I stopped eating in the dining hall because of the piano. Almost every evening in the Knorr Family Dining Room, several different performers show off their skills on the ivory keys. Like everyone, I appreciate the occasional tasteful piano accompaniment. There’s something truly elegant about consuming mushy broccoli to the soundtrack of “Pirates of the...
Throughout the chaos of 2020, evidence of the global reliance on electricity has surged. From kindergarten to college, students now rely almost wholly on computers for online learning. Similarly, in-person employment has shifted to remote work, making Zoom meetings the new normal and slow internet an even greater source of frustration. Friends catch up with...
As the bright, vibrant colors of fall fade into the bleak grays of a Michigan winter, everyone will soon find themselves needing more color in their lives. That’s why everyone needs a staple pair of colorful jeans. Now you might assume that vibrant orange denim is something that should only be worn by 16-year-olds on...
Death, taxes, laundry. These are the three things that Sometimes Mistaken for U.S. President Benjamin Franklin found most vexing in our temporal world. And he ought to know, he had kidney stones. I think it is safe to assume that most of us share the sentiment of our porkiest founding father. Laundry really is a...
When I went to bed at 1:43 a.m. on election night, I was confident that President Donald J. Trump would be reelected, albeit by a slim margin. But when I woke up on Nov. 4, I found a voicemail from my mom, saying, “It looks like Trump isn’t going to win.” Overnight, states like Michigan,...