It’s easy to say I love good writing. It makes me feel the right emotions and reinvents cliches applicable to my life. But what I love more are good writers. Those who have hundreds of unfinished drafts on their...
Read MoreThe concept of flourishing typically encompasses rapid growth and success. Yet I associate flourishing with strength and courage, particularly as a result of growing up in a highly “machista” region. To begin flourishing, it...
Read MoreWhen Lily Sayre (23Ox) entered Oxford College as a freshman this fall, she planned on pursuing a psychology and creative writing double major. Oxford told her it wasn’t feasible. Had she been on the Atlanta campus, majoring in...
Read MorePowerlessness is pervasive. On those days where you feel like you can only exist in the spaces between meetings, appointments and lectures, the world seems like it moves too fast to find meaning in anything. Especially when...
Read MoreWorries and fears drift away as I lay on the South Carolina beach, comforted by the calming warmth of the summer’s sun. Wisps of sand brushed across my face this past spring break, obscuring a desert landscape dotted with Joshua...
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