Sometimes, I forget that high school was a time of self-discovery.Often, I try to ignore this fact, but when it comes down to it, many of the things that happened to me while in high school made me into...
I will not be voting in tomorrow’s elections.The reason for this is simple: I don’t feel that any of the candidates deserve my vote.Every election season is the same. We see the career politicians...
Well, folks, it is that time of year again — the seemingly unending barrage of political ads, campaign phone calls, yard signs and informational walk cards flooding mailboxes everywhere.The general...
Over the summer, I went to Oregon and worked for a couple months at a conference center with my best friend.I lived on Cannon Beach, in a tiny apartment across the street from the ocean. After living in...
Yes, we celebrate Halloween in Peru. Nevertheless, the meaning of it got lost somewhere in translation.As a child, I could never really get a straight answer from my parents as to why people put on costumes...
9:50 p.m. Ablah Library. Finish research report. Settle into chair. Headphones on.Transcribe last interview for report. Focus.“Freude! schoener Goetterfunken.”Type: Type.Open Word. Open 17-page document....
If you think about it, carving a pumpkin is a rather perverse and brutal tradition. Halloween-ers pick out a piece of fruit, gut out its innards — sometimes toasting and consuming its young — and carve...
Every year since the age of about six, I long await the arrival of Halloween.Not because I love the holiday itself, but because I love what it means — treats, and lots of them. With Halloween coming...
If you are sad about still being in college outside of the “normal” age, don’t be. According to U.S. Department of Education National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), 36 percent of college...
Bill Murray has certainly embraced the role of the slightly creepy but mostly likable, eccentric old dude in recent years. Between appearing in every Wes Anderson movie and crashing strangers’ bachelor...
It doesn’t matter what you think of Taylor Swift — you should pay attention to her. This is Swift’s week, full of TV appearances on Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel, NBC’s the Voice, David Letterman and Good...
As I entered the Field of Screams, I clung to my better half’s arm. Naturally, she had expected me to protect her from the horrors ahead, but I had devised a different strategy long before we set foot...
