Josh LaBella – General Assignment Reporter Urfa Kadeer knew she wanted to be a writer before she graduated high school. Kadeer, a junior English major with a concentration in creative writing, said it was something she enjoyed doing enough that she was sure she would to not get tired of it. “I knew I could survive four years of it,”
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Melissa Nunez – Opinions and Features Editor Samantha Gudis, a freshman communications major, said she discovered her profound love for music as a young high schooler. She said music was an artform that took what she was feeling and turned it into something tangible and so it quickly became something she wanted to incorporate into her daily life. Gudis said
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Melissa Nunez – Opinions and Features Editor As president of the Future Business Leaders of America in her high school, Anastasia Esposito, a sophomore business major, said that she always knew she wanted to go into the business world. Esposito said after graduation, as she applied to local colleges, she had the University of Connecticut in her sights, but upon
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Melissa Nuñez – Opinions and Features Editor When applying to Southern, Ryan Meyer, a senior English and media studies major, said what originally attracted him to the university was the combination of knowing people who graduated from the school and the prominence of their education program. After enrolling, Meyer said he would soon realize secondary education was not for him
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Melissa Nuñez – Opinions and Features Editor Taylor Bird, a senior dual communication disorders and French major said, before her start at Southern, she imagined her years in higher education somewhere far away. But she said when she arrived on campus at Accepted Students Day, the vibrant atmosphere was magnetic. “Southern was not on my radar when I was applying
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