Illustration by Tiffani Nelson
When I graduated high school I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do in life, but I knew that I wanted a bachelor’s degree. I thought about a couple of different...
Illustration by Samantha Schaffer
When I was 18, I did not know what I wanted to do with my life. I did not have a career plan, let alone a college plan. So like millions of other people, I decided...
Illustration by Alyssa MaziarzPhotos by Hayley Vitale
August: A month filled with back-to-school advertisements, goals for the new school year and an abundance of brand-new school supplies. The month...
Writing for The Burr Magazine has truly been an amazing opportunity that I encourage for all students regardless of their past writing experience. I first heard about The Burr from a friend who was involved...
Self-care
Now is more perfect than ever to work on that one pesky thing you know you’re supposed to be working on, but just haven’t had the time or motivation. I’m talking about your own well-being....
Illustration by Alice Leach
With mounting pressure towards the end of the semester, it is no doubt that students feel overwhelmed by their courses and pressured to finish the semester in great academic...
As many college students are aware, course loads in the spring semester tend to increase in volume much sooner than most people realize. The start of the spring semester begins slowly and reintroduces...
Illustration by Elliot Burr
Do your dishes
This should be common sense. However, some students just can’t muster up the energy to clean their own plates. No one wants to come home to a pile of...
Illustration by Drew Donovan
I’ve never been one to exercise the most consistent study habits. I don’t create calendars reminding me to keep to a particular schedule. I don’t have any “tried...
If there is one thing my first semester of college has taught me, it’s the valuable lesson of “less is more.”
I first came to campus bright-eyed and seemingly unprepared, and I noticed...
Every student has been asked the same daunting question before, regardless of whether they are an incoming college freshman or a third-year student coming back home to visit family members on a holiday...
