3 Must-Use Apps to Prepare for a New Semester
Alongside the first week of class jitters comes one of my favorite activities - organizing. I find it helpful to gather all of my readings...
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Making Friends and Dealing with Social Anxiety in College
This article was written in Spring 2020. I remember getting ready to head off to college just a little over a year ago. I remember the...
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Free Condoms and Menstrual Products Shouldn't Be Mutually Exclusive
Menstrual products should be affordable and accessible to all. Pads, tampons and cups all perform an essential function, and not having...
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Holiday Dishes to Have At Your Table
As we head through Thanksgiving into the holiday season (or as the holiday season continues, for those who began celebrating on November...
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Loop Lit #3: From Page to Screen
Despite literally being the author of a books column, I’ve been feeling rather disinclined to read lately. It’s not entirely unjustified -...
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Study Spots to Try During Reading Period
As finals near, you may be feeling burned out. The rest of the student body definitely agrees as this semester has been uniquely difficult...
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Ways To Stay Focused During Reading Period
Listen to your body and your mind You know yourself best, so read your signs. Do you have a headache from studying too much? Are too tired...
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How To Have Safe Sex in a Pandemic
This semester, a Bass Connections team is studying sexual behaviors among undergraduate and graduate students in a pandemic. The team is...
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The Presidential Election Should Have Been a Landslide
The Presidential Election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump should have been a landslide. Like most Americans, I have spent the last three...
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5 Relaxing Things To Do When This Semester (or Any Semester) Is Too Much
1. Paint/Draw/Color Let your creativity soar and your mind wander to places other than your homework! Taking some time to create or color...
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Study Abroad Before University
At age fifteen, spurred on by a high school teacher and an itching desire to explore the world beyond Southern California, I enrolled in a...
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On Professionalism
professional - (n.) a person who belongs to one of the professions, especially a learned profession. (adj.) following an occupation as a...
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Joe Biden, Parking Lots, and Cook Out Milkshakes - A Sunday in Durham
Growing up in a small town in Western North Carolina, it was not common for national-level politicians to visit. So when I got wind that...
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Take A Day Off
This semester has seemed longer than any I’ve experienced, and we’re barely halfway through. At the same time, the semester, along with the...
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Post for Office
The 2020 election season is unprecedented, for a laundry list of reasons that keeps getting longer. With multiple integral issues on the...
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Pandemic Reads
Though being forced to stay inside or sit alone in a park are not the ideal environments for most activities to occur, I found both...
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A Curated Collection of Culture & Lachesism
The following are the ramblings of a teenager who has been contemplating a lot of stuff during a weird time in history. If you feel...
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6 Takeaways from the Vice Presidential Debate
Vice presidential candidates Mike Pence and Kamala Harris debated on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City, Utah. With COVID running rampant...
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Non-Horror Halloween: Top 5 Halloween Moving Images to Watch in October
1. Halloweentown Franchise (4 in 1!) This is a classic and any of the movies are a must watch for the Spooky season. A teenage witch and...
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Cooking at Duke
Duke is known for many things: academics, sports, the beautiful campus, and of course the food! Although Duke’s dining halls are excellent...
