Happiness is a choice and I’ll work to be happy

By: Max Bruns ~Advertising Manager~ Happiness is an action verb, and we are both the subjects and the objects. Obviously, this is not grammatically true, but the philosophical sentiment stands – we must actively work for our own happiness. Recently, a friend of mine asked me if I would do college again if I was given the chance. He didn’t mean start all over and take a second shot at my undergrad. He meant literally enroll in four more years. Unfortunately for me, my immediate answer was a resounding and absolute no. In two and a half blurry years, undergraduate … Continue reading Happiness is a choice and I’ll work to be happy

What makes you happy?

By: Josie Wright ~Guest Writer~ A lot of things make me happy. I love spending time with my family, listening to music and working out. Does this mean I’m happy all the time? No, it doesn’t. Everyone has good and bad days. I always like to say “if it makes you happy, then go for it.” What is happiness? I think that happiness is when you’re content with life and enjoy the little moments you have every day. As a college student, I struggle with this sometimes, and I’m sure every other college student has trouble making the most of … Continue reading What makes you happy?

The cathartic experience of the movies How ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ and other movies ease the mind

By: Grant F. Vance ~Managing Editor~ The great, omnipotent beings known only as “they” have a well-known expression in regards to life: When it gives you lemons, make lemonade. Unfortunately, life is not as simplistic as Minute Maid would like us to think, and it usually gives us grapefruit and demands a milkshake. Often, when given these bitter, oversized fruit — shitty lemons, really — it’s hard to find someone who can relate to them. Whenever I have a particularly shitty lemon I self-categorize as either too complex to discuss with a friend, or, in most cases, so overly simplistic … Continue reading The cathartic experience of the movies How ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ and other movies ease the mind