Growth
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Finding the Upside

“Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure.” I’ve adopted this phrase as my motto. Growing up, I watched my family members deal with a bad situation after a bad situation on those days where nothing went right. Through whole events, many of my relatives’ attitudes would just go from bad to worse. If one thing went wrong or […]

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College Life
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Coffee—Friend or Foe?

There was once a time when I would get coffee three or four times a day—freshman year. The caffeine would wake me up by blocking my body’s ability to make me feel tired. But I got massive headaches from not drinking anything caffeinated within a day. At the same time, I’d notice random articles on the News app and on […]

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From a Senior

We all have those moments we would've done differently if we'd only known better. Maybe the weather wasn’t quite what you were expecting it to be, and you left your umbrella behind during a monsoon. Or there was a detail you missed on that rubric for an assignment. Or maybe you just missed the assignment altogether. Learning from our mistakes can be […]

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Fountains: Behind the Scenes

Ever wondered what it takes to get your short story or poem published? Whether you write for a class assignment or just for fun, you could be a published author on campus pretty easily. How? Every year, we feature student writing through our on-campus publication known as Fountains. Two classes work each spring to edit student submissions, format the pieces, […]

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Academics College Life
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How To Get Rid of a Pain in the Neck—Literally

Have you ever woken up with pain in your neck? Or have you gone through your day wondering why your shoulder has started to ache again?  You may blame the mattress pad on your bed for not quite doing the job. But could it be something else? Now, shoulder, neck, and back pain could be linked to a health problem such as […]

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