A Nebraskan in Europe
Before this month, I was quite positive I was American. Nebraska is right in the middle of the United States, right?
After countless Europeans proudly proclaimed they knew Nebraska was in Canada, however, I became confused. Have I really been Canadian all along and nobody told me? I think I’ve been celebrating the wrong Independence Day.
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Thrift store sweater enthusiast Desiree Bartels found herself with more Christmas sweaters than she had time to wear this holiday season. Instead of letting the festive apparel go to waste sitting in her closet for another year, Bartels decided to try renting out some of her sweaters. Read more here.
In Betty Smith’s “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” 11-year-old Francie Nolan avoids the struggles of childhood by reading. Scout Finch narrates Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” in which she learns to understand the world by walking in others’ shoes. Read more here.
Carlos Velasco taught himself to use Photoshop in middle school so he could design avatars to use in “Kingdom Hearts” online forums. As his interest in design deepened, he became interested in film and started using Adobe Premiere to create short movies about “The Sims” video game.
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I thought moving into my first apartment would be a huge step on the way to adulthood. I don’t have a resident assistant, there aren’t quiet hours and I don’t have to share a bathroom.
My roommates and I coordinated our dishes and kitchen towels. We helped each other come up with innovative recipes incorporating whatever random food was in the fridge. We even spent one night reorganizing our fridge and pantry just for fun. It was everything I’d ever dreamed of.
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Twenty years ago, Dr. Amelia María de la Luz Montes would have laughed if someone told her she would eventually go to the gym and lift weights almost every day. But after she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, strict diet and frequent exercise became the norm.
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Nearly four years ago, Leemah Nasrati lost her mother after a fierce battle with cancer. Rather than giving up in the face of grief, the junior political science and global studies major has used her loss as inspiration to succeed.
“Everything I am, I am because of my mother,” she said.
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