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Shakespeare quote "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" with a flower

What’s In a Name?

Before I was born, my name was pulled out of a hat. My parents couldn’t decide, so they put their favorite names on slips of paper in my dad’s worn-out UGA hat and let my older sister- who was 2 years old at the time- pick out my first and middle name. Chance and my […]

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January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

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Community for Rent

Recently, I attended the UGA Theatre Department’s performance of the musical Rent in the Fine Arts Building. If you’ve never seen it before, the musical written by Jonathan Larson centers a group of struggling artists and musicians in Brooklyn during the AIDS/HIV outbreak in the 1990s. The friends are all struggling to keep up with […]

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December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

View of trees and mountains from Rocky Mountain National Park

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Dear Christian: God Cares About the Environment, Why Don’t You?

I was raised in the church my whole life and the gospel reached my heart when I was in 6th grade. In college, I have been a part of multiple campus ministries, including Reformed University Fellowship. This ministry has taught me, loved me, and challenged me, and I’m forever grateful for it. But something I’ve […]

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December 1, 2021December 1, 2021

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Is TikTok For You or Against You?

Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably heard of the app TikTok, and chances are you also have the app (a billion people do), and if you have the app, you also probably spend more time than you are willing to admit scrolling through videos. You’re not alone, I’ve done my fair share of […]

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November 9, 2021November 29, 2021

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Weathering the Storm

Mostly due to the fact that I was twelve and this happened on the other side of the world, I was unaware that in January 2013, a bush fire ravaged the small community of Dunally, Tasmania and a picture of a family seeking refuge in the water went viral. Later that year, The Guardian published […]

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November 4, 2021November 29, 2021

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Real-ationships

So one of my new favorite after class activities is walking a ridiculously long route home. I’ll grab a large house milk tea with boba from Bubble Cafe downtown if I feel like I deserve the treat, and listen to a podcast. Even if it’s an hour-long episode, I’ll stretch out my walk home and […]

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October 19, 2021November 29, 2021

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We The Weary

We all know the rush of excitement that comes from a ding on your phone telling you another person has liked your post on Instagram, you got a Snapchat from a friend, or a stranger replied to the comment you left on a funny TikTok. I even sometimes imagine I heard or felt a vibration […]

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September 22, 2021November 29, 2021