Natalie Reese McCoy

It’s the eve of your final exam and, so far, you’ve played your part well. You studied until you and the stars set the scene for the perfect night’s sleep – pillows propped, curtains closed, textbook on your nightstand, prepared for when you wake from your slumber and realize you forgot to review page 67. What could possibly go wrong? Somehow, you still ended up doom-scrolling on Instagram reels until 3 a.m. and woke up to the sun shining like a spotlight on the tragi-comedy of your life: you ha

Stepping onto a college campus is stepping into modern-day mythology, and Stetson University makes this quite clear. Its columned buildings tower like the temples of Corinth, pantheons of professors lecture on the ancient gods of academia and Stetson’s very presence earned DeLand fame as the “Athens of Florida.” What leads today’s students through the labyrinth of education, however, are not muses – they are just “majors” and “minors.” Yet, recent statistics from the U.S. Department of Educatio

“I love music more than anything. It is a wonderful way to relieve stress and inspire others to create and express themselves in a way that words cannot. It is one of my greatest joys to see other people experience that and, as a teacher in general, you get to see someone’s love for a subject inspired first-hand. As a music educator, you get to witness how people get their love for music. I feel like that’s more rewarding than performing,” said Colin J. Rhoads ’27, an aspiring music educator.