Weather warriors

Carmen showed up at my door this afternoon with her running shoes on, ready to drag me outside for our usual Friday run. Only problem? It’s 28 degrees and th...

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The Tuskegee files

Started reading this book for my medical ethics class about the Tuskegee experiments and three hours later I’m deep in a Wikipedia spiral about informed cons...

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Philosophy majors in the wild

Sitting at Franklin Street Coffee trying to memorize the bones in the human foot when I become an accidental witness to the most pretentious conversation in ...

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Heavy lifting and good friends

Carmen called this morning asking if I could help her mom move some furniture around her apartment. Apparently Mrs. Rodriguez decided the day after Christmas...

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Stage fright and spotlights

Carmen dragged me to Murphy’s tonight and before I could chicken out, she had signed us up for karaoke. My hands were literally shaking when they called our ...

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Making it official

Just walked out of the advisor’s office with my major declaration form signed and submitted. Elena Rodriguez, nursing major. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

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Method to the madness

Three weeks of banging my head against this anatomy textbook and tonight something finally clicked.

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Thanksgiving breakthrough

Had dinner with my parents tonight and something shifted. Dad asked me about my anatomy class struggles and instead of launching into his usual “maybe you sh...

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Death by fake vampire fangs

Carmen found me this afternoon looking like I’d been hit by a truck driven by the Grim Reaper himself. Last night’s Halloween party at Phi Chi was… intense. ...

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