Loud and Clear: Temporarily 21 When Forever 21 announced it was filing for bankruptcy, my immediate thought was, “Well, I guess they were only Temporarily 21.” After I laughed at my own joke, however, I realized just how hard it was going to be for me to buy clothes from here on out.
Loud and Clear: A garden unheard "Legacy. What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you'll never get to see."
Loud and Clear: Never forget my Iraqi family 9/11 was a day everyone remembers in detail; where they were, who they were with and what they were doing. Nobody ever asks me where I was the first time someone called me a terrorist.
Loud and Clear: 6 things I learned from studying abroad This June I was given the wonderful opportunity to study abroad in Japan. I have always wanted to go, and after I took my first Japanese language class, I thought it would be even more rewarding to be able to experience the culture and practice my new skills.
Loud and Clear: Hellfire “Like fire. Hellfire.” These lyrics from the song “Hellfire,” from the movie “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” scorched into my brain the moment I found out the Notre Dame in Paris, France was burning.
Loud and Clear: The opportunity metaphor The most hauntingly human words I have ever heard came from a being that never contained a heartbeat. “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.”
Ball State alumnus to study women’s agency and feminism in Japan Success is rarely accomplished alone.
Loud and Clear: Love is not just romance “I love you” is a term I have said the most to people who aren’t my romantic partner. Ever since I was a child these words have referred to my friends, my family and even my roommate. Yet as I got older I learned that these habits are almost always overshadowed by a completely different context: romance.
Loud and Clear: Christmas in a drink Each holiday has that one food that completely polarises humanity as much as politics. It can range from something simple as candy corn on Halloween to something as personal as cranberry relish on Thanksgiving.
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