofstra ‘21)
Margaret Engel is a senior triple major B.A. in Drama, Global Studies, and Geography. She loves history, politics, writing, traveling, and the outdoors! Please be nice to her because she is sensitive. She is also a cancer, but that should go without saying.
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Top 10 Prettiest Spots on Hofstra's Campus
When I first visited Hofstra as a prospective student, the first thing that struck me was how beautiful the campus is. It was the...
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Where to Start Fact-Checking the News You Consume
Welcome back to the start of a certainly interesting semester. This year has been a turbulent, scary and often empowering one for so many...
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Differentiating Between "Hobby" and "Hustle"
It’s still the beginning of the year, which means it’s as good a time as any to start picking up a new hobby. Maybe there’s an instrument...
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How to Create a Five-Year Plan
How often is it that when you come home from school, it seems like every adult you speak to has only one question on their mind: “So… uh,...
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Confessions of a Former Twitter Stan
There’s nothing quite like the high of gaining a new interest in something or someone. I’m the type of person who has an obsessive...
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What I Learned Living with a Host Family
I’ve had the opportunity to travel a lot throughout my life, whether that be through family vacations during childhood, as a student, and...
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Incorporating 1920s Culture Into Your 2020s
Ladies, gentlemen, old sports, we are about to enter one of the most important decades in our lives: the 2020s. One hundred years later, we...
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The Most Powerful Women of Early 2000s Kids' TV
It’s 2008— a time when things were simpler and your biggest concerns were about what Cheetah Girl you were in your friend group and whether...
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The Toxic Side of Influencer Culture
Let me ask you a question: What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning, and right before you go to sleep? For many of us...
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5 Fun Fall Date Ideas
Hello, Autumn! Ladies and gentlemen, we are well into the Fall semester and you know what that means…it’s cuffing season. You bought some...
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Unpacking the Concept of Voluntourism
My name is Margaret Engel and I’m here to talk about a growing problem among our generation; it’s the type of issue that is unique because...
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Being Tall: Shortcoming or Leg-Up?
I had always been tall, but it wasn’t until the seventh grade, during which I grew four inches in a single year, that I became very aware...
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How to Stay Politically Woke with Minimal Effort
Let me paint you a picture: it’s Thanksgiving dinner. You and your extended family are all sitting around the table, your dog is sitting by...
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The Best Spring Break Destinations for You and Your Squad
Spring break is just around the corner! We can get through these exams and deadlines together, somehow. But have you and your friends made...
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Best Educational Youtubers to Binge-Watch
So you just got home from class, and all you want to do is lay in bed on your phone and do absolutely nothing for the rest of the day. We’...
