Last year, as a freshman, I felt like I was doing something wrong.

The new faces, while familiar, don’t compare to our friends and family from back home. In short, budding college friendships might not resonate deeply at this point. Yet, it would be impossible to expect them to. 

Explored through energetic dance performances and a moving skit, the theme of finding belonging was the major theme that tied LNYF together.

So when I say most of my close friends play Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), it’s not because there’s a personality type or positive value I associate with the game (that’s for another article). It’s because, if they’ve talked to me about D&D or whatever their particular niche interest is, it’s indicative of a trait that truly creates good friendships and relationships: direct communication.

I have a tendency to use semicolons in text messages. It’s a compulsion, really, that I associate with my childhood affliction—an obsession with grammar