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Life Doesn’t Feel Real

At times, life doesn’t feel real. Life didn’t feel real when I driving my friend’s Audi on a Friday night with the top down and Fleetwood Mac playing at a dangerously loud volume. It was the high from racing down the highway, the cold wind in my hair, watching the...

A Chemist at the Bench or the Bar?

The STEM girl motivational TikToks are the only thing keeping me going. I’m a third-year Chemistry major and a required course within the major is CHEM 316 The Professional Chemist, a seminar course with the curriculum designed around having students in their...

Taking a Break or Procrastination?

Procrastination continues to be an ongoing issue in my academic career – it’s something that I’ve failed to kick after years of pushing myself during late nights to severe exhaustion and overwhelming stress. It’s become a source of delayed...

Planning a Decade at Twenty Years Old

I wanted to be a cowgirl when I was in Kindergarten. There was something so exciting and adventurous about getting your hands dirty and riding on a horse in the hot sun out West. It was empowering to think I could feel in control of my surroundings, be a part of the...

I Am Not a Mind Reader

Some people are too nice. I mean, the kind of person you can inconvenience in every way possible, and they will still manage to tack a smile on their face and deal with it. These individuals, as I’ve observed, also tend to lack vital communication skills, but...

My Personal Experience with WinC

I have attended three World in Conversation sessions since the beginning of my freshman year of college as a requirement for orientation for the Schreyer Honors College, again for a first-year seminar through the Eberly College of Science, and most recently as a...

The Ramadan Vibes Are Off

As much I look forward to spending more time with my family and friends and enjoying the different traditions we have in my house, the problem is that the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and thus the month of Ramadan falls on a different time every year with...

I May Not Be a Superhero, But I Can Certainly Try

I have only myself to blame for opening Netflix and picking up Grey’s Anatomy from where I left off over 2 years ago. Since Thursday, I have managed to binge through fourteen hour-long episodes, casting aside homework and responsibilities to waste time on a...

The Devil Wears Prada 10 Years Later

Over the weekend, my closest friend and I popped open a bag of popcorn and snacks and watched The Devil Wears Prada, one of my favorite movies that practically raised me in my pre-teen years. I remember the first time watching it at 10 years, a tomboy starting her...

Fashion Diplomacy from a Vogue Enthusiast

“You know that we are living in a material world And I am a material girl” I absolutely love this song, but would I say I have a thing for material items? Occasionally, but oftentimes fashion can seem superficial. But I do have a good eye after years of...