Throughout my summer, I have found myself constantly surrounded by kids. Whether it be babysitting, working at a summer camp, or walking through Target, I have picked up on the routines and tendencies of children, specifically their bad habits. Having been through those younger years alongside my peers, I see how the bad habits they […]
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The new year marks a celebration of the past with anticipation for the future – anticipation where goals are set, plans are made, and everyone has a general optimism because this day, January 1st, feels like a new start. With the change of one day, vegetables don’t taste so bad, weights don’t seem so heavy,
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It was like a tornado warning on a sunny day, like a “made in China” label on an American flag, like a welcome sign on a jammed door – it was like pulling my car on the wrong side of the gas pump, like taking a test without an eraser, like waking up in a
Every year, I participate in the University of South Carolina’s Dance Marathon, where I raise money for the Child Life Program at Palmetto Heath Children’s Hospital. The Child Life program works to improve the lives of children undergoing difficult treatments at the hospital. It includes projects that make kids feel like kids in such a
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Over the past couple of months I have begun to recognize the importance of self-care. With college starting back up and my extracurriculars filling my schedule, it has been easy to become overwhelmed. Life is stressful, and doing little things can make all the difference. I’ve constructed a master list of coping mechanisms for different
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Walking down the narrow and dimly lit aisle, I saw her. Seat 8F. The fearful girl hid her face under the faded blue hat that was tilted low enough to show only the red puffiness under her eyes, and the stream of tears that traveled down her neck. I passed her, recognizing her sweet cotton-candy-like
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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“Everyone look! Lily Matthews is talking to her imaginary friend again! Hey, hey, hey Lily! Is your imaginary friend gonna swing with you!” Laughter erupted form the far too immature fifth grade class. “She’s not my imaginary friend!” whimpered the little girl as she sat on the swing-set next to an empty, rocking swing. “Her
He stumbled into my arms with a look in his eyes that told me he saw me, but didn’t know who I was. “Watzchout punk,” Eric mumbled, as if trying to remember which letters followed the previous to make a coherent sentence. “Alright buddy, time to get you home,” I responded out of classic habit.
