As many of you are aware, April 20th is the (un)official national holiday of smoking reefer, dope, grass, marihoochie, steve nash—whatever you rascal kids call it these days.   Today is the...

I’m in L.A. right now, staring out the window on the 18th floor of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. There’s no smog like they all predicted and I can actually see the Hollywood sign looming over the city. I...

So I have this friend named, oh I don’t know, let’s just call him Andy, and Andy has been nagging me for what seems like a month to go see “Zootopia” with him.   Now “Zootopia” the...

Well Wildcats, the weeks left in this semester are winding down, and realistically this is probably the last time you’ll hear from me. I receive my diploma after my summer internship at Camp Kitaki,...

Man your battle stations: there’s only three weeks of school left. That’s it. That’s just not enough. Not nearly enough.   ‘Tis the season for research papers, comprehensive final exams,...

Lately, I’ve been struggling with this being, Courage. He keeps telling me “You can do it!” and “Step out of your comfort zone!” and in turn, I keep responding with “No, I can’t!” and “I...

You know what’s weird?   There’s a trope kicking around the media (and to an extent, real life, because tropes have to start somewhere) that girls love hitting sales for stuff they wouldn’t...

The Final Four. The Masters. The start of the NBA and NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. April is a doozy of a month for sports fans.   But out of all the happenings in the sports world in April, one day...

Graphic by Laura Anderson We’ve all seen the amazing piece of American cinema that is “Armageddon,” right? Of course, it’s amazing. It stars Bruce Willis as a rough-and-tumble oil driller...

Yesterday I spent three hours sitting in a coffee shop conducting research about Greek churches while sipping very slowly on something iced that I cannot yet pronounce.   After the study break,...

If last week happened to be a new experience for you, let us break it down.   Springtime in Nebraska is no joke. Occasionally, we will have all four seasons in the span of a couple hours. It can...

“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”   This quote from 19th century American philosopher and psychologist William James not only captures the...