People love to complain. Whether it be about school, work, professors, classes, etc., people love to vent their feelings. With new mediums for this complaining, like Yik Yak, people are getting a little out of control. Yik Yak, an app targeted for college students to connect with others in the […]
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The list: roomie, girlfriend, you…
We all have things big and small to be thankful for in our lives. Here’s what I’m thankful for: First and foremost, Mom and Dad. My parents have stayed together for 27 years and counting and shown me what true love looks like. They’ve supported me every step of the […]
Timing of work on McNichols entry is inconvenient
After a long wait, UDM is finally getting a new McNichols entrance. I had seen the rendering before but was skeptical that it would ever happen, let alone during my UDM career. So it’s fair to say I was a little surprised when I got the mass email about the […]
Small college means fewer class option
The course catalog for the winter 2016 semester has been released. Every year around this time, and then again in March, I am anxious to see what courses will be run, and how I’m going to fit everything I need into the short three semesters I have left here. As […]
Picking a major about passion, inspiration — not stress
Picking a major in college is probably one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make. Now that I have declared, I’m happy with what I have chosen to do (this). But it was a long, difficult road to get here. When I arrived at UDM, I really […]
Finally in upperclass: Years mark changes to campus, maturity
ldquo;Go Titans!” – Who doesn’t get tired of hearing that? But none of that matters because junior year has finally arrived. I am now an official upperclassman and it’s about time. Three years at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) have been the most amazing yet stressful years of my […]
Growing up in shadow of campus, kids had inviting, fenceless refuge
My dad used to brag that our neighborhood, just west of the University of Detroit, would never go down because it was in the shadow of the college. He was wrong about that. When I grew up on Santa Rosa, just a couple of blocks away from what is now […]
Detroit: two cities in one
If my time in Detroit has taught me one thing, it’s that there are actually two Detroits. There’s the downtown Detroit, the one where things always look on the up and up wherever you look. Buildings are being bought, sold and given new life on a seemingly daily basis. […]
Life’s struggles can be overcome
Motivation, inspiration and self empowerment are fundamentally essential to one’s success. Life presents many struggles in the wake of our existence. My oppositions, burdens and overall attitude and perspective on life are what drove me towards my failures and success. “He who says he can and he who says he […]
Authentically cliched
I am a walking contradiction. Maybe not even a contradiction; just an outright lie. I say that I’m a writer, but my 10,000 hours and Malcolm Gladwell approval are still a lifetime away. I say that I could be a journalist, yet here I am writing a column on a […]
