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Evening Serenade
On March 27, 2009
![Chinese dance performance with fans and colorful costumes](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/arts-culture-280x190.jpg)
Last week, I was sitting on the back steps of Tucker waiting for a ride to dinner with a friend, and enjoying the lull
No Sleep Til Brooklyn
On November 14, 2008
![Candlelight ceremony at night with candles lit in graduation regalia](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/traditions-events-280x190.jpg)
'COLLEGE, NO PARENTS!'
45 upperclassmen must have cheered this
at me during Opening Convocation, but it took a while for the concept
of no parental supervision to
A Validating Chance Encounter
On September 12, 2008
![students cheering at a Charter Day Concert](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/campus-life-280x190.jpg)
Every notable tragic hero has a tragic flaw. Achilles had
that problematic heel. Mine is a deathly love of maraschino cherries, and though I consider
‘I Just Have a Lot of Feelings’
On August 15, 2008
![students cheering at a Charter Day Concert](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/campus-life-280x190.jpg)
It's three in the afternoon on the last day of work--the calm before the storm.
The last day has been surprisingly tame (excepting the 3-minute
group
Above and Beyond
On August 8, 2008
![Classics books](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/academics-280x190.jpg)
Just last week, I finished my last paper of junior year.
'How is this possible?' you might wonder. 'You are less than three weeks away
Choose Your Own Adventure
On July 23, 2008
![students cheering at a Charter Day Concert](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/campus-life-280x190.jpg)
When I'm asked what I love about W&M, a thousand disconnected
moments and experiences rush into my head. It's impossible to translate
this influx of emotion
A Wrinkle in Time
On June 25, 2008
![Chinese dance performance with fans and colorful costumes](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/arts-culture-280x190.jpg)
Colonial people are people too.
I learned that the hard way one evening as I walked down Richmond
Road in an ankle-length pink gown, my breathing
Nostalgia
On June 4, 2008
![students cheering at a Charter Day Concert](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/campus-life-280x190.jpg)
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
I
have a problem with nostalgia, and am struck by attacks of nostalgia
more frequently than most. My only thought for the day
Serv-ice, ice, baby
On June 2, 2008
![People in professional attire meeting in Cohen Career Center lobby](https://wmblogs.wm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/careers-280x190.jpg)
Before I say anything else, I'll just get it out of the way and
address the white elephant in the room--you're welcome for the Vanilla
Ice