Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• May 16, 2017
How many units is too many to take? As a freshman, I decided to accomplish the impossible by taking 22 units during the spring semester.
The question I always get asked is, “Why take that many?”...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• April 18, 2017
Welcome to the worst part of the semester-- finals week. The bittersweet period consisting of stomachs churning, eyes whirling and palms sweating. This spring semester can either end on a low...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• February 24, 2017
Another new year and another new you. How is that transformation coming? Are your New Year’s resolutions still in motion or has that plateau been flatlining? By the look of how empty all the gyms are,...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• February 10, 2017
This is a day
filled with love or hate,
Great excitement inside
or a terrible ache.
There’s kisses, flowers
And chocolate too,
Or bitterness and a sour mood
From that ex...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• February 10, 2017
Two weeks.
That’s how long it took to get an official date with the new guy at work. From nonstop laughs to shared smiles, I knew I could get his number. I remember him talking about needing...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• February 10, 2017
While walking the halls and seeing pink stuffed bears to heart-shaped chocolate boxes, you may ask what is the best gift to give your special someone?
Stuffed animals seem cliché, and chocolate is...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• December 14, 2016
‘Twas the night before finals, when all through the house,
The coffee was brewing and I spilled on my blouse.
The phone never did rang; it’s on silent over there.
To focus and study...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• November 28, 2016
I walk the streets
Lined with gold and red
The trees seemed like paintings
Locked in my head.
Rolls of newspapers
Sit on the ground
Coupons for sales
For stores all around town.
Students’...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• November 28, 2016
I glance at the pictures hung on the wall: my parent’s wedding, the birth of my cousins, my aunt’s new home.
The parade is on T.V. and giant turkey floats glide by the crowds of kids, wrapped up...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• November 28, 2016
The day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday kicks off the start of the Christmas shopping season.
According to Sarah Pruitt, writer specializing in historical narratives and contributor to The History...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• November 9, 2016
I was born into a big Italian family in a small town outside Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In my culture after a stressful week, my family and I would gather at my grandparents lake home on Sunday afternoons....
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• November 2, 2016
With early classes and late nights, without a doubt, the one place students turn to the most is coffee shops. But with Better Buzz and Starbucks around the corner, which should you choose? Some say, “Life...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• September 28, 2016
College is hard.
Waking up early; driving through traffic; staying afloat in a sea of homework; having to talk to people (morning extroverts aside); and the financial aspect. So why do we go?
Believe...
Jeni Scaturro, Assistant Opinion Editor
• September 13, 2016
A new school year brings in a new crowd of students ‒ the freshman class.
Although each incoming class of undergrads is always different, the mixed feelings of anxiety and unease still remain the...