The 15th anniversary of 9/11 was this Sunday, and it's not that big of a deal. If you caught yourself agreeing with that statement, you're not alone. I was in the exact same position about a year ago.
My...
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson has recently been making waves. From tethering himself to memes to making a whistle stop tour on various media, the libertarians' nominee for president of the United...
This past weekend was strange for me. I was on the Tiger Network, commentat-ing during the Trinity women's soccer game against Sewanee when, in the pre-match introduction, voice of the Tigers James Hill...
The musical spectrum is evolving. I base this observation on the widely used service of Spotify. In middle school, the only way I could listen to my favorite hits was to log on to Yahoo! Music through...
On March 13, 2004, the U.S. Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, held a "Grand Challenge" event for autonomous cars. The bar was pretty low; the cars were supposed...
He was everything I wanted to be when I grew up. His name isn't important. Bobby? Jerry? Jimmy? It doesn't matter. I looked up to him.
Back in '87, he was a fixture at campus demonstrations against...
Being a student of the martial arts for 17 years has taught me that karate is much more than punching and kicking. Rather than being solely an aerobic activity, karate has a non-physical aspect in which...
College bans on hard alcohol have risen in prominence recently. In just the last year, both Dartmouth and Stanford have introduced bans of some form. Other colleges have implemented similar bans in previous...
Despite my best efforts, I found myself unemployed two summers ago. Besides occasional babysitting stints and dog walking, I read, painted, slept an unhealthy amount on my couch and watched, when I was...
At a preseason game, quarterback Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers caused controversy by staying seated during the national anthem.
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for...
I am pretty sure you all know the feeling of moving from your home, giving up your comfort zone and leaving your families behind, being just a few weeks away from your new life, apart from the stains of...
Senior year is upon me. Where did all that time go? I still remember Bowling for Soup performing on the baseball field like it was yesterday. Then there was the whole Tyga debacle. Rack City, eh? My final...
