Twenty years ago, police officers were widely considered the heroes of New York. Yet, at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests, less than half of Americans had confidence in them. Here’s how the tables turned. Bernie Whalen had the morning shift. Nearing the Casciano bridge on his way to the New York Police […]
“I’ll have what she’s having,” I told the waiter, pointing confidently to Marcie. For three days, I ordered only what Marcie ordered, and she hasn’t been wrong yet. “Ah, all the way up until our last meal together,” Marcie chimed in. Her Cape Town accent was gentle, like a modest Australian one. She is taller
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My grandfather passed away last year. My “papa,” my dad’s dad, my last living grandfather. It was dementia, ultimately, that took his life. And with that loss came a lot of things. Grieving, a funeral, a handwritten eulogy. But it also came with a house. I always thought that acceptance was the final stage of
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Rome wasn’t built in a day, and Rome can’t be explored in a day. There is so much to see and do, so I broke up my sightseeing into three separate days: historical sites, Vatican City, and Trastevere. I’ve always known Rome was a large city, but I really understood that when I walked it.
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Climate change has been a bit of a hot topic lately – in the news, TED talks, Instagram stories; I even stumbled upon a climate change group seminar at a coffee shop. Pollution isn’t new, so why is it so popular now? A few months ago, scientists released a statement with an ultimatum regarding our
The idea of a diet has always scared me. When my roommate first told me about the paleo diet eleven months ago, I never thought it would be something I would participate in. It took too many of my favorite foods away, I thought. It was too hard! Well, here I am after my freshman
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Key for Rushing Terms: House: the physical sorority house, also a term for the sorority as a whole Pi Chi Group: the small group that you travel around with in the beginning of the rushing process PNM: stands for “potential new member,” refers to everyone rushing Going to a Party: going to a house for
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When people ask me why I decided to rush, I never have a concrete answer. I always knew it was something I wanted to do, even though I didn’t know what sororities were all about. I rushed at the beginning of my freshman year at the University of South Carolina, and I can say that
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