I was invited to join Northwestern's $3.75 billion fund-raising drive called "We Will." My reply — I Won't. A school once called "The Harvard of the Midwest" has morphed into a misguided muddle on...
I love going to a school where my peers are as driven and motivated as I am. I have friends who program their own websites, start organizations and even travel to Chicago every week to mentor underprivileged...
Greetings, culture lovers! This weekend, I got a library card from the Evanston Public Library. It was a magical experience.
Surrounded by actual, real-live people, instead of frazzled college students,...
An article in The Guardian last year described the observations made by a palliative nurse — a nurse who consoles the dying — named Bronnie Ware. The article included Ware's list of the most common...
The first time I really learned about meditation was during my sophomore year of high school in an Eastern Religions class. A Buddhist speaker came in to talk about his experiences. Following the talk,...
