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Pavelko: First-year friends don’t have to be your forever BFFs

Hana Pavelko • August 25, 2024
Sitting down in a huge lecture hall during the first day of classes is intimidating. You start out introducing yourself to the person next to you, and by the end of class, the two of you are exchanging phone numbers and Snapchats. There’s texting over the next few days, hang-out plans are being made and you feel like you've made your first friend in college.
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Souza: Doing things for sake of joy is OK

Emma Souza • August 21, 2024
We take ourselves way too seriously and pretend like it’s normal. I’m all for competitiveness, and I’m all for ambition — I recognize the importance of having drive, of having aspirations, dreaming of being the best and chasing the top echelon of our respective fields. But when did we stop having fun?
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Cook: March Madness was a dream come true

Damon Cook • August 20, 2024

Editor's Note: This content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “It’s not...

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