Downsizing the discount
It's a story we've told a number of times. Annual tuition increases, student loan stress and the impact of the recession on our university...
Transplant made easy: a year with social media
Including the summers on either side, my junior year took me to two American coasts and at least eight other countries. While I pride myself...
Modeling a college paper after its students, community
At the end of my freshman year, I interviewed for a columnist position with The DePauw. I only planned on writing sporadically. But by...
Don't forget life in the dorms, class unity
It seems like just yesterday that we were the young, wide-eyed newbies exploring our newly acquired freedoms and using the campus as our playground...
Remembering the 'student' experience
"History doesn't repeat itself," Mark Twain reportedly said, "but it does rhyme." I find that quote particularly apt for the beginning of the new academic...
Keep energy for entire semester
There are some TV commercials I'll just never understand. Take any commercial for a dairy product: it's either small children giggling and cheering for ice...
Weighing the pros and cons of DePauw's new look
Hey DePauw, did you get a haircut or something? You look different. It seems President Brian Casey's DePauw 20/20 plan has indeed begun to change...
My summer vacation, and why I'm glad to be home
This summer, I spent three months under my parents' roof once again, nannying and finding ways to relax and amuse myself. After a...
DePauw is a party school: make sure everyone knows it
We know it may be beating a passed-out horse, but we just felt the need to express one more time how incredibly excited we...
Senior completes 'bucket list' in last days on campus
When people start assigning a number to my time left here at DePauw, I do my best to yell at them before they are...