By Gracie Fairfax | Echo The parking lots are packed and the campus age demographic finally has greater diversity. Grandparents Day is arguably the best day of the year, giving you a glimpse into what your classmates will look like at your 50-year reunion. Although age is just a number, a lot has changed ...
By Gracie Fairfax | Echo Whitney (Cerak) Wheeler ('09) recently returned from youth group, where she leads a group of fun, easily distracted middle school girls. Her three kids are now in bed and the house is quiet. As an army wife and the mother of three young children under the age of five, life ...
By Gracie Fairfax | Echo Trembling fingers. Sweating foreheads. It's that time of year for a lot of you kiddos. Whether you're a freshman, sophomore or junior, you may need registration rehab. For those seniors around here, you're trying to get into the real world, which is even worse than registration. ...
By Gracie Fairfax | Echo For anyone who likes to make people laugh, a full-time job in comedy is often a distant dream. As a senior writer for Clickhole, a comedy website, this is Taylor alumnus Steve Etheridge's ('10) reality. His career in comedy began at 16 when he wrote what he now considers to ...
By Gracie Fairfax | Echo April Fools' Day is today, and if you haven't planned ahead for this hilarious holiday, I am here to rescue you. Hopefully you've learned from your past mistakes, when playing pranks on your mom landed you under house arrest. Now, put your finest pranks to the test in the safe ...
By Gracie Fairfax | Echo His first role was in a musical version of "Little House on the Prairie" in a community theatre. He joined to talk to cute girls. Despite his primary motives, Jason Burkey's ('07) interests shifted to include a love for acting when he first performed a goofy solo in the musical ...
By Gracie Fairfax | Echo Stellar communication is key in the grand scheme of life. I can still remember the time I talked my way into being hired as a CEO. Those were the days. Being the Chief Eating Officer isn't easy. Kids eat a lot and it's a big responsibility to make sure they get their fruits ...
By Gracie Fairfax | Echo No one likes to be hated. At least that's what I've gathered in my lifetime. There's always that occasional person who seems to make it their mission to make enemies, but for the most part we'd all rather be Superman or Wonder Woman than the Joker. Over the years, I've ...
[gallery columns="3" ids="10675,10676,10677,10678"] By Gracie Fairfax | Echo It's a hipster's paradise and a history junkie's hideaway. Looking for an old record, a bowl with a beaver on it or a unique lamp to illuminate your living room? Mick's Flea Market may have just the thing. Mick Hamilton opened ...
[gallery ids="10473,10474,10472"] By Gracie Fairfax | The Echo Most college seniors spend time scrolling through LinkedIn and dreaming about their ideal real-world career. After a tiring job search, they close their laptops and find some friends to join them in bouts of procrastination. But for some ...
Whitney (Cerak) Wheeler and her family, ten years following her involvement in tragic Taylor van accident.
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