I’m no longer afraid to grow up

Suddenly, I am a quarter of the way through my senior year. I have begun applying to my next opportunities, enjoying the first of my lasts and soaking in my final few months walking across 24th street. Through the senioritis, I have talked to my friends about feelings of anxiety, excitement and sadness over what […]

Forgotten horrors to make you scream

As we approach Halloween, people are preparing costumes, decor, and bowls of candy. But a perfect Halloween atmosphere also needs jump scares, creature features, and slasher flicks…. Good horror films! If you’ve spent the last three Halloweens rewatching “Hocus Pocus” or “The Exorcist,” these overlooked films can bring new frights to your All Hallows’ Eve. […]

Give me back my third spaces

The third space is dead.  Take a walk through your local mall and I guarantee you’ll leave with a sense of dread and desolation. It looks the same, sure, but where is the joy? Where are the crowds of people?  Why isn’t anyone out and about?  You’ll find no anchor stores at the corners of […]

Falling into yourself

As the leaves turn and the air gets colder, change is a subject that is frequently on our minds. Soon we’ll be registering for classes for next semester, pulling out the Christmas trees, and ringing in a new year. As we think about change and the good and bad outcomes that follow from it, it’s […]

Bring on the savings

I want daylight savings time.   There, I’ve said it.  Strike me down now. This writer wishes to make clear that he is a proud supporter of the daylight savings time initiative. I will shout the truth regardless of whether the masses wish to hear it.  I like waking up in the daylight! I want to […]

Twenty: Now what?

I’m snuggled up comfortably on my couch as I stare at my phone’s home screen, waiting for the clock to strike midnight. Suddenly, 11:59 turns into 12:00, and it’s now Oct. 14, 2026. I am 20 years old. I leap off the couch and shake off my blanket. I feel older already, and suddenly everything […]