A lot of people have heard of, and been a part of, the YouTube time suck, including myself. It goes something like this: You go home, curl up in a blanket and decide to watch one video from your favorite...

Nike, Chanel, Victoria’s Secret, North Face, Uggs. Most of us are familiar with such brand names. Actually, I’ll bet the majority of students and staff on campus own at least one item from these...

As you go about your day, you probably frequently hear rude comments and slurs like, “wow, that’s so gay,” and “you’re retarded,” repeated throughout the halls. Now, this shouldn’t be surprising...

Social media is everywhere these days. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook- you can’t really escape it if you have internet access.  Personally, I have a love-hate relationship with social media. It’s one...

Love can be blinding, and sometimes in a painful way. Love is essentially the end-all-be-all for human existence, what with the fulfillment of our emotions and instinctual reproduction we all seek. There...

We’ve all heard of the term phobia, defined as an extreme or irrational fear of something. We probably all know someone who is afraid of spiders (arachnophobia), heights (acrophobia), or snakes (ophidiophobia),...

Have you ever texted someone and they put a period at the end of their text? Suddenly the casual flow of conversation turns into something serious, causing you to  feel anxious about their mood, wondering...

I don’t care as much about politics as I probably should, considering that I will be eighteen in a matter of months and that I will be voting soon. In the past, I’ve been able to say this isn’t my...

It is hard to explain what soccer means for Italians. For some people going to the stadium to see the weekly game is more important than going to church. Actually, in some cases it becomes like a “religion”...