The Major-Major Time Difference
We all know the saying that goes, “we’re all in the same boat, and the boat is sinking”. I’ve always heard this be used for all of us...
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Why do we need the humanities, anyways?
I’ve always considered the humanities to be somewhat of a guiding light in the mess of our world today, and in generally in my own life...
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An Open Letter To VCU's Combined Graduation Ceremonies
As many of you know, especially if you are graduating this spring, VCU has decided to do combined graduation ceremonies for the schools and...
3 Humanities Classes for STEM Majors
Get those VLPAs and W credits in!
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A Meditation on Literature in Humanities
I never open up a book with the expectation of finding a fixed answer on how to create meaning in my life; nonetheless, I know that I will...
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Why Humanities Majors Matter More Than Ever
Ever since the dawning of the ‘Space Race’ in the sixties America’s educational values have been increasingly leaning more and more to...
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How to Actually Retain the Information You Learn in Lecture
Showing up and taking notes is only half the battle.
My Struggle to Find Ways to Be Creative as a Science Major
Why limit yourself to one field or the other?
Understanding Humanity: UCI’s School of Humanities’s Language Requirement
University of California, Irvine’s School of Humanities requires all its students to take at least 2 years (six quarters) of a second...
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Why You Should Be Proud of Your Major Even If You’re Not in STEM
Whether you’re a creative writing major like me, or a theatre/film major, or an english major or anything that fits under the humanities...
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Why You Should Reconsider Your Interest in Humanities
Why listening to your heart instead of your wallet could help your future self.
How to navigate the jump from high-school to a humanities degree
Tell me if this situation sounds familiar. You’ve just come fresh out of high-school, gotten into university, survived Freshers Week and...
Humanities vs. STEM by Melanie Macias
My mom used to tell me that when I was a little girl I used to hold a stick point to the wall and make both her and my dad repeat after me...
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Why STEM Majors Need to Respect the Humanities
As a biochemistry and English double major, I can’t help but notice the disdain so many STEM majors have for the humanities. Why is that?
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Five Tips for Being a Writer in College
In the midst of overpopulating STEM majors, being a humanities major in college can be rough. Having to release and reform creative energy...
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An Arts Degree Is A Real Degree!
In Defence of the Arts and Humanities I’m in my third year of doing an English with Creative Writing degree, and I don’t think I could find...
Research in High School: Extracurricular Turned Extra Pressure
What used to be a perk on college applications has, in some communities, become an unspoken rule for getting into college.
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It's Time to Stop Calling Non-STEM Majors Easy!
If you go to a college or university, or if you surround yourself with friends that do, then you have had the obligatory debate about which...
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It's Okay That You're Not In STEM
As an English major, immediately after I tell people what I'm studying I get asked if I want to be a teacher, and when I tell them no, they...
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Breaking News: I Am Not a STEM Major
I am a Design major and I am proud. It has taken me a while to feel comfortable saying such words. I grew up in a town that shunned the...
