Disclaimer: Many people have contempt for pop culture, claiming it is nothing but vapid and shallow nonsense. But pop culture is human culture, our culture, plain and simple – and what’s considered vapid in one era may be regarded as high art in the next. And even if pop culture truly is nothing but shallow,…
A page of Addison or of Irving will teach more of style than a whole manual of rules, whilsty a story of Poe’s will impress upon the mind a more vivid notion of powerful and correct description and narration than will ten dry chapters of a bulky textbook. – H. P. Lovecraft Maybe you’ve heard…
There is a special magic that comes along with documenting your everyday musings and experiences. However, journals are often stereotyped as adorable little notebooks filled with perfectly organized, dated, written entries that require a great deal of time and an even more immense sense of personal commitment to maintain. “Journals” are supposedly ravenous entities screaming,…
I had the opportunity to do some Writing Center tutoring when I studied abroad in Budapest, Hungary during the fall 2014 semester. At first, I was a little skeptical since I knew a lot of the students were non-native English speakers, but I took it as an opportunity to put my training and experience to…
I didn’t read much my first few semesters in college, even though I thought I would. I brought two stacks of books with me, from dorm room to dorm room as three years passed, every year thinking I’d have the free time to read. Instead, I just kept studying, work, pubbing, and hanging out with…
I studied abroad for the summer in Dijon, France followed by a fall semester abroad in Budapest, Hungary. Before embarking on my seven-month stay in Europe, I made a promise to myself that I would write in a travel journal every day -- no skipping days and no excuses. I wanted to remember as much…