Woah. I feel like I always start blog posts with woah. You know why? Because college is so freakin’ cool. No, really. I honestly hope that you have as much fun as I am. I couldn’t have asked for anything better. I know a lot of students don’t share what I feel about school, but …
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Laughing at the Loft
College is a huge moshpit of choices. Your mom isn’t here anymore to tell you when to eat and your school isn’t telling you what to wear. Sometimes, these choices make for great life experiences, though they usually come with costs. If I watch Grey’s Anatomy all night (which sometimes seems to happen), I’ve lost …
Where to study? No worries…
Studying. What does this word mean to you? Does it involve a TV or your iPod? If you’re like me, sometimes I avoid this word/action at all costs. But, in reality, that is why we are at Hope, to learn… which, for most people, means studying. This week I had a million tests and midterms, …
Why aren’t you doing those things now?
“For in the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.” — Baba Daoum At the Michigan Legacy Art Park, one piece particularly caught my eye. A marble statue, partially broken, with inscribed words represented the brokenness of the world. …
Falling Foward
Wow. The last week has been a real blur. Hope had a nice little fall break starting Friday afternoon and continuing through to Tuesday evening. It was a much needed break for everyone, as things here remain quite hectic and midterms are upon us. Within the next week I have a bajillion things to do, …
Class of 2015 Pulls ahead….for the second time!
This weekend was the 115th annual Pull. One of Hope’s most unique traditions (in my opinion), the Pull, is often viewed as a giant game of tug-of-war between the freshman and sophomore classes at Hope. But really, it’s so much more than that. The Pull brings a sense of “mini-nationalism” about the campus between odd …
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Obama or Romney?
My heart is conflicted. Well… not really… but it seems like it an awful lot of the time lately. Since I left Hope in May, my life has revolved around politics. All summer, I worked at a free/low-income health clinic in Traverse City. With the health reform bill coming quickly, a lot of changes were …
The Career Development Center: Helping Millions (well, almost) Discover their Careers
Dale Austin is one of the coolest people ever. Have you met him? I’m sure you’ve seen him walking around campus, taking someone out to lunch at the Kletz, or strolling through the Pine Grove. I met Dale on my excursion to Gainey Ranch, as he was one of the many professors and staff from …
Magical Montana
This summer was completely awesome. One of the coolest things I got to do was go to the Gainey Ranch in Montana. Every freshman at Hope College (and many other universities and colleges) are required to take an introduction to college class. Here, we call it First Year Seminar (FYS). Since the inception of FYS, …
The Return: Hope College Round 2
YAY! We’re all back at Hope and I am so excited for another year of awesome. It was a great summer, but there were a lot of facets of Hope that I missed dearly: 1. My FRIENDS. 🙂 It was so strange to not be living with all the girls! There were a couple of …