Campus Living

You know that moment at 1:17 a.m. when you are staring at a sink that will not drain and you are suddenly thinking about your life choices, your landlord, and…

I was walking through a campus lobby the other day and noticed something odd. Everyone had cool laptops, smart glasses, all the tech upgrades, but the floor still looked like…

I was walking past an old brick retaining wall behind our engineering building the other night and caught myself staring at it for way too long. It hit me that…

I remember sitting in a dorm study lounge at 1:30 a.m., staring at a power strip that had just started sparking next to a pile of laundry and a cheap…

It took me a while to notice this, but every time I visit a newer dorm or student apartment in Denver, the floors all look kind of the same. Not…

It hit me one night on a friend’s balcony: why did this tiny off-campus apartment feel so open and calm, when it was basically the same size as mine? Then…

I remember staring at the cracked dorm bathroom tiles one night and thinking, "If this was my own place, I would redo everything." Then I wondered how many students in…

Ever stare at your dorm window at 2 am and think, "If this thin sheet of glass breaks, my whole room, my deposit, and maybe my GPA are gone"? I…

Late one night in a campus rental kitchen, watching water creep across a cheap laminate floor, it hit me: none of the class notes, group projects, or startup pitch decks…

I remember sitting in a dorm lounge at 1 a.m., watching someone mop up a spreading puddle under the vending machines and thinking, "If this were a basement apartment, that…