This week (finally) marks the beginning of returning students migrating to campus. No matter how we spent our summers — at home, abroad, working or in D.C. — we all now come back to the place we share,...

When I was grocery shopping one Monday this past July, my cashier, Rita, and I were casually conversing as she rung up my items. “Did you have a nice weekend?” she asked. I replied that I did,...

The audio guide was describing the motorcade route. “The president and Mrs. Kennedy were sitting in the back of the limousine, behind Governor Connally of Texas and his wife Nellie. They turned right...

I downloaded Tinder for 24 hours and two things happened. First, thanks to the beauty of iCloud and notifications across iPhones, my mom staged an intervention — “Really, Caitlin? You’re that...

A coming-of-age ceremony is not uncommon among world cultures. Fifteen-year-old Latin-American girls celebrate their quinceañeras as a representation of their entrance into womanhood. Bar and bat mitzvahs...

Well, it’s not an internship on the Hill, but at least it pays. During the spring of freshman year, I felt the atmosphere rise in pressure. Left and right, I was peppered with questions: What are...