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Life

Going green

In America today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by the religious and non-religious, Irish and non-Irish alike.


Life

A break from normal fashion

Ever since middle school, I have been the family fashionista, much to my mother's dismay. Every morning she would sigh with impatience and roll her eyes in frustration, as she reminded me for the third time that I better hurry up or else I would miss the bus.


Life

The science of art

Engineering students are often maligned for the stereotype that they only care about issues of math and science, displaying little to no interest in the arts.


Life

Counting crows

I'm probably going to upset some animal lovers out there, but I have to get something off my chest: I hate birds.


Life

A major difference

As second semester hurdles by, the clock is ticking for underclassmen to make a decision about their majors.


Life

Road trips

There is one thing I am familiar with, and that is travel. As a team we probably are on the road - driving or flying - at least once a week during the season.


Life

Talk therapy

Six days out of seven, I am a therapist. On the seventh day, I am sleeping, for if I were awake, I would be a therapist. I don't have a special couch or reading glasses that slide down my nose.


Life

What

I've been named a lot of things in my life: Maisie, a term of endearment my mother stole from Dr. Seuss.


Life

May I have his dance?

Dance Marathon, the event touted in flyers, profile pictures and T-shirts, brings together a large percentage of the University's population every February.


Life

Ode to Nan

Not many people can say that they have had a friend since the day they were born. I can. Her name is Nan and she - yes, Nan is definitely a girl - is a silver 1987 Volvo station wagon. When I was a new baby, Nan came to take my parents and I home from the hospital, guarding me just as carefully then as she would in the many rides to come.


Life

Putting the

It's possible most students at the University have used an iClicker at least once during their time here.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.