Student Life Blogs

Whew! First of all, let me apologize for taking so long to write my second blog post. The past few months have been a total whirlwind. From the moment we started orientation, it seems like time has flown! Between classes, clubs, and meeting new people, my time has been very filled. To start, let me say congratulations to my fellow classmates on making it through our first midterm week! SCO has implanted a new testing week policy, where we take all of our tests for all classes in one week... Read More

Happy Friday, readers! I figured I should dedicate a post to one of the hottest topics on campus right now: midterm weeks. This is the first semester of “block” midterm weeks here at SCO. What this means for us is that instead of our exams being scattered randomly throughout the semester for each course, we actually have dedicated midterm weeks during which we have an exam in every single class (kind of like final exams week, except three times per semester). Based on my own opinion and... Read More

As we journey from adolescence, through high school, and into the soul-searching collegiate era of life, we formulate our own version of a honey-glazed “what I want to be when I’m older.” Many of us are persuaded by the glamor, prestige, financial stability, flexibility, or simply by the only thing we know how to do. For myself, I knew I wanted a career where my mental fibers would stay firm, my time would be worth enough to provide for a healthy home, my weekdays would end with a taste of... Read More