Ready...break This one's a no-brainer, and is easily what most of us are most thankful for. Consider yourself lucky if you're not treading water and struggling to keep your head above it like the majority of us. The wear and tear of the semester began taking its toll weeks ago, and 'tis the season for those wonderful group projects and pre-final, 15-page term papers.… Post the First Comment

When Seth Combs wrote about "Disaster dates" in last week's Progress, I couldn't understand why the paper chose to print his perspective. Not because I found his descriptions to be disrespectful, but because the third caricature he created is not only tasteless, but deeply harmful to all women.… 2 Comments

Few things in life are legitimately shocking enough to make one's jaw drop. Getting slapped is probably one of them. Watching someone get hit by a bus is probably another. I hope everyone can count the number of times they've seen either of those things happen on just one hand, but most people have jaw-dropping reactions to a lot of things.… 2 Comments

It seems that a lot of people are confused about the function of a newspaper. Let me help clear this up for everyone out there who may have gotten the wrong idea after being inundated by television news. A NOTE: if a TV news station shows blatant support for one particular candidate in an election, IT IS NOT NEWS - it's propaganda.… 1 Comment

Last Saturday I took some time to visit my "happy place." Everyone has one. That place in the world you can escape to and everything seems right, even if it's just for a few minutes. When I arrived, I took deep breaths, filling my lungs with the aromatic scent that hung in the air.… 1 Comment