"Is this Heather Francis?” “Yes, who’s calling?” I reluctantly replied. “Congratulations! I’m from Outward Bound and you’ve been selected out of the whole county to go on week long sailing trip with us!” said the voice through the phone. Spring break was made, I was going to lounge on a boat and get tan, having the time of my life. A completely free sailing trip was definitely the way to go when it came to vacations. The...

If I could design a college class, what would it be?

My personal course would be called Playtime 101 as a play on the fact that we would be learning how to live in a world based on relationships with others through a matured version of childhood social skills. The name would be an incentive for students to take the course, who wouldn’t want a college course called playtime? The course would be designed to help students learn to work with others and express themselves. The class would have a team...

Scholarships are hard to get, it takes a lot of work to apply for them. Applying for any...

Greek life is HUGE at my school and I personally participate as a sister of the Kappa Delta sorority. I waited until the beginning of my spring semester to participate in formal rush and it was the best decision I could have made regarding joining greek life. Waiting until I had an idea about the reputations of each sorority as...