I’ll never forget the first time I visited SMU. I sat in a large auditorium with dozens of other college hopefuls listening to various speakers talk about the bachelor of arts program at Meadows School of the Arts. After walking the beautiful campus, I was already buzzing to find out more. Then Dean Jose Bowen began to speak. “Our goal is for every student is to do what they love. If there is a subject that you want to pursue, we want you to pursue it. We want you to succeed and will work with you to make that happen.” And with that I turned to my Dad, on cloud 9 and said, “I’m going to go here. This is my dream.”

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We’ve all heard the rumors that teens aren’t on Facebook now that it’s declining, but fret not those little monsters are still going strong on all other forms of social media. And yes, they’re using it terribly, but not in the way that you’d think.

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Research points out that drinking coffee might be the key to studying for final examinations and to reduce premature death risks. Continue reading →

What goes up must come down and that is no different for the world of fashion blogs. A few years ago, the idea that someone would spend their time posting pictures of themselves online wearing different outfits seemed ridiculous and narcisistic. That they could make money, like a lot of money, while doing this seemed ludacris. Continue reading →

Admit it, we all do it. We’ve all sat in front of our televisions, or laptops, or in desperate times even our smart phones, pulled up that little red website, and clicked play. Over and over and over again in a binge watching frenzy.

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Growing up as the youngest I had always envisioned this unattainable maturity. I always thought that once I reached a certain age I’d have my act together. Obviously, however, as the youngest child there was always someone ahead of me. Therefore, it became an unattainable goal to reach because just as I was reaching that level everyone else was already on the next level.

The reason I mention this is because I thought college would be the moment when I finally felt I reached this maturity. This would be the time where I would know everything and get my act together. College, especially when I was younger, had this connotation that this was where everything changes and gets real. Up until about now, this notion had never really hit me.

But it just did.

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Attending Southern Methodist University 

My four years here at Southern Methodist University have been some of the best years of my life. It definitely did have its ups and downs but ultimately, I think I have thoroughly enjoyed my SMU experience.

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The enchanting story of Beauty and the Best comes to life this season at the Big D

We all know the story (if you don’t I’m afraid you did not have a childhood)-the beautiful Belle is held captive by the hideous cursed beast and only an act of true love can save him. The beloved Disney classic will be in Dallas as a part of the Lexus Broadway 2013/2014 series at the AT&T Performing Arts Center and will be playing for two weeks between April 15, 2014 and April 27, 2014. Continue reading →

In the past production companies have only had one means by which to access their viewership. Yet recently, the more progressive channels have sought to employ a secondary means by which to engage their viewers – Social Media. While not yet adopted by all channels or programs, a select few TV shows effectively employ the use of social media to maintain access to their viewers.

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Though critics accuse social media of hurting formal writing, actor and writer B.J. Novak claims social media makes better writers

As social media channels continue to grow in popularity, critics worry about the negative impact such technologies will have on formal, written communication. Believing these communications promote “penmanship for illiterates,” critics assert informal communication technologies will lead to the decline of written language, claiming “the English language has now become foreign” as social media prompts students to “forget the importance of proper grammar usage.”  This past week, however, writer and comedian B.J. Novak took on the critics, saying, “I think there’s a chance we’ll have a better generation of writers than we’ve ever had because of the social media age.”

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