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Galentine's Day

Lauren Vander Tuig — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Valentine鈥檚 Day is a holiday that is not loved by all. For my single ladies out there, it is a holiday that often seems exclusive to those in a relationship. On top of this, it鈥檚 a holiday that is highly commercialized with marketed essentials...

Setting & Respecting Boundaries

Zoe Taper — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Do you find yourself putting your needs before others or struggling to say no to people? I would suggest creating boundaries with them. Boundaries are when you put up relational limits to protect your well-being. You put in place boundaries with...

Grace & Space

Jenna Mindel — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:06:00 -0800

God isn鈥檛 mad at you. This is hard for me to remember. As a grudge-holder myself, it is hard to grasp this whole 鈥済race鈥� thing. Yet, I am met with the reality every time I do, say, or think the wrong thing 鈥� there is grace available to me through...

The Steep Uphill Battle

Lauren Vander Tuig — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700

An honor student. A former GATE kid. A 鈥減leasure to have in class.鈥� Despite these descriptors, I strive each and every day to prove myself, often through academic means. I鈥檝e always believed that this habit stems from an inclination to push myself...

Not Brown Enough

Kaile Bravo — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700

鈥淢y parents would be disappointed if they met you鈥� My 15-year-old self could not believe this came out of someone's mouth. I asked the girl sitting next to me why she said this and she proceeded to say, 鈥淏ecause your parents failed you.鈥� I was...

Graves into Gardens

Kaile Bravo — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700

July came and I had what felt like the worst week of my life. My dog died, I got broken up with, I had problems with housing and while all of this was happening I felt like I was becoming a shelf for everyone's problems around me. I didn鈥檛 expect...

Dear Returning Students

Jenna Mindel — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:54:21 -0700

I am an upperclassman. How strange! I have only lived on campus for a year, and now I only have another year after this one until I graduate. We have been forced to move on from the grief of our not-so-normal senior year of high school and first...

Sophomore Send-off

Kaile Bravo — Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Coming to 日日碰狠狠躁久久躁2023 felt like the first day of kindergarten. New faces all around you, new surroundings, finding your way to your classes was a scavenger hunt alone, and finding out that commons has the best cinnamon bagels was the prize along the...

Freedom in Jesus

Zoe Taper — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Trigger Warning: There will be mentions of sexual assault and suicide. Sexual Assault Awareness Month is an annual campaign to help raise awareness about sexual assault and educate communities and individuals. For this year, GRIT wanted to hear...

Idealizing the Past

Jenna Mindel — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:30:41 -0700

My camera roll is something I love to look through. It is full of sweet memories of the past few years of my life, but one thing it doesn鈥檛 have much of is the documentation of my internal experiences. Sometimes I鈥檒l be scrolling through my...