Press "Enter" to skip to content

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.

2020 — a year like no other

It’s finally December… so you know what that means! Yes — finally, after what felt like an eternity, the year of endless surprises is coming to a close — 2020 is soon approaching its end.

The girl who dances through storms

We are currently in the middle of the semester, so classes are in full swing. For me, this means that work is beginning to pile up, and time is becoming more and more nonexistent.

Socializing the slow way: snail mail

Earlier this week, I was asked how the friend making process has been for someone who’s an online student three thousand miles away from campus.

Why is it so easy to get lost?

When pondering about how life can be more appreciated, one of the most popular pieces of advice is to “count your blessings.”

Do the little dance

Sometimes you hear something random from someone and it just sticks to you, like a yellow post-it note or a neon pink slinky hand.

A whole new world, for all of us

Hand sanitizer, masks, and textbook guides for a “socially distant” social life – aka my freshman year back-to-school shopping list. 

I don’t mean to state the obvious here, but this year’s different… like astronomically different.

There and back again

Read Keenan Yates' first Mind of a Freshman column of the semester.

The types of people you’ll find in quarantine

Now that we’ve been out of school for a while, people have begun to fall into their personal Quarantine Routines. There are quite a few interesting people you’ll come across (six feet away, of course) while we’re still in lockdown, so I thought I’d save some time and break it down for you.