Verve Blogs
BLOG: Young, Wild & Greek: Breakin’ it down with Greek swag
‘Tis the season of Greek life yet again ladies and bros. Everyone has started breaking out their Sperrys and bro tanks to raise a glass and celebrate. As recruitment is simmering down, the socials begin spinning out of control and everyone is trying to hang out and show off their hot new pledges. Let me […]
BLOG:That Girl with the Glasses: Learning from homesickness
Have you, in these first few weeks of the new semester, thought to yourself: I was perfectly happy at home. Oh universe, what have I done? I can’t use the bathroom because there’s a stranger just outside my stall brushing her teeth. Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but I’m trying to […]
BLOG: Journalism 101: I have no idea what I’m doing
Writing is my thing. I might not be good at it, but I’ve always done it. I started keeping a journal in first grade and things just sort of escalated. Before I knew it, I was writing for my high school newspaper, and then last week, I found myself being thrown head-first into editing at […]
BLOG: Vermillion Adventures: Discovering Verm, mostly on accident
I thought I knew Vermillion. After all, I’ve lived here for over a year now and the view from my dorm room encapsulated all I needed to know about the town, right? I was wrong. Making the transition from tiny dorm to tiny (but still five times bigger than my dorm) basement apartment, has forced […]
BLOG: Young, Wild & Greek: Breakin’ it down with Greek swag
‘Tis the season of Greek life yet again ladies and bros. Everyone has started breaking out their Sperrys and bro tanks to raise a glass and celebrate. As recruitment is simmering down, the socials begin spinning out of control and everyone is trying to hang out and show off their hot new pledges. Let me […]
COLUMN: Columnist reflects on past year
At the beginning of the school year, I wrote a column titled “Road to change difficult but worthwhile.” For those of you who may have missed it, the subject matter regarded my journey to find myself. Since this is my last column of the school year, I have decided to revisit this column and provide […]
COLUMN: Don’t be afraid of the F-word
Since the beginning of my undergraduate career, I have noticed a very interesting pattern during class discussions about feminism. Almost everyone’s beliefs align very closely with the ideas of equality espoused by the philosophy, but nobody likes to use the word. This is because the average person associates feminism with either the hardcore conservative wing […]
COLUMN: Creative blocks leave no words
For those of us who choose to channel our energy with creative means, it can be very difficult to cope with life when a block hits. For instance, this semester I have had very big issues with creative block. Last semester I never had this problem. I wrote every single day for three months. There […]
COLUMN: Serious heath issues overlooked at USD
The following column is dedicated to the administration of this fine university. As a student, there are certain issues I feel they have done an excellent job of ignoring, and I would like to appeal to them to make a change. I realize you have been out of college for many years and may not […]
COLUMN: Breaking up is hard to do
Throughout my misadventures in love I have been given a lot of very strange advice. One of the strangest was to stay friends with my exes after getting dumped because that is the only way to maturely handle the situation. Though I realize that there are some people who can do such a thing, this […]