The Aviso AVW

  Last Thursday evening I decided to take a stroll around campus. As I followed the sidewalk along the back of Blossom Hall, I passed a steady line of empty parked cars. Then I came to a car that was very much occupied. Its driver was waiting patiently, windows down. We made eye contact; after [...]

  I have the inexplicable issue of having a multitude of stories, ideas and pictures in my head that are all competing to move to the front of my thoughts. Most people would appreciate these creative notions, but where can one release them? I have tried drawing and painting but that didn’t work out. I am a wannabe [...]

  I always thought creativity was a bit self-indulgent. Unless, of course, you were an artist, musician, or someone who had otherwise devoted his or her life to producing beautiful, complex things out of simple elements. To these people is delegated the right to create, and they pay for it in carving out meager subsistences, [...]

  It is a seemingly inevitable part of human nature to neglect the positive things we are surrounded with and to dwell on apparent obstacles to our own happiness. We college students aren’t immune to this sort of pessimistic outlook on life. I consistently find myself wondering, “What if things were different?” or “If only that were improved.” [...]

  I think that it would be safe to assume that most people who have gotten to know me in the last four years would likely view me as a confident, successful, and secure young woman. I think it is even safer to say that I would agree with them. However, if someone had come up [...]

  As a high school student looking at universities, I remember visiting a few different colleges. There were always the main questions I would ask, about class sizes, professors, things to do on and off campus, etc. However, one of the most vital questions I would ask was this: “So, how is the food?” This [...]

  Graduation is a day that seems so far away, but it comes sooner than you think. I know you probably do not believe me. You’re knee deep in papers, you have 5 exams to study for, you have had about 10 hours of sleep all week, and you are already behind on chapel credit. [...]

  In my understanding, hipsters are people who go against mainstream culture in search of individuality.  Dictionary.com gives this definition of individuality: “a person or thing of individual or distinctive character.” Doesn’t this sound like what Christians are supposed to be? We shouldn’t be watching movies with explicit language and sex, idolizing Beyoncé’s provocative Super [...]

  Every time someone mentions spending Valentines Day alone, a collective shudder echoes among the female population. I feel that this is unfair; it isn’t the fault of this day that any given girl should feel insecure.  Yet it seems expected that if you don’t have a person in your life, you’re supposed to either [...]

  I heard a story once about an old woman with severe dementia who went to a wedding with her family. To their complete and utter horror, at a brief moment during the ceremony when nothing was happening, she audibly growled to herself, “Now what?” When I graduated from Malone in 2011, I had no [...]