I am not sure if everybody is ready to hear this, but I have something to say that has been a big topic of debate on this campus. I feed the stray cats. I know, I know. Just let me explain. When I am walking around on campus, I will usually have a bag of […]

This is the year to start appreciating yourself more than you used to. After everything that has happened, self-love has declined exponentially.  According to Eric Thompson, an associate professor and clinical psychologist, there have been surveys done and there has been a high percentage of people with low self-love.  I know I went through a […]

“Information overload” is a concept that explains the difficulty found in making decisions when provided excess information. This information anxiety, as it is sometimes referred to, is something we experience often in this age of technology. Namely, we experience this when looking for something to watch.    HBO Max is a great example of a […]

During this current election season, tensions seem to be extremely high. It feels almost as if the country is divided right down the middle with each side representing their chosen candidate.    This election, of course, is a little different. It doesn’t look like it’s split between the Republican and Democratic parties, but rather people […]

So far, I have lived and thought of my life like I was zapped into a romantic comedy. I have made up fantastical situations in my head about how I was bound to meet the love of my life in some clandestine way. I have thought that we would be in a grocery store and […]

  On my way home one day, I passed Dunkin.’. There wasn’t anything particularly special about this Dunkin,’ except a three-foot-tall Christmas tree in the window that caught my eye. It was mid-October. Stores and restaurants putting up Christmas decorations around Halloween is like wearing a parka in the summer. It’s out of place. However, […]

Although 2020 has brought us a series of traumatic events, should we be so quick to call it the worst year yet?   Have you gotten a breaking news notification today about something else that’s going on in the world? Yes, I bet you have — and that’s my exact point.    As the new […]

Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the few programs to receive a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s categorized as a kid’s cartoon show, which seems warranted given the adolescent sense of adventure, colorful animation and unpretentious humor, but it’s truly much more than that.   Since it’s reemergence on Netflix, old and […]

South Florida is known for its unpredictable weather. If it’s raining in the morning, give it a couple of hours, and it’ll be hot, muggy and sunny again. While we sometimes associate the rainy days with gloominess, here in South Florida, we see a meteorological phenomenon that allows us to appreciate the rainy days in […]

At the start of the 1980s, Jim Rohn, a motivational speaker and financial advisor, was called to give advice to a group of worried CEOs. The wealthy gentlemen asked him what the 1980s would be like — in essence, asking for him to make a financial prediction for the market.  Rohn looked around the room […]