Here I am, having complained all winter about a lack of snow, when suddenly a big snowstorm pulls through and I can’t be pleased. “Too little, too late, winter! Don’t come through now,” I want to add with a dramatic finger shaking. A return to cooler temperatures and snow makes me feel like we’re working…
Seniority Report Sunday Sun Dance
With warm, sunny temperatures and springtime weather having made its debut recently, my imagination has fast-forwarded. I’m envisioning a balmy spring term, my final one here at Lawrence, sprawling out on Main Hall green, listening to open-air concerts during LUaroo, and just generally relaxing with friends. It’s a good vision to hold on to…
Seniority Report: Alt-Opinion
I read a news headline the other day without looking closely at the source. It sounded absurd. It was only after I had re-read the headline several times that I realized that my thinking it as another satirical, Onion-type article was wrong and that it was, in fact, true. When the news becomes outrageous enough…
Seniority Report: Midterm Reflections
I don’t know if it’s just me, but lately things have got me feeling a little down. The pouring rain and swaths of sheer ice are really chipping away at my composure here. Midterms are approaching and bringing with them an array of upcoming exams, lab assignments or essays. Current politics are infuriating and frightening…
Seniority Report: New Year, Same You
With the start of both a new calendar year and a new academic term, resolutions to make this year better than the last rampantly abound, web pages and Facebook friends offering the best practices for a new year, new you. While always well-intentioned, an opportunity to utilize the symbolism of beginnings for renewal and improvement,…
Seniority Report: Snapshots in Motion
Every autumn, I tell myself that I am going to pay attention to this season of transition. I will notice the yellow-tinted leaves as they fall from the branches into heaping piles at our feet. I will cherish nature’s horizon bursting with color on crisp mornings. Every year, despite what I tell myself, one day…
Seniority Report: Spooky Scary Skeletons
It’s that time of year again! You know, the time of year when students and adults alike employ child-like imagination and creative ingenuity all in the name of legitimizing costume parties and themed gatherings: Halloween. There are gory thrillers to cower through and troves of chocolate candy bars to be eaten. There are pun-ridden costume…
Seniority Report: Today, Week Six
She lives her life in scraps of paper. Large, curling ‘l’s and sweeping ‘s’s tumbling across the page, broad stroke lines overlapping; thoughts started but not finished, ideas written out and reexamined. They become lists quickly crumpled into balls lost within the depths of a bag; important reminders pinned on boards in colored ink, neatly…
Seniority Report: To Do: Today
Do you occasionally find yourself staring distantly out the window for minutes at a time? Is the constant struggle of pretending that you really are a morning person in your 8 a.m. lab getting to you? You need a break; a break from playing this game of who has more meetings at attend, exams to…
Seniority Report: Cruise Control
My car died three times last week. The first time, it could’ve been anything that drained the battery. The second time that it went it was definitely the battery itself after years of wear. But, with a new battery in place, it wouldn’t start yet again. This third time? The dome light was left on.…
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