Writing Portfolio

The Olympics are and always have been a staple of athleticism across the globe. Athletes from many types of sports train for years in hopes to land a chance to compete in the fight to determine whose country will bring home the gold.


Naturally, these athletes endure the most intense and excruciating trainings to prepare them for the performance of a lifetime. This can include strict diets, limited socialization and down time and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment. There is very littl...

How many articles about detrimental AI usage have you seen in the news lately? How many articles about murder, theft or other crimes have you seen? Now think outside of articles, and look at how many Instagram reels and TikTok videos you have watched about current events recently. The same can be said for students and teachers selecting essay and lesson topics. Content begins to blur together and become just another thought in our minds.


We try to keep ourselves in the loop by consuming this...

Dear Miss Information,


I have a problem. I’m a freshman, and I have classes back to back for hours each day. I try to pack food when I have time to plan ahead, but I’m constantly running between classes and ending up hungry throughout the day. This makes me feel tired and run down all the time, and I perform worse in classes as a result. It gets expensive to constantly go to the vending machines or stop to buy little snacks around campus, and I can only work a little campus job right now for...

Everyone, even the cleanest, kindest person you know, struggles with an addiction. This includes you. Have you ever sat and indulged in a guilty pleasure while thinking “At least it’s not drugs”? Whether your vice is public or private, you can easily think of something distasteful that has a hold on you. 


People frequently excuse their own addictions by brushing them off and saying that it could be worse. After all, it’s only a nicotine pouch and not a street drug, right? It’s only following...

Dear Miss Information,


I’m a commuter student here at Eastern, and I literally can’t afford gas anymore. I’m worried that I’ll have to pick up another part-time job just to be able to fill my tank and make it to campus. I don’t mind working, but I’m swamped with school tasks already, and I don’t know how I can spend one more waking moment being productive without dropping balls left and right. Do you have any advice for me in this situation, or are there any resources I could seek out to help...

Have you ever grimaced at your reflection in a mirror, winced after making an embarrassing comment aloud or considered the idea that you have too many bad habits to be likable? By the time a person reaches an age to attend college, they have typically announced “I hate myself!” at least once in their lifetime.


Well, there is good news for you. You don’t actually hate yourself. No, this is not some new kind of therapeutic gaslighting technique. It’s all much simpler than that. In a sermon by P...