Posts published in September 2016

Cultural norms shape perceptions. This is an unavoidable truth, but one that is rarely acknowledged. It isn’t important whether that lack of acknowledgement is based…

“She’s so bitter because she’s not married.” Recently, a faculty member appearing to be widely held in low regard was the topic of conversation between…

The second semester of my first year at the University of Maine was the time I really consider myself to have become politically active. I…

Sleep deprivation has become such a common issue for college students that we sometimes skew it as an accomplishment or a laughing matter. We forgo…