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Pick up your journal

College life is overwhelming. Life happens: people disappoint you, relationships fail and you feel homesick. Sometimes you feel like you have nowhere to go or no one to talk to. The best place to go is your journal. 


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Students walk in front of Western Dining.
FOOD

Finding comfort in food

Food: possibly one of my favorite four-letter words; not just because I love a good meal, but also because of how it can represent people’s identities. Just take a quick look at the TV schedule for the Food Network, where celebrities take us into their personal lives with food. People like Ree Drummond take us behind the scenes and show us what food means to them, and the impact it’s had on their lives. Not only do we need food to live, we need it to thrive.


Tourists walk around the courtyard outside the Louvre. Photo by Ayla Peden.
CULTURE

Ayla’s Adventures: Paris is not for the weak

As soon as I found out that I would be studying in Luxembourg for the fall semester, I immediately started planning one trip: going to Paris for my 21st birthday. Over the weekend of Sept. 12, my plan finally came to fruition.


Staff Writer Layla Norris talks about the best film bro movies.
CULTURE

‘Film bro’ movies that are actually worth your time

We all know that guy who calls movies “films,” says he is going to the “cinema” and refuses to watch an animated movie. Pretentious men who look down at us common movie watchers have fueled this “film bro” stereotype. Here are typical film bro favorites that are actually worth watching.


The canals of Bruges with people waiting to get on tour boats.
CULTURE

Ayla’s Adventures: Walking around medieval Bruges

On Aug. 19, the Miami University John E. Dolibois European Center (MUDEC) welcomed its Fall 2026 class. New and familiar faces huddled in a group outside the arrival gates, waiting to get a shuttle either to their new apartment or the Differdange Chateau where classes are held each week. I was among this sea of students, impatiently waiting to settle into my home for the next four months.


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