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3 weeks ago | 
spectatornews.com | Maggie O'Brien
Max Niemann of Max & The Fellow Travelers cracks a smile while strumming the electric guitar on the first night of the Mid(Western) tour. Keep in touch with @liveatleonas on Instagram for upcoming shows and other announcements. O’Brien can be reached at [email protected]. Story continues below advertisement
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1 month ago | 
spectatornews.com | Maggie O'Brien
Alisha Green, Youth Services coordinator at L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, staffed the Library on the Loose event. “It is a fun way to provide library services and connect with our regular and potentially new library customers,” Green said. O’Brien can be reached at [email protected]. Story continues below advertisement
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1 month ago | 
spectatornews.com | Maggie O'Brien
Jay Duell, vice president of the Black Student Union, prepares food for African Dinner attendees. In addition to the food made by Black Student Union members, Nigerian Kitchen and Big Papa’s BBQ served food at the African Dinner. O’Brien can be reached at [email protected]. Story continues below advertisement
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1 month ago | 
hercampus.com | Maggie O'Brien
Wearing clashing colors. Pink and green. Orange, blue, and grey. “The Daily” newspaper. Let’s support student writers! Orange juice. Nothing quite like a cold glass of OJ. Or a mimosa, your choice. Pinterest. Top tier app. “Nothing changes if nothing changes.” Now, read this once with optimism and once with exasperation — an indication of stagnation. If you want your life to look different by the end of the year, something has to change. Your task is to figure out what. Early bedtimes.
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2 months ago | 
hercampus.com | Maggie O'Brien
Across the board, Super Bowl LIX was a huge victory: for Eagles fans, for underdog supporters, for Kendrick worshippers, for Americans. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs were hosted by the city of New Orleans this past Sunday, marking an epic rematch of the 2023 Super Bowl where Mahomes and the Chiefs beat Hurts and the Eagles 38-35.
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2 months ago | 
hercampus.com | Maggie O'Brien
Friendship is objectively a huge inconvenience. Relationships are built on effort, which inevitably requires time, can create burdens, and disrupt your plans. It’s an inconvenience to pick your friend up at the airport. It’s also an inconvenience to go to keep happy hour commitments after a long day of work. However, the conversation among young adults today is that we don’t owe anyone anything — but, yes, yes we do. Chronic loneliness plagues Gen Z.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
hercampus.com | Maggie O'Brien
A few days ago, The Atlantic published an article saying that Americans have been lacking party culture, and — being the daughter of my overzealous mother — I enthusiastically forwarded this article to all my girlfriends. Because, yeah, as the adolescents of the 21st century, we do need to party more. Inspired, I turned to TikTok — AKA Gen Z’s Google — for a solution to this pressing issue. I scroll. Video #1: Los Angeles fires. 16 dead so far. Comment section: Prayers for Asheville, NC.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
hercampus.com | Maggie O'Brien
It’s a Saturday at 6PM, and my phone has been vibrating through the entirety of “Love Actually” to the point where I don’t know if Hugh Grant has already confessed his love for his young staffer Natalie. I just want to watch this movie for the thousandth time — in peace. It’s Slack notifications. And then Outlook emails and Teams chats and work-related texts to my personal phone and . . .
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
hercampus.com | Maggie O'Brien
In late September of this year, I was standing in the Dawg Pack section of the UW vs. Northwestern football game with my younger brother Jim and my slightly rowdy, football-oriented friends. We were crushing the Wildcats, and the Seattle sun was shining ever so brightly. After every play, the freshmen next to me cheered joyously, explaining to me that they had never been to a football game with this many people and further expressing their eagerness to start at UW the following Wednesday.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
hercampus.com | Maggie O'Brien
You need to vote. Even if you are a Washington citizen or a California resident like myself and anticipate the outcome in the electoral college for the state, there is no excuse for not participating in government elections. I have met too many University of Washington students this quarter who mentioned that they are not voting, and, boy, it’s certainly frustrating. I live in Washington, and whoever wins the presidential election won’t impact me.
