You’re lying on your bed, staring at your phone. The blue ambient light is the only thing illuminating your face in your otherwise pitch-black room. It’s a Friday night, and your small number of friends...

In economics, the fundamental truth is people are rational. In college, it’s that we’re broke.  Let me set an all too familiar scene. It’s 11 p.m. and you’ve been marinating in the oppressively...

When college stress hits hard, my go-to remedy is an episode of NHK World’s “Somewhere Street.” The show features expertly intrusive hosts who carry cameras and walk cities around the world. It’s...

It’s difficult to overstate the role that the automobile has played in forming the American spirit over the last 70 years.  Think of classic songs like “Mustang Sally,” “American Pie” and...

When you think back to your defining high school days, I’m willing to bet your SATs don’t come to mind. Having a balding teacher with sweaty underarms repeatedly remark, “Please bubble in your answers...

COVID-19 resumed the war on standardized testing as colleges and universities across the nation turned to a test-optional admissions process. As it stands today, many schools have retained their test-optional...

Roses are red, violets are blue; got no ideas for Valentine’s? Don’t worry, I have a few. Yes, the time has come for our grocery aisles to be littered with plush teddy bears, incredibly cheesy Hallmark...

Over Christmas break I went to Sin City. That’s right, Las Vegas!  With this being my first trip to Vegas as a 21-year-old adult, I found myself at the slot machines and somehow an Ice Bar. But when...

Listen up Ags, because I’m only going to say this once: potential employers are going to look at your social media. And no, they’re not in the wrong for that. I’ve heard far too many students...

Despite being a universal experience — well outside of the strange people who love cats more than dogs — love seems to have a range of definitions depending on who you ask.  Is it that warm fuzzy...

Despite being a few decades apart in age from my mother — sorry in advance for showing your age — we’re actually fairly similar. Since retiring last month, she’s taken up a strong liking to spontaneous...

Whether it’s laptops in the classroom, mobile games on the bus or iPads in the sticky and surprisingly firm grasp of 3-year-olds, there’s no denying that ours is an era of screens.  Regrettably,...