The Alliance High School gymnasium was flooded with a sea of blue Bulldogs fans at the annual homecoming coronation. They chattered amongst each other, the noise echoing off the high ceilings. I fought the nervous feeling in my gut. This wasn’t just any other year for me—this was THE event that many high school band nerds live for.
Read MoreSometimes when I am very bored and I feel my eyes glazing over, I find it ridiculously entertaining to flip back and forth between random channels. During one of these channel-flipping sessions, I wound up comparing a story about apes on the Discovery Channel to the cast of MTV’s hit show, “Jersey Shore.” Surprisingly, the story lines are interchangeable!
Read MoreJon Marquez finds solace in a classic American film, and the opportunity to reenact it in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Read MoreHairy spiders creep where her eyelashes once gracefully laid upon her cheeks. Jamaican dreadlocks are thrown up into what looks like a cow pie on top of her head. She is in every building, in every class, and could even be in your very own mirror. Who is she?
Read MoreColumnist Jon Marquez examines his addiction to red velvet cake and finds the habit isn’t worth kicking—unless it gives him a muffin top.
Read MoreWhen walking around campus sometimes, all I can think about is muffins. Then it hits me: the girl walking in front of me is sporting a jumbo muffin top, with extra top.
Read MoreGrandma and Dad recently made a trek up to Chadron, both to visit me and to check out the dorms that I live in. While walking through the lobby of Edna, Dad whispered to me, “This looks like the Betty Ford Center. It feels like we are visiting you in treatment.”
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