I remember studying pollution once in third grade as part of a big lesson on ecosystems and the environment. I remember it because, right in the middle of my teacher’s lesson about how much trash we produced at the school, my pissed-off, righteously indignant third-grade self stood up and interrupted. “Why don’t we do something about pollution?” I asked. Mrs. [...]

In a week and a half, I will walk across the Coleman Coliseum stage, shake a couple of hands and celebrate receiving my degree. The last four years at the Capstone have been amazing. Although filled with ups and downs, each year I made new friends, achieved new goals and made memories that will last forever. What a cliché, right? [...]

One of my favorite songs from high school was “Power of One” by Bomshel. For some reason, amid the allusions to Rosa Parks and Anne Frank, the words “One grain of sand can turn the tide” spoke to me. At the time, I hadn’t the faintest idea what good any young person could ever do to be the “one single [...]

The last few weeks of my senior year of undergrad were supposed to be crammed with projects and bar crawls. Instead, my senior year came to an abrupt end on April 27, 2011. Many friends dispersed and went home or off to their fancy adult jobs; while some stayed behind to finish classes or help get the city back on [...]

I read a tweet a while back that said, “Graduating in four years is like leaving the bar at 10 p.m.,” and who am I to disagree with that bulletproof logic? It took me six years to get to this point and outside of the student loan debt; I wouldn’t have it any other way. My situation was a little [...]