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‘God bless you’ nothing to sneeze at

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The scenario is all too familiar. You push a button and pace until the elevator arrives. Doors open, revealing you won't be alone on your trek to the eighth floor. You nod to your fellow passenger, step inside, press the button, and fumble with your phone or watch while a looped track of bland jazz blares overhead. "ACHOO!" "God bless ... [Read More…]

Bullying is not something we outgrow

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The NFL offensive line just got a little more offensive. Players of late have hurdled over the line of scrimmage so many times, with everything from murder charges to fake girlfriends, that the league of old is nearly unrecognizable. Are we keeping up with the latest in sports or the newest reality TV show? The latest incident takes it to a ... [Read More…]

If Google ran the government

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There's no denying that the Oct. 1 rollout of the federal healthcare exchange under the Affordable Care Act has been a debacle. As Americans struggle to register for Obamacare, they find themselves wondering, how could it be so hard for the government to build a website? Why didn't they just hire some of the big guns at Google to build it for ... [Read More…]

Reading the Bible as poetry

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I haven't read my Bible in almost a year. It glares at me, mocking me from its dusty spot on my nightstand, but no matter how many Church services I attend or how large my internal conviction grows, I cannot bring myself to open it. An intrinsic cynicism, years of my own questioning and two years of intense Bible classes have left me disillusioned ... [Read More…]

Snapchat out of it

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Let's all just take a moment to acknowledge a disease that is weaving its way into the very fabric of this ever-so-sacred community. At the turn of every corner on campus, one is likely to find students in a zombie-like state, unaware of their own surroundings, running into people, walls, trees and that one stray cobblestone jutting up out of the ... [Read More…]

Sleepless nights come with high risks

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Don't have time for sleep? College students who skip on sleep are taking huge risks with their health and grades. They think the "norm" is to pull all-nighters most nights and only get three hours the other nights. This is far from the truth. Sleep provides physical and mental benefits you can't get from anything else. Sleeping is a natural ... [Read More…]

Snapchat out of it

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Let's all just take a moment to acknowledge a disease that is weaving its way into the very fabric of this ever-so-sacred community. At the turn of every corner on campus, one is likely to find students in a zombie-like state, unaware of their own surroundings, running into people, walls, trees and that one stray cobblestone jutting up out of the ... [Read More…]

Mastering the art of faking sick

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Mom, I have a confession: when I was younger, I used to fake sick. When I faked sick, I understood I had to be smart about what symptoms to have. Trial and error told me faking a fever didn't work. Too easy to check, dang it, and I was sent off to school. I knew from "ET," that apparently holding the thermometer up to the light bulb worked, but ... [Read More…]

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