Today I’m going to tell you about two apps that literally saved my life my freshman year. The first one is the Canvas app, and the second one is simply Google Maps. Let’s start with the Canvas app. What is Canvas? Canvas is your life for the next four years. Canvas is the platform that Read More…
Category: Unit 2
To Stay or Not to Stay
As a freshman in high school, and a sophomore, and then a junior, I saw many batches of seniors ahead of me leave for college through a mysterious process filled with SATs and Common Apps and declarations of committal on Facebook. Without fail, as soon as September hit, my social media was consumed with a Read More…
Living With Your Best Friend: Will You Actually Kill Each Other?
The answer is yes. Yes, you will. Back in high school when everyone was making final college decisions, my best friend and I decided we would live together in the dorms. As soon as we started telling people, they’d reply saying things like “oh boy, you guys will end up hating each other” or “that’s Read More…
Best Tasting Apps
Dorm food can get very boring and sometimes you want to branch out and try some of the local Madison restaurants. Below I have listed two food delivery apps that are an essential to college living. Especially in Madison when it is cold ording in is a great option. Eat Street EatStreet.com has such a Read More…
Must-Have Food Apps
What is a college student’s favorite pastime? Eating, of course. Here are the three best apps to cure your late night cravings or order your post tailgate munchies straight to your dorm. RedCard: Red card is the premium off campus meal plan. Red Card works like a debit card– you load money onto the card Read More…
English 173: A Course that will Help you be the Change
The United States along with the rest of the world is in desperate need of change and leaders who are educated on various topics of racism, police brutality, microaggressions, along with other forms of systematic oppression. It is in our hands as students to learn about these problematic issues so that we can be the Read More…
From Warhol to WeiWei: A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Art
As I began my journey in Journalism and Communication Arts at UW-Madison, I decided to take an Art course to offset my other courses and keep my creativity progressing. This course, Art 107: An Introduction To Digital Forms, was revolutionary to my academic and career path. The course offers an introduction to various digital art Read More…
Friendships Like I Never Imagined
As I have grown older, I have started to learn that nothing is ever exactly how you expect it to go. As I started college, I quickly realized that these four years of my time at UW-Madison were no exception. Particularly, with the friendships I have formed here and how those relationships will impact me. Read More…
Number of days I wore cute clothes to class: 1
For teenage girls about to start their first year of college, style is all the rage. My friends and I were determined to master the looks for going to class, walking around campus, tailgating, and even hanging out in the dorm. Our minds had been flooded with social media posts from older girls in college, Read More…
Don’t like math? Philosophy 210 is the class for you.
Throughout my life, math and I have not been good friends. When we were, and I thought the exam was easy, it turned out I had failed the exam. Coming into college I thought I was able to take whatever classes I wanted; however, I quickly came to realize that we had these things called Read More…