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  • Love, The Old Man: Does This Make Sense to Anyone?
    Author: Matthew Hlady
    Blog Topics: Academics, Achievements, Career Plans, Everyday Life
    Over break, I met a taxi driver who is licensed to work as a pharmacist. A taxi driver… Licensed as a pharmacist. Does that make sense to anyone? A grown man with a degree was working as an Uber... Read More
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    Author: Claire Healy
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    As I write this blog, I am wearing a shirt that I bought probably in middle school that sports a design that has been often described to me as “tribal print.” At my middle school, it was very... Read More

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