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Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Life can end in 10 seconds or less

September 5, 2014

I saw a video of a car crash on YouTube when I was in middle school. I’ll never forget it. It was a ten-second video of an SUV driving down an icy freeway....

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Garrison: How to survive an internship

August 29, 2014

I was born and raised in the South. Born in North Carolina in the Cherry Hill Military Hospital, I moved to South Carolina as an infant and was then whisked...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

O’ Captain, my Captain

August 22, 2014

I remember walking into my English class as an eighth grader and noticing that we not only had a substitute, but our substitute rolled in the glorious...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Garrison: It’s time to carpe diem

May 2, 2014

Alice Cooper couldn’t have said it better; “School’s out for summer.” Whether or not you have something big and important planned for this summer,...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Garrison: To Greeks from a Greek

April 25, 2014

Greek life means everything to me. I remember moving into Hart Residential College in August my freshman year and having to dodge what seemed like hundreds...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Garrison: Don’t learn every lesson the hard way

April 18, 2014

Teenagers are infamous for being rebellious. Teens like to think their ideas are superior and that external advice is just a suggestion to be mildly considered...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Embrace your hobby, even if it’s geeky

April 11, 2014

I love computer games of any kind. I have my whole life. I’m typing this on my dual 24-inch monitors that are connected to my custom gaming computer...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Garrison: Don’t let pills define normal

April 4, 2014

I’m sure all of you have heard the term, “It takes more facial muscles to frown than to smile.” Honestly, I never cared for the statement. Emotion...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Garrison: Make life a good investment

March 28, 2014

If you’ve ever taken a finance or accounting class you might be familiar with the acronym ROI. ROI stands for Return on Investment. In the finance and...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Never stop searching for your soul mate

March 13, 2014

There are people who will spend their whole lives looking under rocks and checking every corner for who they believe is their “soul mate.” This word...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Garrison: Facebook is the name of the game

March 7, 2014

Myspace used to rule a lot of people’s lives. The ones of us who chose to openly admit it, though, are very few and far between. Once I discovered...

Zac Garrison
Senior from
 Franklin, Ky.

Society’s expectation of men and creativity

February 28, 2014

I will never forget waking up for Christmas when I was 6 years old and getting the Easy Bake Oven I begged my mother for. My parents both loved to cook,...

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