I was 19 years old, having the time of my life. I had just been promoted to be a front-end coordinator at Wegmans Food Markets. A typical arrogant teenager, invincible; no one could tell me anything.
The first time he asked me out on a date, I said 'no.' I said my mind wouldn't change. I didn't agree with the words coming out of my own mouth, but I thought to myself: "The poor kid just isn't going to understand - he isn't part of the plan." He felt like the antithesis of the plan.
George Orwell once wrote: "The object of torture is torture." In February, the Federal Bureau of Prisons began conducting an examination of solitary confinement in all federal prisons in the United States.
Society and our parents twisted reality for us. I had no idea I would be offered weed, alcohol, cocaine, acid and hydrocodone my freshman year.
Your room at home may be spacious with a big closet where you can have your '70s-style lava lamp, 50 pairs of Jimmy Choo heels or that giant-sized bean bag chair that you and your dog Rufus cuddled on.
I had to pull into a hotel parking lot. It was a rainy summer morning. I had just dropped my mom off at the airport when the words that flashed on my phone sucked the wind from my lungs and left my stomach feeling inside out, like when you're at the peak of a roller coaster preparing for the drop. The cause: a text from an area sports writer: "Any idea how Saron died?" No, I thought.
Getting behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated by alcohol is more than just stupid - it's morally irresponsible. When people drive drunk, they aren't just putting themselves in danger - they are putting other human beings in danger.
In my three years working for The Spectrum, I have seen it all. I've seen crowds of people fight for a cause, spectacular feats of athleticism, beautiful performances and people drenched in mud.
Most people tell you to make mistakes. Few tell you why. You're going to embarrass yourself. You're going to want to bury your head in the sand.
When I was a freshman, a very important friend of mine who was graduating wrote me a letter before she left. It detailed the ins and outs of college and gave insight on how to navigate through the highs and lows I'd inevitably face.
Liev Schreiber concluded the first season of HBO's 24/7 Penguins/Capitals with a quote that brought me to tears.
You're praying to the porcelain gods and getting cozy on the bathroom floor all morning. Your headache is pounding through the front of your skull and your stomach is twisting and turning as you go for a roller coaster ride on your couch.
There is one sentence I have seen begin articles more than any other in my two years as an editor: "It's that time of year
Presidential libraries present an interesting opportunity for former presidents. They are able to construct their own shrines and facilitate a way for their presidencies and legacies to be reconsidered. On Thursday, George W.
Finally. After years of what college students deem "the struggle," it is finally all over. My undergraduate years haven't been easy, but in retrospect, the ability to become as self-sufficient as I am today is a blessing. I've learned what real hunger is.
It's that time of the year again. Everyone is scrambling to finish their work, write their papers or to do their exams.
We all remember our early summers: the interval of time when youth and glory coalesced, the scale of horizons appeared infinite and days were filled with verve for both momentary diversions and distant prospects - when transience seemed everlasting and idyllic fantasies were child's play. At the beginning of The Great Gatsby, protagonist Nick Carraway asserts, "I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." As we near the release of the sixth film adaptation of the classic American novel, we are reminded yet again that we are still not finished with this story.
It was early March, the first day of spring break, and we sat in my car in a nice New Jersey suburb, waiting for the last bus to New York City.
On April 12, Provost Charles Zukoski released the second draft of his 'Realizing UB 2020' plan. In theory, this draft, when finalized, will bring monumental changes to how this institution operates, grants degrees and prepares students for life outside the campus; it aims to bring "excellence" to all faculty, staff and students over the next five to 10 years. But, in its current form, the draft still reads as a plan for the plan, with little concrete or tangible evidence of how exactly the university plans to meet its ambitious goals of revitalizing UB and the surrounding Buffalo community. The newest draft includes four institutional goals, which basically stress that UB wants to be bigger and better and wants to be bigger and better than universities all over the world.
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee began conducting hearings over the near-850-page bill drafted by a bipartisan group of eight senators designed to overhaul the immigration system. The most important element of the bill that we want to see the Senate embrace is a systematic approach of providing immigrants a pathway to citizenship.
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