“College is supposed to be tough.” I overheard this quote a few weeks ago from Lanny Frattare, my mentor and former voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates, when I walked past his classroom. He has a great point. College is supposed to be difficult. Students aren’t entitled to a degree for just paying the price of … Continue reading
Professor Robert Randolph, professor of English, has started open readings for faculty, staff and students. Anyone is welcome to attend or share pieces such as poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction etc. According to Randolph, the only pieces that do not meet the event’s vibe are essays, music and visual art. On Thurs. Oct. 21, Randolph … Continue reading
Work. Sleep. Repeat. It’s a never ending cycle that needs to be stopped. I’ll admit it. I’m a workaholic. I spend most of the week doing two things: working and thinking about what to work on next. I primarily credit my workaholic mentality to my fear of being viewed as a “slacker;” however, I think … Continue reading
Do you know the saying, “If life gives you lemons … make lemonade?” Well, what if you don’t want to make lemonade? What if you rather enjoy pure pristine water? What if you want to avoid the lemons altogether? That’s how I felt about the direction my life was going my freshman year of college. … Continue reading
Earlier this month a peer of mine was called out on Twitter for racist, white supremacist statements made in his biography on Twitter. This was the result of a contentious episode of a student-run political talk show on-campus, The Waynesburg Effect, that was removed from viewing after going semi-viral amongst alumni and current students in … Continue reading
When students here at Waynesburg University were able to look at their academic calendar and made plans for when to go back to their hometowns for their break, many who got through it, notably that of the upperclassmen, were baffled to see that their once weeklong break was cut to a mere four days counting … Continue reading
The other day I sat at a Waynesburg University football game and watched as a train went by with car loads and car loads of coal. At first, I was slightly annoyed by the noisy distraction, and after two minutes I stopped counting how many there were, and my thoughts changed direction. I wondered, how … Continue reading
Recently in my college literature class we read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s a book I’ve read many times before, mostly because I’ve always loved the absurdity throughout the book, but taking a deeper dive into it for my class has opened my eyes to new meanings within the words. In the book, … Continue reading
My capstone class, COM 466 Practicum, recently all shared their last lectures. The theme of presentations was inspired by the late Randy Pausch’s last lecture and the subsequent novel “The Last Lecture.” I was absolutely enthralled by my peers’ stories. In typical fashion, I decided to end my own presentation in spoken word form. Poetry … Continue reading
The Taming of Fire When winter came too close to call, when it seemed that even more would fall to the chilling blackness, who dared awake the beast with glowing orange hide- released from desperate friction and wooden sacrifice; who did regret the yellow teeth and sap-stained claws that devoured them and sealed their eyes. … Continue reading
