Running is a lot like growing up. It took me years to want it and to realize it was what I needed. You see, running starts off as an ideal, like being a grown-up. It's good for you, you know. It helps you breathe. It helps you live. Growing up isn't easy. Before you do, it's like lounging on the couch, begging the nagging feeling to go ... [Read More…]

We all know the stereotypes. Introverts are the hermits at home watching Netflix, wrapped in a fuzzy blanket. Extroverts are the party animals afraid of being alone for more that two seconds. Both stereotypes, but with a hint of truth. So what is the reality of introversion and extroversion? To find out, I've been reading an excellent book by ... [Read More…]

Graduation is looming ahead like a mountain, and the future is on the other side. Prospective graduates everywhere are making plans for the rest of their lives, which is no small task. Some are searching for jobs and some still have yet to decide what they want to be when they "grow up." What many graduates have yet to realize is that, at ... [Read More…]

I chose a major that has given me no choice but to confront truth from all angles. As journalists, we have a duty to deliver the facts and made to word them in an unbiased AP Style. It forces our truths to be exposed, put on the stand and cross-examined. Many of mine have been trampled, revised and mostly humbled. However, when it comes to ... [Read More…]

Are you left or right brained? Which Frozen character are you? ISTJ? Myers-Briggs? Wait, who is Carl Jung? Are you just a Hagrid in a Hermione world? If you haven't noticed the Buzzfeed quizzes plaguing your Facebook timeline as of late, you've at least had your share of personality tests doled out by past middle school teachers or camp ... [Read More…]

When I walk across campus and ask people how they are, the overwhelming answer is a sigh followed by one word - busy. We're college students. We have to be constantly busy, otherwise we're not doing something right. We fill our days and our lives with intramurals, clubs, jobs and homework. We take pride in not getting enough sleep and not being ... [Read More…]

Without a doubt, you've heard your parents gripe before, "Back when I was a kid...," and thought the same thing as me: Stop. Those days have long since passed and the world has changed. Yes, gas prices have more than doubled. A hamburger isn't as thick as it used to be. No, movies aren't just a dollar with a fifty-cent soda. And, believe it ... [Read More…]

There's a soccer ball sitting in the yard next door. It's mine. I think one of my friends kicked it over there, and it's been sitting there for months. I keep meaning to go get it, but tomorrow always seems like a better time to do it. So it just keeps sitting there. I am a chronic procrastinator, which leads to many all-nighters, many ... [Read More…]

You must be loyal. If you find yourself on campus on this Friday afternoon, your first-Friday-after-returning-from-spring-break afternoon no less, reading the Optimist opinion page (and not just for the tweets), you must be one of our most loyal readers. And if you're a very loyal upperclassman, you may remember (but honestly, there's no way you ... [Read More…]