Loading ...Sure, I’m glad that the semester is more than half over. Sure, I’m happy that the holidays are fast approaching. Sure, I’m glad that it’s my favorite season. But with all the awesome things that this time of the year brings along, there’s something that I just can’t stand, something that always […]
Author Archives: Olua - Washington College
Tales of a Senior: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
November 6, 2008 - 2:30 pm
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Comments (0) Tales of a Senior: The Future Is Now
October 23, 2008 - 2:30 pm
You hear the same marketing crap all the time: you’re in college to better your future.
Of course, having a Bachelors doesn’t really do anything anymore. I’ve heard about a ton about people who have their Bachelors and are working at a Domino’s or something. Getting a Masters seems like the next logical step, […]
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Comments (2) Tales of a Senior: Takin’ a Chill Pill
October 9, 2008 - 6:00 pm
My mom always told me that when things get rough, sometimes you have to “just be.” I never understood that, really; I’d just nod and agree and then go back to freaking out over whatever I was doing right beforehand. But you know, the more stuff you have to do, the more you realize […]
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Comments (2) Tales of a Senior: Trying to Handle Stress (and Failing)
September 25, 2008 - 3:00 pm
“Is it supposed to be this hard?” I whined to my mom in an email on Tuesday night. I remember in years gone by that seniors generally didn’t seem like they were having problems until the second semester, when the crunch really hits. But sure enough, Tuesday afternoon saw me sitting on the […]
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Comments (2) Faked Tolerance: Being an Interracial Lesbian
September 22, 2008 - 4:00 pm
For a college in stereotypical Smalltown USA, I always thought that good ol’ WAC was a good progressive college, accepting of just about anybody. True, I’m in the VAST black minority in my school, even if they’re attempting to up the number of enrolled black students. But no one really seemed to […]
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Comments (10) Tales of a Senior: Messy Rooms, Early Nostalgia, and Other Such Things
September 16, 2008 - 11:30 am
You do it every year without fail. There’s a string of weeks where you’re nice and organized with all your notes in the right folders, laundry done as soon as you’re running low on undies and putting everything where it belongs. And then, you forget your planner and decide you don’t feel like […]
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Comments (0) Tales of a Senior: Settling In
August 30, 2008 - 11:30 am
It’s weird how when you’re away from your campus for so long and you finally roll into familiar stomping grounds, you feel like you never left. It seems like a dumb and cliché thing to say, but there’s something about being dropped from one familiar place (home) to another familiar place (school) that erases […]
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Comments (3) Living With A Total Stranger: How To Break The Ice With Your New Roomie
August 28, 2008 - 3:30 pm
Going away to school is intimidating enough. You’re in a place you know nothing about, and if you’re far enough away from home, you probably don’t know anyone who goes there. You’re pretty much dumped in a completely foreign surrounding and told to hit the ground running. If you’re lucky, in some […]
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