A Letter to the Soon-To-Be College Graduate

A Letter to the Soon-To-Be College Graduate

Dear Graduating Senior, Right now, you’re stressed. Stressed out of your mind. You have papers and exams due. You have group projects with a bunch of other seniors who don’t care either. You barely have time to catch up with your friends. And those are the...
Where Is God When It Hurts To Say Goodbye?

Where Is God When It Hurts To Say Goodbye?

I slowly scrubbed the soapy sponge against the plate as I held it under the running water. My mind wandered through the events of the night and I remembered the moment we prayed for life direction for a dear couple friends of mine. As I thought about all the...
The Problem with Mediated Reality

The Problem with Mediated Reality

As a five-year-old, I knew very little about media. Most of my life consisted of playing outside with my neighborhood best friend until our moms called us inside for dinner. I didn’t watch the news and didn’t think it mattered – until September 2001. My mother...
What you Need to Know about Puerto Rico

What you Need to Know about Puerto Rico

I remember the summer breeze flowing in our rolled-down windows as we drove down the highway. It was a sunny summer afternoon. We had just gotten off work at the summer camp we worked at and we were carefree as we cruised down the road towards a home cooked dinner....
The Truth about Gender

The Truth about Gender

Today’s world says a lot about gender. Our world values gender very differently than one hundred or even twenty years ago. Nowadays, we can change it, swap it, and redefine it with very few lasting consequences. Many of us grew up hearing our parents tell us...
Ethnocentrism and the American Dream

Ethnocentrism and the American Dream

When you read your history books in school, who did you want to be? You see, I grew up with grand visions of the American Dream dancing in my head. I learned about different people throughout history, and I wanted to be them. I was especially enthralled with two...