Art in Times of Tragedy
On November 8th, I was given the prestigious opportunity to interview Hannah Chillingworth, an incredibly talented local artist that...
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Adjusting Mid-Pandemic: How I’ve Been Accommodating Myself as a Freshman at The University of Texas During Covid-19
New territory. New people. New home. New everything. On top of it all, I had to make this big change in my life during a pandemic. I come...
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Processing and Accepting When Your Plans Change
I did all the work — this was a sentence that I kept in my head as I faced the news that because of the pandemic, I could not go abroad for...
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3 Things I Learned From My First Month of College
It feels surreal that I can finally share my side of this story. For the past few years, I’ve been watching countless college advice videos...
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I Spent My Second Week of College in Quarantine- Here’s What I Learned
I knew that starting college in a global pandemic would be unusual, but I never would have thought that I would be sent to quarantine eight...
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How COVID-19 Took my Study Abroad Experience Away Before it Began
Our Staff Writer and Acting Editor in Chief, Quinn, discusses how COVID-19 canceled her entire study abroad experience in Hirosaki, Japan before it had even started and how she went from getting closer to her departure date to a canceled flight. Read on as she details her entire experience from how she heard the news to discussions she had with the people she cares about to how she feels about it all today.
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A Small Fish in a Big Pond: 5 Things I’ve Learned Since Enrolling at the Largest (and greatest) University in Texas.
Most people don’t believe me when I tell them the number of students who were in my graduating class. To be fair, it is pretty unbelievable...
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Being Hit By Change and Punching it Right Back
Change is scary. It’s terrifying. Most of the time, I run the opposite way—scratch that, I always run away from it. And recently, I’m...
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The Best Advice I Ever Received
There is a tree right outside the door of my house. When I was little it was tall and had leaves every shade of green. It was the tree that...
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How to Take Care of Yourself When Your Mom Isn’t at College
Mothers are the best. Mothers run the world. That’s why it’s no surprise that most of us turn to our mothers when we need them the most. As...
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You First: Tips For a First-Year From One Herself
Hi, I'm Britt! I'm a first year at McGill and I'm just getting my bearings. Along the way (the month I've been here), I've acquired a few...
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Adapting to College
Adapting to college can be many things. It’s exciting, nerve wracking, scary, fun and so much more. You are completely starting over...
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9 Thoughts of an Out-of-State Student
I like to believe that all out-of-state students share many of the same feeling when first arriving to Behrend. We all wonder if we are...
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Adapting to a New Political Culture
One of the golden rules of conversation is avoiding conversation about politics and religion - but what does everyone seem to love to talk...
