Verve Blogs
A musical year: Don’t be a pretentious music snob
In the three weeks since my last blog, I surprisingly have not attended any concerts, but that doesn’t mean the musical part of my life has been lacking. In fact, it’s been quite the opposite. On Sept. 30, a kind of musical Christmas happened for me, with the release of Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience […]
Recent storm warning brings stark realization
When I was younger, I was terrified of thunderstorms. If clouds on the horizon looked even a little dark, I’d be seized with gut-wrenching terror. I remember my parents giving me a read-along book and cassette tape —“I Can Read About Thunder and Lightning!”— which I would often pull out and read to my favorite […]
First-year struggles to find balance
Some say the friends a person meets in college will be by their side for life — maybe they’ll help you land a job interview, or they’ll stand in as bridesmaids and groomsmen and that very wedding could have started as a college romance. Maybe this makes me weird or behind the times, but […]
Sophomore sentiments: Getting over the hump
I have done it. I have made it through the first few weeks of school without pulling my hair out or crying in a corner of my room. However, I can’t lie. I must admit I thought about doing one of those things at least once during any given week. After getting familiar with […]
COLUMN: Junior stops waiting and paves future
Sometimes I really can’t tell if I’m depressed or just a college student. The majority of the time, it’s either my pathological fear of failure or my small bladder that coaxes me out of bed in the morning. Other times it’s at least 45 minutes of scrolling through the puppies tag on Instagram before I […]
Rambling Anna: Vermillion isn’t dangerous at night
In one of my classes, we got off on a tangent about how males see things differently than females. For instance, walking to your car in a deserted parking lot after dark in Vermillion is a lot scarier for women than it is men. I was the only one in class who didn’t agree. About […]
A musical year: Senior hopes to inspire through music
As we come to the end of the first month of classes, I imagine most students are ready to head home for the first time or go visit friends — something to get them out of Vermillion for the first time since the semester started. I, on the other hand, am looking forward to my […]
Rambling Anna: The completely unprepared senior
My friends and I were sitting around a few days before school started in our big adult house with our big adult furniture, drinking our big ‘finally 21’ adult drinks when we began talking about our plans for the semester. We’re all seniors and we’re all ready to power through our last semester, or two, […]
‘Give it time’ proves its worth by year three
As a writer reliant on sarcasm and snark to embellish tales of my college experience, I’ve run into quite an unfortunate problem. I have nothing to complain about. This time two years ago, I was a scared first-year student in a new town 500 miles from home. Because I’m an only child (and also a […]
Column: A “fresh” look: Coyote vs. North Complex
In February, incoming students filled out the annual housing application and were faced with numerous boxes to check, and spaces to fill. Among the questions were: Who do you want to live with? Do you like to study in your room? Will you be having guests over? For first-year students, the living choices are minimal […]