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Chelsey Nugteren

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Comparison Destroys Contentment

I live in a three-bedroom apartment with four of my best girl friends. We have lived together for three years and have learned how to communicate and get along in a rare and beautiful way. Especially for a girl who grew up with two brothers, I never th …

Gift Giving vs. Gift Gluttony

What do you want for Christmas? Or should I ask what you need? Do you really NEED anything? This evening I heard a radio DJ ask a woman what she did NOT want for Christmas. The woman ranted and raved about how she did not want baking utensils, cookbook …

Preparing for Tomorrow

It has been made pretty clear that I am a college student. Yep, I’m a senior in college approaching my final semester. This life stage is a slightly stressful one. If you are out there somewhere in my shoes, you can relate. And if you aren’t, you will …

My Annoying Dependence on Man

I have a boyfriend. We have been on and off for the past year and a half. We met at an appropriate yet inopportune time: a few weeks before summer break and only a few months before I would leave for Europe. But, against my initial wishes, we dated any …

Do It with Diligence

The other day, while reading Culture Making for one of my classes, I came across a quote that I can’t quite get out of my head: “The world needs less philosophers and more plumbers!” I guess to help you make sense of the quote, I should give some backg …

Death by Denial

Since my previous article opened a political can of worms…why not continue? I see on my last post someone referenced the movie Sicko by Michael Moore. Recently I was required to watch this for one of my classes. It left me speechless (figuratively of c …

Schooled by a Foreigner

“Oh, you’re from America? We love Obama too! High five!” This is a variation of the common phrases I heard in Europe during my study abroad semester in the Netherlands. Once people found out I am American, all they wanted to do was talk about Obama and …

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