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Nov 16, 2020

No, we really didn’t start the fire

No really, we didn’t start the fire. We haven’t even graduated from high school!

Mar 31, 2020

"Straight Outta Barracks": DJ McCoy connects brats through music

The chattering in the Swartz Auditorium dies down as an eclectic group of students begins to set up on stage. As the emcee introduces the...

Mar 28, 2020

"Uprooted": A Song for Military Families

I wrote "Uprooted" shortly after I moved to Korea from Carlisle, PA over the summer of 2019. It felt like I had been given a taste of...

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