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Fur What? (An Ode to Black Friday)

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a fruitful Black Friday if you were so bold to partake (and best of luck to those who are still hunting through Cyber Monday sales). This break I was able to do what I am guessing (and hoping) what everyone else did—suffer...
Not -455 Degrees Fahrenheit

Not -455 Degrees Fahrenheit

Thanksgiving happened. It was awesome. There was tons of food. Family is great. I have an apocalyptic amount of turkey in my fridge. Pumpkin pie is the bomb. Moving on. Thanksgiving is all about being thankful, and in my family, we have a tradition of going around the...

Experience at CSIS

After hearing rave reviews from past students, I decided to take a class this semester called IST 445H. I can give you rave reviews about it too, so just take it. One of the main components of the class is a two day trip to Washington D.C. to visit a think tank and...

Learning to Enjoy the Wait

Having been raised a Roman Catholic, I am very familiar with the Christmas-time preparation season of Advent; a season meant for reflection and spiritual preparation for the coming holiday. I attended mass today late in the evening, the first of the Advent season,...

Should there be an end to the ban on gay blood donors?

This is a controversial topic that I hadn’t thought about much until recently. There is a great debate occurring currently and it has to do with this ban. There are talks about implementing a one-year “deferral period,” instead. This period would...

Hillsong NYC

Over Thanksgiving break, I had the opportunity to do a good amount of traveling, starting out in New York City, then heading to Indianapolis, and finally spending the weekend in State College for my last home football game as a student. Besides seeing old friends and...

Experience at CSIS

After hearing rave reviews from past students, I decided to take a class this semester called IST 445H. I can give you rave reviews about it too, so just take it. One of the main components of the class is a two day trip to Washington D.C. to visit a think tank and...

The College Experience

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving break. This past week was a nice opportunity to speak with family members and friends I have not seen in a while. Every college-aged student is asked the same litany of questions upon their return; “how are classes?”...

Thanksgiving: I’m thankful for the PLA

One of my favorite times of the year is when I start seeing that PLA is recruiting for the next class of freshmen. My head quickly scans through all the freshmen I know and filters out the ones that have really left a mark on me during their first semester at Penn...

Ready to Jump?

  I’m the kind of person who listens to a song, reads a book, watches a movie, engages in a conversation full heartedly. I hurl myself into the ocean, every time. Unknowing and completely. A friend of mine once observed that all it took was for someone to tell me...