Always Remain Persistent

There is one thing I dreaded about going off to college—and that would be the parking lot situation. Now, I am very grateful for the parking lots, but actually parking my car can be an experience. The very first time I tried parking my car in this lot was something I thought would not be […]

Change

They say that change is inevitable. As much as we think we can avoid change, and no matter how hard we work to stop change from happening, in the end, it does anyway. When I was in high school, I thought my sleepy town would never have something new and that it would always be […]

A Motivating Motto

Last month as I was checking my emails, I glanced at a subject line that caught my attention: “US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue to speak at Landon Lecture.” I excitedly opened that email, read the information, and quickly added the event to my calendar. This would be my 3rd time seeing Secretary Purdue present […]

Building Community

I’m finally a Wildcat! I sway back and forth with all of the students to the Wabash Cannonball. We sing the fight song loudly and proudly. In my short time at Kansas State, I have begun to experience all over again, what it feels like to be part of a community. The definition of community […]

Attitude of Gratitude

Moving to Manhattan, I knew I was going to experience many new things: a lot more traffic, many new friends, and several more people; but what I did not expect to experience was a flood. On the morning of September 3, 2018, I jumped out of bed because I heard a very loud banging on […]

Break Your Bridge

Every year, a handful of students at Cherryvale High School are given the seemingly simple task of building a bridge that spans a four feet gap; I was one of those students. After completion, the bridge faces a test of strength by hanging masses in the center of the bridge and 12 inches in either […]

African Time

Quick review of the day: I woke up a little late, discovered the nearly-Antarctic temperature as I ventured forth to Ag Econ 315, drove out to the Stout Center to feed Noodles the Rope Horse, came back to my dorm to work on Macroeconomics homework, finished an assignment for the speech class that had been […]