My heart began to beat out of my chest, and I felt every muscle in my body tense as I stared at the words in front of me: “Mingle with campers.” I immediately berated myself and questioned why I was here and what I was doing. This place was where I felt the most comfortable but my insecurities were surfacing. For the first time in my life, I was no longer a camper, and soon I would have responsibilities and...

My face lit up as I moved my mouse over and clicked “run” to watch my days of work unfold before me. I had meticulously reconstructed my hometown of Pittsburgh to the best of my memory, but this time with a twist. The player had to navigate through the streets of downtown to Heinz Field to beat both the clock and a pack of brain-hungry zombies. As I loaded up Alice each day to perfect this game, I took notice...

List the books (if any) you've read this year for pleasure. Choose one and in a sentence describe its impact on you. Candide by Voltaire A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut All My Sons by Arthur Miller Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond The Martian by Andy Weir The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Catch-22 by...