Of the three weeks I spent in Cuba as a child, I can only recall the bus. I remember climbing up stairs that led me through a gaping cutout in the steel wall and picking the chipping blue paint off...

He was in the waiting room when I was born with an elaborate, hand drawn banner to welcome me into the world. Before I could read, he would help me sound out the letters written in my birthday cards. He...

Rubbing the sleep away from my eyes, my surroundings came into focus. I became completely overwhelmed by the beauty of the mountains and trees that lined the highway. I rubbed my wonder-filled eyes again...

Summer is just a few weeks away and it only makes sense that you take some time during your break to relax. From action to rom coms, there are a variety of movies hitting the big screen this summer. If...

The pitches are back in the highly anticipated sequel to Pitch Perfect, and the movie does not disappoint. Pitch Perfect 2 follows the Barden Bellas a cappella group in their senior year. After publicly...

I know for a fact that I'm a messy person. Anyone who knows me can tell you that. If you give me a drink and snack there's an 85 percent chance I'll spill the drink everywhere and be covered in crumbs...

As I saw the time illuminate through the screen of my phone, my heart fell. 12:48 a.m. I had crawled into my warm, inviting bed almost five hours earlier with the intentions of getting a good night...

As I staggered back to the kitchen from the dining room, the 50-pound tub of dirty dishes in tow, I saw the two cashiers out of the corner of my eye, gossiping about some girl at school while twirling...

“I’m so sorry,” he apologized over and over again like he had just ran over an adorable puppy. “Did I hurt you? Is there a bruise? Do you want some ice? I am so, so sorry.” He hit me in the...

Over the past few years, the media has become more open to portraying characters in TV shows, books and movies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. In AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, the main character,...