Congratulations: You’ve arrived at college, a place where academia and people come together to challenge you one last time before you hit the proverbial real world. Can you walk the walk? Maybe so, but at BU you’ll find the question quickly becomes: can you walk it with swagger? To succeed here at BU, or at [...]

Four more days. Three not counting this one. That’s been my conversation starter for the past week, mostly because of summer’s rapid approach. It has been in the back of my head. I am especially proud about the conclusion of my first year in college because that means I am quarter of the way there.  [...]

Temporary. For the time being. For now. Friendships. You make em. You enjoy em. You lose em. You move on. There’s nothing you can do. Friends are there to get you through the many different stages in your life. Some may stay for more than one stage while others remain in the background. Friendship is [...]

Dude! It has been a year-long toil but I decided on my favorite spots on campus (for right now anyway). Ready? (And your dorm doesn’t count…no, neither does anyone else’s…even if you slept over) The GSU What isn’t at the GSU? It has some of the tastiest food on campus. Have you had Panda Express’ sweet [...]

Recently the UnCommon Discussion had a 90‘s theme. During the 90‘s many of us were kids, so that begs the question, do you remember what it was like to be a kid? This past weekend, I had a reminder. This past weekend I participated in hosting a pre-frosh (a prospective student who is still a [...]

“Go ahead”, Colleen said as she gave me the sheet of paper she gently ripped out of her notebook. It was not perforated. It was one of those days, and those days seem to be more common as I count down to the last day of school. Those days are like the days at the [...]

Do you remember those days? I remember those days. I remember waking up earlier than I would for school on Saturday mornings just to tune in to watch all your favorite cartoons. I don’t think I ever missed an episode of the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Hey Arnold, Doug, etc. I remember going to the [...]

“What a wonderful kind of day, hey!” As we grew up in the 90’s there were many days where we came straight from school and turned on the television just before 4:30 pm. There was no way I would miss my Arthur the Aardvark episodes, that was my vice. I loved Arthur and Buster’s friendship, [...]

Good. Evil. Two completely separate entities that are all too real. I think the fact they exist is undeniable. The question on who holds power over the other, however, is something that always boggled my mind. I am a Catholic. Been a Catholic all my life. I believe there is a God. Some people believe [...]

It’s college, you can only choose two out of the three. Ready? You can choose any combination of a good social life, good grades, or sleep. You can’t have all three, I’ve tried. When I ask my friends I find that the most common response is grades and a good social life. That sounds great [...]