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Surprises & Semester Successes

I have been WAITING to make a blog on this and finally, the time has come. I am incredibly proud to announce that on April 12th, it was revealed that I became a sister of Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Incorporated. Bet you all didn’t expect that one! This has...

København – When the World Opens

When the world opens, I wish I had known how hard it is to breathe when the landscape takes your breath away. When the world opens, I wish I had understood what it means to be happy even when living in a foreign place and being pressured by things back home. When the...

Adventures Ahead

As the semester comes to a close, I’m looking forward to the summer. As of late, my excitement for the future is seemingly the only thing pulling me through the hustle and bustle of the end of the year. This summer, I’ll be taking a few trips which I’m very excited...

Measuring the Quality of the College Experience

Will I consider college the best four years of my life? I saw a TikTok the other day where a woman spoke about how it’s okay if college was/is not the best four years of your life. The comment section was flooded with other users thanking her for reassuring them...

A State College Summer

As the semester comes to an end (thank god), I am becoming more and more excited about spending my summer in State College. When I first became a student here at Penn State, I could not, for the life of me, fathom why anyone would want to spend a summer here when they...

Fighting to fight, or arguing to persuade?

In ENGL 202H, we have been learning about persuasion all semester, whether it be persuasion in the context of a personal statement, academic papers (e.g., your honors thesis or journal publications), or even an op-ed. Persuasion is something that we’ve all...

It takes a village.

As I reflect on my time in the PLA, at Penn State, and up until this point in my life, I find myself returning to the well-known proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child”. I was anticipating writing my final blog post (and of course getting emotional...

Second Year Showcase

I am writing this in the state I have been in for the past two weeks, anxious for my second-year showcase. This is the half recital that vocal performance majors must complete near the end of their second year as their final entrance to the performance major...

Weekly Report

This week, I’m going to use a blog format I really enjoyed from someone else in PLA. It’s called Weekly Report, where I’ll share what I read, ate, played, obsessed over, recommended, and treated myself to throughout the week. It’s a fun way of summarizing...