Torch confessions

I may have been a tad over-ambitious. I had always imagined finishing off my last semester of college easily—maybe only 12 credits and no Friday classes. I had heard of […]

The brutal Big Rapids winter is finally coming to a much-needed close and spring is almost here. Recently, Mother Nature has been teasing us with 65-degree and sunny days, but […]

An average day for me contains lots of laughs, screams and smirks. I’m a senior in college working towards my bachelor’s degree and trying to keep my sanity at the […]

The semester is already halfway done and I can’t believe how fast time is going. The days are getting longer and the time is counting down to graduation. Why then […]

Graduation is coming in the spring, and it can’t come fast enough to this sorry son of a bitch. This is probably the worst case of senioritis I’ve ever experienced. […]

I can’t wait for Christmas break to come for one reason, and that reason is to sit around and do absolutely nothing. When it comes down to it, I probably […]

I really do try to be a nice person. If someone needs help and I’m able to help them, I will. Still, the one thing that people ask me to […]

I have been given more opportunities by Facebook to express some feelings without saying a word. Finally. “Sad” is a reaction I’ve been waiting for to hide my emotional awkwardness […]

I am suffering from a terrible case of senioritis. Google defines “senioritis” as a “supposed affliction of students in their final year of high school or college, characterized by a […]

Like a lot of others out there, I love to shop. You name it—I’m always excited to purchase new shoes, new books to read or video games to play. However, […]