Positives: + Congratulations to all the guys who got bids during rush week! + Happy birthday to our Assistant Editor, Sami Higgins! (The other way in which this can be construed as positive is that...

Dear Melanie, Once again, it’s Valentine’s Day and I am still single. I’m sick and tired of being single and seeing everyone happy on Valentine’s Day. How do I deal with Valentine’s Day and...

After a long few weekends of traveling, we decided to take this past weekend off and actually participate more heavily in the study part of study abroad. But that still didn’t prevent us from exploring...

“I look at her sometimes, And wonder, out of all the faces In the world How did I find one So perfect For me.”

Positives: + Shout out to Editor-in-Chief Elissa Sanci and Assistant Editor Sami Higgins for snowshoe-ing over here and getting this week’s issue published. + It’s good to see the facilities workers...

Dear Melanie, My landlord always comes in and invades my space without giving me proper notice. I feel uncomfortable. What am I supposed to do? He never asks. Sincerely, Worried Wanda Dear...

I’m still searching for my Paolo after my weekend in Rome, but after being in that city for the weekend, Paolo was the last thing on my mind. I went with two of my friends, Iyana Jones and Deanna Weech,...

Mother Earth THE MOUNTAINS ARE MY BONES, THE RIVERS MY VEINS THE FORESTS ARE MY THOUGHTS, AND THE STARS ARE MY DREAMS THE OCEAN IS MY HEART, ITS POUNDING IS MY PULSE THE SONGS OF THE EARTH...

Positives: + The good news is that nothing especially noteworthy happened, good or bad, this past week. (As they say, “no news is good news”) + The better news is that I don’t have to write...

Dear Melanie, Help. I already feel like I’m not going to do well in any of my classes this semester. I feel like they are extremely hard and that I’m not going to make it. What do I do? I’m...

 Lizzie McGuire Moment It is only week two in Prato and it is already becoming increasingly difficult to balance the fun that is to come with being abroad and doing schoolwork. I have started to explore...

There are two kinds of loneliness, one you feel when you’re all alone, and the other you feel in a crowded room, when you realize you’re the only person who knows what it’s like to be you. -atticus