B Going to college was not optional: In my family, it was just another step toward the American dream.As soon as I graduated, I enrolled in the English Department of Colorado State University. I went on to earn two scholarships, and membership in the National Honor Society. I truly believ...
Robert Francis Prevost was born on September 14, 1955, at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Mildred (née Martínez) Prevost, graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor’s degree in library science in 1947, while his father, Louis Marius Prevost, was a United States Navy ...
Lord, help me to be the best spiritual soil I can be for Your Word to take root that my life might be as fruitful and productive as possible today. Grant me patience, grace, and peace amidst the weeds and weather of this world that I do not control. And give me wisdom to know ...
Part diary – part self-published academic word vomit- HistoricAL will be a place for conversation, public transparency, and accountability while I begin my tenure as a grad student. I plan on writing about the trivial, the critical, and theapocryphal. The first Sunday of the month is my go...
Esurance also doesn’t offer a lot of discounts. On top of providing quotes online, they have several apps that allow their members to apply for discounts. If you’re a good student, for example, you can get a good rate if you go to an accredited university. If you take a lot of ...
Everyone knows Brad Paisley’s songLetter to Me. It was definitely a tear jerker for me around this time last year. I still can not believe it has almost been a year since the class of 2013 graduated. We are two months out from being through with our freshmen year ofCOLLEGE. That mean...
But here I am, 6 years from the day I graduated college, and my long-time best friends and sisters were made or grew stronger either at my college, or during my college years. And I’m so thankful to have had this beautiful, diverse, wonderful group that makes up “my people” for...
(where Locke found himself after he won the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship), was a hotbed of gay male activity – and that this was the same university that the gay legend Oscar Wilde was graduated from in 1878, three decades before Locke arrived. I also learned that Locke faced less racism...
When I left Florida after Dad had graduated to glory, this visit back now is only my third time here in Gatorland in the last 23 years. My heart yearns for reunion. I know I have never been whole since that September. Have you ever had a hard time being in a certain area because ...
I got a gig as an editorial cartoonist for the campus newspaper. That led to opportunities to write for the paper–columns, reviews, and straight reporting. I ended up as an editor, and essentially, had a dual identity: journalist and student of psychology. In my senior year, I won a ...