As we go through the long job search ahead of us, I think it is imperative that we find careers that don’t feel like jobs.
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Busy as a Bee
I’m sure you have heard the saying “busy as a bee.” But have you ever stopped to think about what it really means?
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Be One With Nature: Embrace Your Inner Animal and Think Environmentally
If you think about it, despite our best attempts to isolate ourselves from nature by hiding behind the walls of our houses and sequestering ourselves in compact cities, we cannot escape the fact that nature trickles into every crevice it can.
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Playing Outside: Not a Childish Endeavor
If society is going to realize how desolate the world would be without nature, people first need to take the time to recognize how diverse and beautiful the world is with nature.
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Ground Zero for Below Ground Life: What Happens to Us After Life?
I was curious about how our bodies—or parts of them, like nails—contribute to the soil’s microbiome. This is especially relevant in the modern age, where we generally spend our lives indoors and away from nature. But, humans still affect the earth’s soil in critical ways, including after we die.
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Sleeping Beauty Did Not Watch TikTok Before Bed
My alone time, like many other Boston College students, comes at the end of an academically rigorous day. I lay down in my bed and then scroll through whatever social media I need to catch up on for the day or watch a mindless show to wind myself down. After my social media hunger is satiated, I set my alarm, put my phone on my desk, and cuddle up under my covers to get ready for a good night’s rest. And then the curse begins.
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How Dad Rock (and You) Can Save the Environment
We are finding ourselves at the crux of a sociopolitical and ecological tipping point, where we need to pressure the government to take definitive action against climate change. Although we don’t quite have groups of hippies acting as our guides, that does not mean we should throw in the towel because we think the government won’t listen or that we are too young or inexperienced to incite change.
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VRoom VRoom: Oh Listen It’s the Sound of the Simulation Taking Over
Virtual reality makes me nauseous. But not like the nauseous I get after challenging my stomach to another night of BC dining—it’s more like the nauseous I get when I feel impending doom…
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Thinking Outside the House
There is something so ethereal about eating fruit in the sun. Strawberries specifically, in my opinion, but it doesn’t really matter which fruit. I have the biggest—and I cannot emphasize this enough—soft spot for eating fruit in the sun. It recharges my soul. I feel whole, filled with love and warmth—not too far from the…
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A Prescription for Sound
I am sure we are all too familiar with the major glitches that affected Spotify a week or two ago. Everyone was kicked out of their accounts, and there were plenty of comical tweets begging for Spotify to let us back in to keep listening to our coveted music. But in that brief period, if…
