Eliana Osborn

Baranta is a new martial art focusing on traditional folk dancing and activities.

You may have heard the term "bromance" and tried to wash your ears out with bleach (bad idea). Sadly, scientist types heard the word too.

Self-care is important. Massages are a good form of self-care. Too bad I keep thinking about what I'm going to make for dinner.

Size, like age and salary and whatever else, is just a number. Pretending numbers don’t measure things isn’t helpful. I’m 38 years old: That isn’t good or bad, but it IS different from being 18 or 50.

84% of full professors in America are White. In case you were unsure, that does not match the overall makeup of the country or the student body.

I’m not there yet. But I need to be honest—I’m closer to 40 than any other multiple of five.

1. Write a damn letter.

What’s That Smell? Sniffing Out Weird House Odors

A haircut is a whole lot cheaper than therapy or tattoos or a round-the-world plane ticket.

A new, exciting trend is to have food pantries for college students. I talked to an AmeriCorps volunteer running one of these centers and she was matter-of-fact about the need — and how little is being done. Today’s college students may be young and single, living la vida loca. But more and more are what we call ‘nontraditional’: slightly older, employed full-time (or close to it), supporting a family, a veteran, etc.

Hunger for nontraditional students doesn’t mean surviving on ramen: It means they are not the only person in the household who's in need.