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This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: Who Am I, Really?

Helena Perray February 10, 2021

No one prepares you for adulthood or the oddity that is growing up. There is no course, no rulebook or guide. You don’t ask for it to happen or know exactly how it got here when it arrives, but you...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: How Being too Empathetic Became the Thief of Sound Judgement

Helena Perray February 3, 2021

At what point does empathy cease to provide clarity in the understanding of other’s actions, and begin fogging the lens of discernment between honest mistakes and intentional mistreatment? Continuing...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: Self-Care Leading up to Finals Week

Helena Perray December 2, 2020

As the fall 2020 semester comes to a close, one thing is left looming in the shadows: finals week. The dreaded time where campus libraries reach capacity and the side table lamps lighting the pages of...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: How to Make the Most of the Holiday Season During a Pandemic

Helena Perray November 17, 2020

With the holidays approaching, most of us are thinking of celebrations from years past—ones that may have consisted of large gatherings with friends and family, and themed social events. Although the...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: How to Stay Motivated as a College Student

Helena Perray November 11, 2020

As we students embark on the inevitable journey of deciding majors, searching for internships and daydreaming about careers, it can become a taxing process trying to stay motivated. It’s disheartening...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: Is Nostalgia An Attribute or Detriment to Personal Growth?

Helena Perray November 4, 2020

It seems inevitable that while we navigate various stages of our lives, we hold onto certain moments and memories that have helped to shape us. It's normal to reminisce, especially as we experience the...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: How Self-Confidence Will Save Your Life

Helena Perray October 28, 2020

It’s easy to let others guide your life. Many of us adopt habits to blend in and try to be what keeps others’ opinions of us at bay. For many, the need to keep within our comfort zone, often prompted...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: How to Deal With Growing up and the Compulsion to Cram in Life Experience

Helena Perray October 20, 2020

If there is one thing that has emotionally weighed me down time and time again, it is the thought that growing up might as well equal metaphorical death. There seems to be a certain stigma tied to...

This week's Student Diary discusses finding yourself and fear of the unknown - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Student Diary: Why you may be Holding Onto Memories

Helena Perray October 13, 2020

As a self-proclaimed nostalgia enthusiast, the greatest mountain I’ve yet to climb is that of letting go. I’m bound by memories and stillborn dreams that I’m convinced possess the capability of...

Helena Perray gives an honest perspective of holding on to memories in this week's Student Diary. - Photo via pixabay.com

Student Diary: How to Prioritize and Manage Your Time in College

Helena Perray October 7, 2020

In case you haven’t figured it out yet, being a college student is essentially a full-time job. Most students spend roughly 15 hours per week in the classroom and countless hours of their own time studying...

Helena Perray gives an honest perspective of holding on to memories in this week's Student Diary. - Photo via pixabay.com

Student Diary: How Self-Awareness Will Save Your Life

Helena Perray September 29, 2020

Taking a step back is difficult. Within college campuses is a lifestyle that urges quick pace, new distractions and little alone time. I often found myself stunting my personal growth out of intimidation...

Helena Perray gives an honest perspective of holding on to memories in this week's Student Diary. - Photo via pixabay.com

Student Diary: How to Overcome Fears of the Future and Life Beyond College

Helena Perray September 23, 2020

Most of us grow up with one unavoidable question budging its way into every conversation with nearly every adult: What do you want to be when you grow up? As college students, a junior myself, most...

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