College Life
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The Sound of the Students

In the moments before chapel begins each weekday, the Crowne Centre fills with a rush of students from all over campus. As I sit in my seat, I hear thousands of voices chattering about classes, making lunch plans, and greeting friends. The bell rings, and the chatter is replaced with a brief hush, then the sound of the Doxology sung […]

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Things to Do
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Waiting for Their Shining Moment

Over the last few weeks, I've noticed something strange happening around campus. Tiny unlit white and colored bulbs have been slowly appearing in the trees and bushes around campus! Though this might seem like the magic of overambitious holiday fairies, in reality it is the hard work of a special maintenance crew. It's as if the lights have been trying […]

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Growth
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Hold On Tight

As I walked to class the other day, I noticed tendrils of ivy growing on the ramp to the second floor of MacKenzie. When I looked closer, I realized that the ivy was not cultivated there on the concrete wall. The ivy had found any tiny crack in the concrete in which to put a root, stubbornly holding on through […]

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Academics
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A Teacher Thing

This semester, I got to do something that every education major looks forward to with a mixture of excitement and dread—I got to create my first bulletin board. It's exciting to get to do a "teacher thing," but also a little scary because the bulletin board carries a significant part of my grade. I had seen so many people before […]

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Academics College Life Growth
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Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

You’ve heard the phrase “running around like a chicken with its head cut off,” but did you know that chickens who have had their heads cut off really can run around for a few minutes without a head? Don’t think about that too hard, it’s pretty disturbing. With midterms upon us, it’s easy to become stressed and worried. We might […]

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