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Being sustainable during the holidays

I am passionate about sustainability, but I use plastic water bottles when there is no other option, I buy food that is in disposable packaging, and I don’t judge others for the choices they make.

A railroad strike for the holiday season

Introduction
For the past few weeks, two of the nation’s largest railroad unions have been threatening a strike due to poor working conditions, severe attendance policies, and staff shortages.

Talent or nothing

Sometimes certain sentences from books I’ve read stay in my head. Randomly, they’ll come back to me. Like how when I add sugar to my lukewarm coffee, I’ll think about how Danny Conroy from Dutch House would have rather spent his time explaining to the woman who claimed his mother was still alive that her sugar would have melted faster if she had added it while her tea was still hot.

Artist Spotlight: Giovanni Paolo Panini

The most difficult aspects of landscape painting to master are the use of perspective and color. It is easier to draw a landscape on a level plane because objects remain unchanged regardless of our distance from them or the angle at which we look at them.

The Cabin, by Natasha Preston

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of going on a trip to a lake with my friends is how much fun we will all have together.

How do I deal with being sick?

Claire 

Being sick sucks, and getting sick in college only makes it worse. This past week, I got sick and was once again reminded of how horrible it is to go through classes while feeling under the weather.

Trying to avoid burnout

We’re at a weird point in the semester. Midterms are over, but finals still feel kind of far away, so we just feel tired.