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If love is the answer, can you rephrase the question?

If love is the answer, can you rephrase the question?

Kendall McElhaney February 8, 2016

Relationships are some of the trickiest of human requirements, along with the desire to participate successfully in society and become marginally happy amidst the folly of man.I want you to hear me when...

Kendall McElhaney

My Thoughts Exactly: Motivation Shmotivation

Kendall McElhaney December 7, 2015

Just want to preface this with the fact that I started this column on Monday of last week, wrote four words, and then haven't touched it since. And those four words were, "What do. Send help." Speaking...

Kendall McElhaney

My Thoughts Exactly: power, privilege and everyday life

Kendall McElhaney November 18, 2015

Another week, another lesson. This week's agenda, in short, will cover: how to be better. Today's topic is about how injustice often comes in the form of entitled statements made to intentionally belittle...

Kendall McElhaney

My Thoughts Exactly: Let’s talk love

Kendall McElhaney November 4, 2015

Welcome to my new column. I have some thoughts to share with you. Surprise, surprise. I was sitting at home with my dear friend Vodka the other night, and I began to think about a wide variety of things....

Kendall McElhaney (AKA Dick McGiggles)

Dick McGiggles tells it straight

Kendall McElhaney October 23, 2015

I'm not actually a student here, but I wanted to get my thoughts out because I am very important and always right. My legal name is Richard McGiggles, but you can call me Dick. And you can only call me...

Kendall McElhaney

Cuffing season is upon us

Kendall McElhaney October 18, 2015

First let me start this article with a quick shout out.In the truest form of love possible: an open letter to the human I made direct eye contact with going west on Shields last week:Heyyy (throwback to...

Kendall McElhaney

National Coming Out Day: it’s not gay rights, it’s queer justice

Kendall McElhaney October 12, 2015

With the recent passing of marriage equality on June 26, it is my belief that we are currently living in an identity revolution. I feel very lucky to be living in a period of time where this is possible....

Kendall McElhaney

I’m 21 — now what?

Kendall McElhaney September 30, 2015

I've been 21 for about a week now. Nothing has really changed except now I am an adult and know everything. That makes me an expert on telling you what I think about things. That's right, folks. I am limitless....

Kendall McElhaney

Stonewall movie is inaccurate, illustrates lack of diversity in media

Kendall McElhaney September 24, 2015

Last Sunday, Viola Davis became the first African-American woman ever to win Best Actress in a Drama Series. The How to Get Away with Murder actress took her time to pay tribute to Harriet Tubman, along...

Kendall McElhaney

If you think someone is cute, tell them

Kendall McElhaney September 21, 2015

Allow me to set the scene for you: It's a Tuesday night. You're sitting at home with your roommates, "sharing" a bottle of wine and gushing about your innermost thoughts. Laughing and crying, all while...

Kendall McElhaney

Follow your arrow: B. F. Skinner taught me something

Kendall McElhaney September 4, 2015

Welcome to the second week of school, where the classwork is hard and the points may not matter yet. This week I took it upon myself to pop into a class which I am not registered for, simply because...

Kendall McElhaney

Adventure’s calling: Check your voicemail, CSU

Kendall McElhaney August 25, 2015

Whether you are blissfully waltzing into your freshmen year, already procrastinating into your senior year or struggling somewhere in between, we all know what it is like to begin a new journey. Words...

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