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Philosophy majors in the wild

Sitting at Franklin Street Coffee trying to memorize the bones in the human foot when I become an accidental witness to the most pretenti...

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Heavy lifting and good friends

Carmen called this morning asking if I could help her mom move some furniture around her apartment. Apparently Mrs. Rodriguez decided the...

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Stage fright and spotlights

Carmen dragged me to Murphy’s tonight and before I could chicken out, she had signed us up for karaoke. My hands were literally shaking w...

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Making it official

Just walked out of the advisor’s office with my major declaration form signed and submitted. Elena Rodriguez, nursing major. Has a nice r...

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Method to the madness

Three weeks of banging my head against this anatomy textbook and tonight something finally clicked.

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Thanksgiving breakthrough

Had dinner with my parents tonight and something shifted. Dad asked me about my anatomy class struggles and instead of launching into his...

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Death by fake vampire fangs

Carmen found me this afternoon looking like I’d been hit by a truck driven by the Grim Reaper himself. Last night’s Halloween party at Ph...

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Vertical learning curve

Carmen dragged me to Triangle Rock Club this afternoon with zero warning. Just showed up at my door with climbing shoes in two different ...

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Green thumbs and dirty fingernails

Carmen showed up this afternoon with a bag full of tiny succulents and declared we were having a “plant intervention” in my room. Apparen...

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