Verve Blogs

I’ve been working in food service since I was a sophomore in high school, so roughly four years. There was a six or 7-month period where I thought it was cool to not have a job at all because, I’m a genius. I started as kind of an all-around kitchen worker at a nursing home, […]

Dozens of topics interest me (as with you doubtlessly), yet, due to the nature of time and circumstance, we are directed to particular areas. A theme has been on my mind and I wish to share it with you. We are living within a society in a world. For a society to properly function (such […]

I’ll be honest; sometimes I get a kick out of playing the out-of-state student card. Let’s face it; I’m so busy that writing this column is technically serving as a means of procrastinating five other class assignments. When your life is that dismal, you have to make your own fun. I’m not ashamed. Besides, I’m […]

Is dating all about getting ambushed? I felt my most recent date was going to be some sort of trap. My editor usually does not give me a lot of background on my dates, but this participant’s self-portrait was so unique, my editor had to share some of the best parts with me. Her application […]

For my date with Blaine, he asked if I liked Asian food, and I do, so we went to Silk Road. Both upon our arrival and our departure, he displayed a chivalrous personality by opening doors for me, which I greatly appreciated. While we ordered two separate entrees, he was more than willing to share […]

What is in a name? An interesting question, Mr. Shakespeare. It’s a question that caused no little bit of controversy on Facebook this last week.   Sometimes when I’m lying awake at night and pondering my life, I consider my name. Sometimes I say it to myself over and over again. “Jackie.” After a while, […]

I have a confession to make; I don’t know how to deal with change. I like to make it seem like I know what I’m doing and that I can go with the flow, but to be honest, it’s really hard for me to wrap my mind around change, no matter how big or small […]

I once heard we learn everything we need to know as children; at first I thought it strange, but now I understand.  Knowledge can be accumulated forever and quickly lost, but it is intuitive understanding that lasts for an entire life, maturing until old age. As children, we learn to share, then quickly forget as […]

Everyone is busy in college. Maintaining a good GPA, social life and keeping your bank account full can be very difficult. My date for this week got thrown a curveball. Initially, I had made plans to take my date on an outing Thursday night, but she had to cancel at the last minute because of […]

Last week I went on my first “Blaine date.” It’s like a blind date, but better. I am a double major and spend endless hours improving my brain in the library, so Blaine had to work around my incessant studying to ensure we were able to have dinner together. He met me in the library, […]