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Posts published in “Mind of a Freshman”

Mind of a Freshman is an Opinion column written by one or two first-year Stevens students to discuss life experiences during their time at Stevens, and other related subject matter.

Thanksgiving break is too short

In high school, I envied college students. While I had a measly one, maybe one-and-a-half, week winter break, they got to enjoy one glorious month of relaxation.

The calm after the storm

This weekend, all I did was rot in my dorm, and honestly, it was something I needed. The past few weeks have been the funniest yet most hectic weeks of my life.

Commuting-ty

We’re halfway through the semester, and I somehow haven’t made an article about commuting yet. To start off, it’s definitely not as bad as I thought.

Babies’ first Halloween party

Halloweekend. A college student created a holiday that entices a weekend of fun and in my case dressing up as a bear without getting weird looks.

Is “Harry Potter” a Halloween series?

There’s nothing I love more than rewatching a movie. After a year, I feel like I forget every major detail and enjoy the thrill of watching my favorite movie for the first time all over again.

My newest obsession

So this week I was planning to write about food, but that was last night at 2 a.m.. Since then I have reached the new amazing idea of what I recently discovered.

Dress to Impress & the prisoner’s dilemma

If you haven’t noticed, the theme for this week’s paper is voting. Unfortunately, my political career started and ended with passing AP Gov, so I’d like to take this time to complain about the voting system in my favorite game: Dress To Impress (DTI).  

The smell that needs to be scent to Rikers Island

I first smelt it on my way to the Chinese Student Association meeting. Cruising down campus on my booster board to Burchard Hall with the wind rushing past me, I was enjoying the pleasant smell of the campus until my dream world got interrupted by something foul.