As incoming or returning students, every year we are able to reinvent ourselves. Today is not like yesterday. Well, for some it might be, but that is solely your choice. No one is making you go to Clinton every...
As I step up to the ATM, my heart begins to race and my card feels hot in my grasp. I reluctantly slide the plastic into the metal beast, type in my pin and hit “check balance.” The wait...
A phrase that never seems to disappear in news programming or political television is one currently placed on today’s so-dubbed “millennials.” The word is entitlement. It’s everywhere. It’s in your fridge, it’s in your bedroom and it’s even on...
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
It’s a question that most of us have answered at some point in our lives. Granted, as children, our goals may be a bit loftier — answers such as “Britney...
What makes being cool so cool? Since the formation of the term people have been trying to keep up with what’s considered cool. However, the style of cool is quite unpredictable and there are limitless interpretations of...
The fire made from dead cactus and tumble weeds lit up in a matter of seconds. It was the only source of light in Utah for miles.
I sat on the cooler drinking a random IPA and pulled microscopic...
Two weeks ago, I went to Walgreens and bought laundry detergent. When I returned to my off-campus house and started putting my clothes into the washer, I had never been more excited to do laundry in my life.
Why?...
The sitcom “Community” is a cult classic about community college students in the fictional town of Greendale, Colorado. Part of the sitcom’s charm and humor comes from the ridiculous classes available at Greendale Community College, which include History of...
Usually when you see a naked person, you get taken aback. You think it’s funny, and you’re a little weirded out by their bare flesh. Nipples and genitals exposed for the entire world to see — it’s a vulnerable...
So this is it.
This is the last Burekrat column I will be publishing as opinions editor for Cardinal Points. The word that most think of is “bittersweet,” and I hate to use that word because it’s so cliché, but...
