I love being an English major.
Not everyone enjoys school, but I often find myself thinking that four years isn’t nearly enough time for me to take all the classes I want to take. Call me a nerd...
We thought we were safe, that we had more time. We were sorely mistaken. This past Sunday, temperatures in Baton Rouge were reported to have reached as low as 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest they have...
A shiny little piece of jewelry glinting off the noses of my cousins, my aunts, my grandma — I grew up accustomed to seeing women with pierced noses.
The women in my family always seemed to wear...
Everyone’s favorite day in high school was when, instead of actually learning anything useful, the class got to watch a movie. Aside from watching the middle-aged teacher attempt to operate a DVD...
Everybody has an accent, even if they don’t realize it. We all talk differently, and no two people sound exactly the same.
But do we deserve to be made fun of for our accents?
That’s...
I remember being held home from school by illness as a child. Even if what I had wasn’t particularly contagious, my parents still felt it prudent to isolate me until whatever was ailing me passed....
Growing up, we shape our views with the information our families, our friends, the people around us and the shows we watch provide.
With hundreds of channels and almost unlimited access to the Internet,...
When I put in my two weeks’ notice at my table-waiting job two weeks ago, it was with at least one eye on fall break. I was lucky -- not only in that I got someone to cover my shift on what should...
I didn’t apply to work at Highland Coffees last February because I needed a new job, and I didn’t do it because I needed more money. What I desperatley needed was a change in my lifestyle.
Before...
When I started my college career, I had no clue what I wanted to do with my future. I took parents and family members’ advice and majored in accounting.
Throughout three semesters, I grew as an individual...
I spend about 23 hours a week watching shows and developing feelings for characters and situations that aren’t real.
Except for the occasional “Keeping up with the Kardashians” episode...
No one likes going to court, whether it’s for the mundane speeding ticket that you totally didn’t deserve or the stuff of nightmares for your bank account — lawsuits.
While some litigation...
