Most of us don’t look forward to experiencing failure. Commonly, we exhibit an avoidant type of behavior towards the possibility of failing; that is, we have a tendency to feel fear or withdrawal from situations that would present conflict or an undesirable outcome. For instance, students concerned with their grades may exhibit this behavior when [...]
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What NOT to Say
By Katrina GaudierThursday, January 21st, 2010
Some people are intimidating. To most, they’re bosses, school bullies, or sumo wrestlers. To a shy person, everyone is intimidating. As a self-diagnosed sufferer of social anxiety disorder, or SAD, I feel it’s my responsibility to shed some light on an awkward situation. Throughout my scope of social experiences, I have encountered many different types [...]
New Year’s Resolutions that Might Actually Stick
By Julia PerchMonday, January 11th, 2010
Everyone has been guilty, at one time or another, of making unrealistic New Year’s resolutions. There’s something about a brand new year that feels like a fresh, shiny start, and inspires us to begin professing an interest in starting anew. This year, I will… lose 50 lbs! Go to the gym EVERY. SINGLE. DAY! Learn [...]
An Interview with Jill Bialosky
By Jordan SchillingMonday, January 4th, 2010
With an Elliot Coleman Award in Poetry and a prominent editorial position at W.W. Norton & Company, Jill Bialosky is a formidable figure in today’s literary world. Rarely do college students get the chance to have their work reviewed by a literary figure of such magnitude, but Drexel University delivers.
On November 20th, Bialosky visited my [...]
A Cinematic Dating Experiment
By Matthew StricklandFriday, December 18th, 2009
I am a geek. Yes, I’m fine with admitting it. After Rivers Cuomo made geeks cool in 1994, many of us came out of the geek closet. There are many different phyla of Geeks, sports geeks, movie geeks, computer geeks, music geeks, but the thing that each have in common in their geekdom is that [...]
Writer’s Block: Fact or Fiction?
By Kathryn GardnerTuesday, December 1st, 2009
It’s been three hours, and the page is still blank. The little black cursor is mocking you with its incessant blinking. Everything you want to flow onto that page is locked inside your mind and the words have completely escaped you. The sound of frustrated tapping of your foot against the floor is slowly edging [...]
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