Tag: Lifestyle & Culture

I was a senior in high school for the 2008 election, not yet old enough to vote, but nonetheless completely absorbed by politics. This was partly due to the required …

I sat down to write this in my warm clothes, inside my fully furnished suite, my laptop plugged in to charge, knowing that there are thousands upon thousands of others …

Like many college students, I like to think of myself as a coffee aficionado. I’m the classic highly caffeinated procrastinator–the I’ll-sleep-when-I’m-old kind of student. As fun as a starving, sleep-deprived, …

Hello. My name is Christine DeLuna or, to others, “The Girl that Kind of Looks like Zooey Deschanel.” I prefer Christine. When I cut my bangs two years ago, I …

More often than not, my face betrays me in moments of embarrassment–I’m usually scarlet before I even realize I may have said or done something vaguely weird or innocuous. And …

Last week I wrote my grandfather’s obituary, and I loved doing it, even though he’s still alive. I promise it was for a class and that the reason I liked …

My sister turned 14 years old this past week and finally started high school this past month. She navigates the halls of my alma mater, takes most of the same …

I’m walking through the hallowed halls of the New York Times office in New York City. I’m doing a summer internship for the “Grey Lady”–how could life get any better? …