“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” -Marcel Proust One of my teachers in high school, Mr. Carmichael, created a plan for success at the Thanksgiving table. Continue on to learn his tips about engulfing as many calories as possible on the [...]
“Coexistence . . . what the farmer does with the turkey – until Thanksgiving.” -Mike Connolly Last night, my friends and I enjoyed a mouthwatering Thanksgiving dinner. When you live with a hotelie and foodie like my roommate Robyn, you are rarely not well fed. All of us had the chance to catch up, talk [...]
“I learned three important things in college – to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually and to drop asleep at any given time given a horizontal surface and fifteen minutes.” -Agnes de Mille My friend Emma is a Design and Environmental Analysis major. For one of her classes, she made a VH1 style [...]
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” -Anonymous Because I hail from the Midwest, I’m in the minority geographically speaking on campus. When I tell people I’m from Ohio, I frequently receive some surprising comments. Examples include the following: [...]
“A lot of people like snow. I find it an unnecessary freezing of water.” -Carl Reiner What follows is an abstract from a random text message conversation on campus at 12:20 pm today. Senior Sister: first snow flurries in ithaca Freshman Brother: I know im kinda exicted! Senior Sister: Haha – for now
“Chewing gum is really gross, chewing gum I hate the most.” -Willy Wonka Maybe you can’t stand finding it stuck to the bottom of your shoe or hearing that obnoxious kid in class chomp away on it. Or perhaps you won’t go a day without gobbling twenty pieces or blowing gigantic bubbles. No matter if [...]
“Life is too complicated not to be orderly.” -Martha Stewart One of my tasks as a student manager for CIVR (the tour guides on campus) this semester was to coordinate our staff retreat. Planning out the morning with the help of my ever so stellar retreat committee (nothing like good old fashioned team work) turned [...]