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9 Jeopardy Categories for Millennials Tired cliches about avocado toast Using astrology as a means of therapy Unpaid internships that you’re still somehow not qualified for Does herbal tea count as healthcare? Name that meme Plant or Child? (It’s always plants now.)   Potpourri

Can we all just agree that this is the greatest thing on the Internet? [Thanks to Justin David Henry for making me aware of this!]

Casey Neistat recently traveled around the entire world in 10 days – and all on Nike’s budget. The athletic brand giant gave Neistat money to make a commercial for them, and instead he took off around the world with a friend and a camera, filming his adventures as he went along.  The result? An 4:38-long… Continue reading #makeitcount

Reasons I’m apparently an adult now: -I just looked up recipes online. -I purchased sandals because they were comfortable, not because they were cute. -I only took one sugar in my coffee this morning, instead of my usual three to four. -I responded to all emails I received today promptly and without emoticons and/or an… Continue reading Adulthood and Other Myths

Today, my 22nd birthday, I did the unthinkable. I graduated from St. Olaf College. It still feels surreal. After all, the College on the Hill has served as my home for my entire adult life so far – a stress-filled, Pause-dancing, reference-room-studying,  caf-food-all-the-time, “HOLY CRAP THE PAPER IS ACTUALLY DUE TODAY!!!” kind of  home, but a… Continue reading Um Ya Yas and New Beginnings

I just wanted to write a quick note commemorating Maurice Sendak’s work – the author of the legendary children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” passed away today. He will be dearly missed.  I’ve always thought that our world , our “grown-up” world, is severely lacking inimagination, in creativity and in free spirits. We relegate… Continue reading “And now,” cried Max, “let the wild rumpus start!”

Last night, St. Olaf was lucky enough to have to fantastic speakers – Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean and Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele. And, better yet, the powerhouses actually DEBATED.  I went in completely expecting this for to be a one-sided debate (after all, they’re at a campus that voted over 85%… Continue reading (Political) Party in the U.S.A.

  Mess visual editor (and good friend) Katie and I have recently tried to start a fad of Afternoon Tea at school, after scoring a couple of vintage tea cups at an antique store downtown…so far all we’ve managed to get, however, have been stares in the Cage. Give it time, Oles. Give it time.… Continue reading Afternoon Tea

St. Olaf’s dining hall is ridiculous (in a good way). After we were named the best caf in the nation this summer – Check it out here! -it’s been some sort of race to stay at the top. And we are reaping the benefits. Besides our usual plethora of gourmet-level options (goat cheese and salmon make… Continue reading Adventures in the Caf: Dispatches from the #1 College Dining Hall in the Nation