Category Archives: Spirituality

Finding peace of mind in the branches, soil, and leaves

Posted on October 5, 2011 by miriam

When I read Anne Frank’s diary last summer, I smiled sadly at this passage. It was written just months before she was found and sent to the concentration camps. “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature [...] Continue reading →

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I just can’t wait for winter

Posted on September 13, 2011 by evan

That warm glow on your back. The soothing splash of an afternoon dip. The insatiable hunger for more warmth, more sunlight, more sand nestled in the nooks and crannies of one’s body only summer can find. Ugh. Hate it. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Dear First Years (a letter you should read)

Posted on September 4, 2011 by miriam

Dear First Years, You’ve probably heard it a million times. “Your university years are going to be the best time of your life!” Let’s be clear now: I’m not exactly here to shatter that dream. It certainly has been the best time of my life so far.  I have met and even made friends with [...] Continue reading →

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The Move.

Posted on September 4, 2011 by evan

Ah, the day of reckoning, the final countdown, the gargantuanly supreme moment of life-altering totality. The move out. Or move in, I guess, but that all depends on your half-full/half-empty stance of life psychologists seem to rave about. Some see … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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midnight blogging

Posted on March 2, 2011 by miriam

Recently, I realized I cannot be just a soul.  My body is a part of me.  That my being female, that my being of a particular race, that my looking a particular way–while pure chance, coincidental, genetic lottery stuff, all of it has effects on me, if not defines me.  It is coincidental who wins [...] Continue reading →

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Reading Break is for Reading and Breaking

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Renee

I’m dreading the thought of having to wake up early tomorrow and go to school. One week of Reading Break was definitely not enough for me. How did I spend my Reading Break? As the title suggests, I spent it on catching up on work and taking a much needed break. I really did take [...] Continue reading →

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Private Journals, Lecture Binging, and Egypt

Posted on February 19, 2011 by miriam

Private Journals There is something in the process of writing words down.  OK, so you’re sitting at the edge of the ocean and you’re thinking journal worthy things.  But writing them down, mind to hand to pen to paper, is different.  Narrow blue lines of ink, the physical manifestation of pure thoughts, stare back up [...] Continue reading →

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The time to take a break is when you don’t have time for it.

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Renee

I noticed that there is a shortage of posts recently, and that’s understandable. It’s midterm season yay! A friend once told me that the time to take a break is when you don’t have time for it. I thought it was really true, and it has stuck with me ever since. Here I am, taking [...] Continue reading →

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Avatar: Thoughts

Posted on February 6, 2010 by

I occasionally venture to the theatres when anticipating one of the great films of my lifetime.  I’m not providing a review here, just some thoughts, so it
CONTAINS SPOLIERS.  DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED IT YET.

I’m going to discuss something further than the typical “Pocahontas” theme here.  Although I think that particular political (and environmental message) [...] Continue reading →

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Spiritual Journey, with a little help from Arts One

Posted on December 11, 2009 by

I always get the strangest stares from people when I tell them I haven’t decided what to believe in.  On the one hand, I understand them because I am not telling them the full truth-in fact, I follow a particular religion’s lifestyle and beliefs.  On the other hand, I wonder why it should be so [...] Continue reading →

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