Ed Observers

I’m just a girl (and it scares me)

With the fresh start of adulthood, it now feels okay to put the training wheels back on.

Respecting the earth we live on

We often forget to stop and take stock of what we are lucky to have here — both in terms of campus resources and the nature that surrounds us.

Acta, non verba

You bring the University value and add the dollar signs to the piece of paper they sell to thousands of families every year. Without you, this school is worthless. 

Rochester is not a dying city

A city cannot be dying if there are so many people who are pumping it with life.

Confessions from a Workday enjoyer

Workday is my sport and I am winning so goddamn hard.

The best routine is the one you stick to

But even as we run from our past selves, we fall short once we realize the finish line is beyond years away, and our rushed pace is nothing but a one-way ticket to burnout.

Examining student employee pay structures

Any job here requires a certain amount of training, but not all pay structures (devised in response to perceived skill) are created equal.

Commuting, the death of me

As a Rochester native, I wanted to get as far away from here as possible. I wanted to leave everything and everyone behind.

Spill the T(ay)!: To everyone, everything, that’s no longer mine

You left so many pieces of you with me — I’m a mosaic. You gave me pretty stained glass, and when you left it cracked into shards.

Dear mom and dad: love is not enough

I need my parents to like me. I think everyone does. For so long, because they did not like me, I did not like myself.