Before you begin to Google a specific event or occurrence, first open your browser and type “tragedy” into the search engine. You will see a score of links to definitions, as well as the website for an all-metal tribute band to the Bee Gees called Tragedy. This is the surface. This is the jumping off […]
Category: Life
Why I Don’t Watch the News
I played a sick game with myself in December of 2012 when my roommate told me the Sandy Hook news story. I let my mouth drop and my eyes widen, but I did not sit with her in the small yellow living room and watch the television screen like she did. She sat there in […]
An Open Letter to Ross’ Mother
Dear Ms. A, You don’t know me and I don’t know you. Truthfully, I didn’t really know your son either, but I sat in front of him in our American Lit class in 2007. I knew his energy. I didn’t really know anyone else in that class either because back then, I was quiet. Back […]
neVer forgeT 04.16.07
Reposting my 4.16 piece for the six year anniversary of the Virginia Tech Shootings.
Whitney Hayes 