By Avery Seyler-Wetzel Laura Petrocelli knew being thirty thousand dollars deep in debt was not the best way to start a new life after college, but she also knew that if she was going to do college, she was going to do it right. Petrocelli, a junior at the State University […]
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By Briana Dunlay It is 6:50 a.m. on a Wednesday and Kelsey Simmons is about to start her day. Her shift ended late, and she did not get home until after 10:00 p.m. A night of homework has her struggling to wake up. Simmons does not have to be at […]
Whenever I take my long curly hair out from underneath my backwards hat at the dinner table, by request of my grandfather, he always imparts a piece of advice: “One day you’re going to have to stop living in LaLa Land and face real life.” Thanksgiving and Christmas are always […]
It’s 2 a.m. when SUNY New Paltz senior, Therese Cavalari, finally leaves work. She wears a black collared shirt, black dress pants, and a black apron with the Applebee’s logo on its left side. Her shirt is covered with marinara sauce stains and the bottom of her pant legs look […]