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10 Things Waitresses and Waiters Hate About Their Jobs

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo After conducting a poll about how many students at Ottawa University have worked or currently work as waitresses or waiters, results show that out of 237 students who took the poll, only 116 have worked in the restaurant industry. This means that 121 students polled have […]

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How to Talk to Short People

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo Let’s face it: Even the name of this piece sounds bizarre! But there is in fact a way to talk to short people. Here are six tips on how to do it. 1. How to introduce yourself First of all, when a person introduces him or […]

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The Pros and Cons of Living Off Campus

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo If you just turned 21 or are finally of senior status, the question becomes, how do you want to spend the last few semesters of your college career? Do you want to spend the money to live on campus and feel connected all the way through […]

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Painter’s Podcast Picks

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo For many diehard sports fans, watching their team’s games is not enough. Whether it is college athletics or professional teams, the offseason and the time in between games is borderline torturous. A new free medium emerges for fans to fill their sports appetite: the Podcast. Most […]

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Off-Season Advice

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo  “Welcome back from break!” is all we heard during the first week of school. While the break was great, we seemed to kill the first and second week of school. Senioritis is about to strike (if it hasn’t already), yet the problem is that not only […]

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40 Kinda Productive Ways to Procrastinate

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo As finals are upon us, there is less and less time to get organized and to begin studying to avoid the haven’t-slept-in-days eye twitch. But the reality is that many of us will end up waiting until the last moment. In order to make the most […]

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A Poem: The Stress Of College

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo The stress of college is insane. The stress of college is expected. The stress of college is family pressure. The stress of college is not letting anyone down. The stress of college is wondering if you are in the right spot. The stress of college is […]

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Caption The next president of the United States will be Donald Trump. It was shocking to write those words as I sat down on the couch in my dorm room after watching the Election Day results come in. I had no idea Trump would win the presidency and neither did […]

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Turning A Bad Situation Into A Good One

Photo courtesy of Ottawa University Athletics The best feeling in the world is to have your dreams come true, as it is the worst one to have them stripped from you due to your own negligence. Either way, life sure has a way of teaching you valuable lessons at the most […]

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I Should Not Waste Words On Donald Trump

Photo by: © 2016 THE RESURGENT I should not waste words on Donald Trump. Tens of thousands of words have been written about the Republican nominee for president. A quick Google search and hundreds of articles pop up. A quick check of social media feeds show his face, quotes and […]