medicine

Setting aside my childish grudge against all medical professionals, I took a small step toward becoming a self-sufficient adult. It wasn’t much, but we all start somewhere.

Simple nagging questions seemed to place the blame of this unwanted illness on me. Maybe if I ran a little faster, ate a little better or scrubbed a little harder, this could all be over.

When I first considered taking birth control, I was immediately overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of options available and their respective side effects.

Both of my parents are doctors, so several aspects of my life have been affected by being surrounded by people who practice medicine.

This disastrous miscarriage of health management is built upon a health care industry that too often caricatures its patients and treats them with a one-size-fits-all mindset.

But despite all of my efforts to become a person of traditional value, alongside my power-hungry ambitions grew a more genuine but equally powerful gravity toward the arts.

Hopefully, you won’t need to use any of the things on this list this semester. If it's already too late for you, then don’t stress too much about it. Just try to take it as easy as your schedule will allow, and remember that you will get better.

There was a lot of pizazz to the concert — pulsing lights, intricate stage design and even pyrotechnics helped to keep the energy high.