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A Turn About The Garden

Today, I took a turn about the Sunken Garden, the large beautiful lawn in the middle of William & Mary’s old campus.  It’s a habit

Mount William & Mary, Really?

Last week William & Mary News published a story about a second campaign to officially name a peak in the Rocky Mountains of central

Speed Networking: “Fake It ‘Til You Make It”

January 8, 2015: Thursday Evening After another heavy day of site visits and discussion, we had a little under an hour to prep for

U is for University (Day)

Youth Day, celebrated in South Africa annually on 16 June, commemorates the 1976 Soweto Uprising, in which students in the Soweto township during the

What is Your Qadr?

Back in college, one of the most influential moments I recall was when Professor Tamara Sonn explained the concept of qadr in relation to

What I learned from rejection

I had my first big rejection last week. I mean big. The crushing, leaves you speechless type of rejection. In February, I submitted a

The Anti-list Manifesto

Ten things every human should know: Love is the essence of life and all understanding Spend time with yourself You will get out of

9 Things No One Tells You at the College

To my incredibly talented and inspiring Tribe Family: You’re not going to get straight A’s anymore. It’s a terrible thing to realize, as many

The Hand You’re Dealt

Sometimes we find ourselves in an unpredictably difficult bind trying to figure out what move we are going to play next. We weigh the