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From the Desk: Under pressure
The packed course list starts me hyperventilating as I prepare myself for the new routine. Each professor muddles through introductions and their syllabi promise a semester survived on copious amounts of caffeine, Ibuprofen and hard work.
| August 29, 2014
Reset, Reboot, Record: The Present vs. The Future
It’s a problem that exists everywhere. Countless times I have listened to people talk about how their life might be just a little bit better if they did this or they did that.
| August 29, 2014
Why are denominations losing members?
Major Christian denominations are losing members to unaffiliated churches. Why?
By Stephen Sydnor
| August 28, 2014
A "tow" in the door
My best friend Olivia loves to remind me of the time I made her multi-flavored cookies with the leftover cookie dough that we had from our middle school fundraiser.
By Kassidy Mcdonald
| August 28, 2014
Top six blogs art fanatics should read
Here are my top six art blogs and publications that are must reads for my fellow #artfreaks.
| August 27, 2014
The burning power of literature
In middle school, my English teacher assigned us a project that visually represented a scene from Mark Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Out of the desire to have the most interactive piece, our group chose to create a diorama of the scene.
By Marie Rabusa
| August 27, 2014
What the ASU application lacks
What do you expect when you open a recently downloaded app? My answer is very simple: self-containment.
By Roberto Alvarez
| August 27, 2014
Changing Pulpits: Religious Involvement
Ever wondered, "Where is the Church? What happened to it? Why is it not as powerful as it once was?" Have you ever wanted to find out the inner workings of the church bureaucracy?
By Stephen Sydnor
| August 27, 2014
10 Things You Wish You Would've Known as a Freshman
Freshman year is tough as it is. There are plenty of things that students would have liked to have had prior knowledge of. But in school, as with life, you learn as you go.
By Alexa D'Angelo
| August 26, 2014
A Drop in the Bucket: Welcome
Most of us spend our pre-college lives dreaming about the day when we leave for college and start what is said to be, "the time of our lives". We enter college with high expectations of what the future holds, with the prospect of redefining who we are and a yearning for much needed independence.
By Kassidy Mcdonald
| August 26, 2014
Reset, Reboot, Record: New Opportunities
What are life lessons really? They can't be the lessons that seem to end every Full House episode, like don't put your boyfriend before your friend or that a bond between sisters is the best type of bond.
| August 26, 2014
How to: Be a D-bag in the Walk-Only Zones
It started with a few yellow-shirted ASU employees telling you to walk those wheels. Now the pseudo-fascist walk-only zones tell students how they should move from point A to point B. They are spreading even more around campus like fascism in the ‘30s.
By Jesse Millard
| August 25, 2014
Literally Speaking: Mastering Summer
Literally Speaking returns to open more doors about the world of written word, and it always leaves a gift on the welcome mat.
By Marie Rabusa
| August 25, 2014
Outside the Lines: Opening our Minds
Take this blog as your chance. It is the chance for you to break out of your comfort zone and color (or, think) outside the lines.
| August 25, 2014
App Theory: Welcoming the Present
"App"-reciating this new opportunity.
By Roberto Alvarez
| August 25, 2014
Coffee Conversations: Espresso Yourself
This week marks the final week of classes for the spring 2014 semester. As some Sun Devils look forward to their summer vacations, others look toward graduation.
By Luu Nguyen
| May 2, 2014
"I hope we passed the audition!"
Life has eventualities. You must accept this at one point or another. When I graduate, someone will replace me as lead writer — someone possibly superior to me.
By Taylor Costello
| May 2, 2014
'Proud of my B.S.' and 5 other ways to decorate a grad cap
If there’s one thing that seniors can do for themselves, it’s to make sure their grad cap is personalized to make the ceremony just a little more tailored to you and your personality.
By Lorraine Longhi
| May 2, 2014
Sound Devil: A Final Playlist and Goodbye SPM
Just like every other student who’s contributed to a school publication, I find myself tracing the journey, the ups and downs, the follies and triumphs that have somehow forged the writer I am today.
By Isabelle Novak
| May 2, 2014