As an English major suffering from a serious case of senioritis, I barely have enough words left in my brain to finish my three final papers, much less write a cohesive Consider post that readers can get anything out of. Therefore, I’ll do the next best thing and leave you all with the 13 things I would [...]

Most of today’s college students can attest to the fact that they grew up in classrooms that were decorated with encouraging posters that read something along the lines of, “If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It” and “Believe In Yourself and You Can Achieve Anything”, for example. They received graduation cards that highlighted motivational quotes by [...]

I used to be somewhat disillusioned over the relatively anemic relationship between college kids and church attendance. I wrote a paper sophomore year about the very topic, citing the various reasons students gave for not attending their house of worship, explanations a Catholic priest offered, and a survey based on 40 of my classmates boasting a 2.5% [...]

The last thing most Michigan seniors want to think about it is what we’re going to be doing on May 4th. Don’t ask us about graduation, what our future plans are, or where we’ll be living this time next year. We don’t want to talk about it. When my friend’s dad came to visit this weekend and hugged [...]

I’m primarily writing this post, albeit a few days late, because I believe Ireland deserves to be celebrated more than once a year. The Irish mean more to me than a 2pm lukewarm Natty Light on a hopeful March afternoon. Ireland is more than: a green shirt that comes out of hiding every March 17th, the little Irish clovers that appear on classroom [...]

College is kind of wonky. Think about it… It is the time when kids are plucked from their family just as they’re starting to hit the most emotionally awkward and confused time of their lives. There, they’re forced to start making decisions that will affect the rest of their lives, alone, in a dorm room, [...]