Even just moving 30 minutes away from home seems like an incredibly daunting idea. At first you don't think much about it, but as move-in day approaches you feel the anxiety grow of striking out on your own. Your future roommates may be total strangers or old friends from high school, but you are still away from the people you are used to seeing every single day. Finding a new family, such as those who share the common interest of...

We are defined by our past and present, which indicate how our future may turn out. As I am now in my last year of band, I realize how well it has suited me ever since I first picked up an oboe reed and crowed out a terrible duck call in sixth grade. Being in band has cultivated my perfectionist outlook on life, where one wrong note or rhythm can be potentially catastrophic in a performance of Symphonic Metamorphosis, or...

The largest extracurricular by far at my university is the band. With hundreds...