On March 5, 2012, I wrote my first Huffington Post piece -- an open letter to the UConn community asking for their support in a referendum for a fee increase for the student newspaper, The Daily Campus, of which I was the editor in chief.

I'm a list-making, expert-consulting, Internet-researching, question-asking kind of gal. I don't really do "winging it" and I cringe at "I'll let you know." While it might make for extra stress before I do just about anything, I rarely get lost, I'm hardly ever caught off guard, and I'm always prepared....

When the cuticles have been clipped and the tips have been perfectly filed, all that's left to finish off that manicure is to pick the perfect nail color. But how's a girl to choose a single polish from the tens of brands, some with hundreds of colors, when each has...

The first sentence of my first blog for The Huffington Post was perhaps the most accurate description of my life at the time:
"When I wake up in the morning, I'm an editor-in-chief first and a student second."

So what's a girl to do when she...

When I wake up in the morning, I'm an editor-in-chief first and a student second.

I field calls from the publisher and the circulation manager before I get out of bed. I write agendas and editorials before I write my papers. I sit by the door in my classes...

As an anonymous artist continues to showcase his stenciled spray painted designs across the UConn campus, students and faculty are left debating where they draw the fine line between vandalism and art.

Curbs, columns and concrete walls across campus have become the canvas of choice for this anonymous artist, and...