Claire Kunzier, Editor 

As a public relations major, learning how to write emails is like half of every class and the other half is sending those emails. I am just kidding, even though emails are a vital part of PR, we learn other things……if you circle back to me in a week I’ll tell you what those things are. 

HAHA, funny, yeah yeah, emails suck. 

There is no good time to get an email and while the content might not always be horrid, the vibe is just incorrect. Receiving an email is like when you order your Starbucks through the app and they tell you it’s ready and it’s not, they’re just missing 90 percent of what you ordered (no shade). Yeah, not excited about that part of my career path, but hey it could be worse. I could tell people I’m a business major. 

Claire Kunzier, Editor 

It’s cold, like really cold, and I don’t want it anymore. If it snowed and it was a good snow, then maybe I would be enjoying myself much more than I am. As a beach person, I am dreaming of a hot day and a cold seltzer, but it’s just not reality, which is sad. At least if it snowed there’d be something I could look at that’s different and exciting, with the lurking possibility of a snow day, who doesn’t love this aspect of the cold. But, because we’re “special” none of the snow hits the ground long enough before rain or temperature spikes cause it to melt away. So until it snow-snows, I would like summer, right now. No more cold toes or waking up too late to start warming up your car and driving cold and blind from the ice buildup. Will it be really hot and sticky in PA in five months? Yes. Will I complain about it being too hot? Yes. But, I’ll be tan which makes it all worth it. 

Claire Kunzier, Editor 

This is just an article to admire how beautiful and visually pleasing the Collegian Instagram, run by our very own Danielle O’Brien, just truly is. 

If you do not follow the best La Salle organization Instagram, @ lsucollegian, you should because it’s pretty. ❤

Claire Kunzier, Editor 

I don’t drink coffee every morning or buy an energy drink to push me through my day, in turn I normally just drink water and maybe a coffee throughout my day. But, there’s something about Diet Coke that creates this feeling of limitless energy that pushes me through a day. You could think this back to the classic early to mid 2000s mom trend of drinking diet soft drinks during our childhood. Especially now in the winter, a can of perfectly chilled Diet Coke after a long morning of doing anything or nothing will 360 your day into something better than it was. Diet soda, like regular soda, is not good for you, but everything in moderation, so savor the life line that is Diet Coke. 

Claire Kunzier, Editor 

Okay. so I love Christmas Music. I listen to any and all versions of the same song over and over again just because it’s Christmas music. I actually have one rule about this type of music: I don’t let myself overdo it during the Christmas season and save the holiday genre for specific listening times. That’s how I keep this group of music held in such high regard, but that’s not what the topic of this article is about. My hot take is: Christmas music, scientifically (I don’t actually know that don’t quote me), makes you happier. No matter when you listen to it, where, what season you’re in, you’re instantly happier. Last year when my dog died, I was only not crying when listening to Christmas music and I cried for the first two weeks of November. I turn on B101 on my drive between classes just to get over the sadness of having yet another class to go to, even if I listen to less than ⅓ of a song. As annoying as it can get when you play Christmas every second from Thanksgiving to Christmas, the moderation of the genre can lead to a quick and easy fix to any emotional turmoil you are having. 

Claire Kunzier, Editor 

As a senior finishing their last fall semester, I gotta start getting all my ducks in a row. Starting with something that literally has nothing to do with my graduation or future, I am looking for new writers for Kicks and Cake! Obviously, I will continue to write for Cake until I graduate in May, which is 100 percent  happening because I need it to, but Kicks needs an editor as of the beginning of the semester. Technically Kicks and Cake are comedy sections, but let’s be real, it’s turned into a Claire ranting section and I am fine with that. As editor, you can bring it back to comedy or satire or whatever you want because you will be the editor. Speaking of becoming an editor, do you know how nice “Editor of the La Salle Collegian” looks on your resume? Pretty okay if you ask me. Look, you don’t have to if you do want to, but I think you want to, so email me and we will get you set up as editor of Kicks or future editor of Cake, kk thanks <3. 

kunzierc1@lasalle.edu 

Claire Kunzier, Editor 

It’s the final stretch of the semester. Papers, projects, presentations and much more filling every student’s calendar up until the last day of finals. The day that 75 percent of all assignments from every class due is December 13, the first day of finals and the day that I will be dreading. Like don’t get me wrong, there is never a good day to make an assignment due, but I feel as if there is a target on the 13. I have multiple things due that day and none of them are lightwork; a 10 page paper, my final animation, my final presentation and a final. Oh what a day, mid December in 2021. Frankie Valli did not write “December, 1963” for me to poorly rewrite it to represent the first day of finals. Pray4us.

Claire Kunzier, Editor 

I want — I need a snow day. I know we just came back from Thanksgiving, but I need another day, specifically one where I am trapped in my house because of the snow. There’s lots to do and not enough time to do it (not that I’ll do any work on the snow day) but it’s nice to know there’s an option of doing work. With only like three weeks left in the semester and not a single day missed, I really could use the time off to mentally prepare for all the stress. The frigging sky is a snow sky 24/7, but there’s no snow, like, wtf. Throw us a bone, please, life. 

Claire Kunzier, Editor 

Imagine being Jake Gyllenhaal right now. Crazy. 10 minutes of being called a shitty boyfriend in a beautiful song, as well as the rest of an album. All I can say is Taylor Swift — This woman, this genius, this mythical figure, has gifted us with more than we could have ever wanted. Her 2012 album “Red” rerecording and release has not only given the world music we love that will now make Miss Swift money, but it gives us many new amazing songs that slap just as hard as everything else. November 12, 2021 was like Christmas for our ears and we’re here for it. Well, not all of us because some people don’t respect the drip of a heartbreak and the trauma Swift has gone through due to these relationships. “But it’s been eleven years.” OH FUCKING WELL. SHE WAS 20 TURNING 21. HE DIDN’T SHOW UP TO HER BIRTHDAY PARTY, HER DAD WAS SAD ABOUT IT. HE DOES THAT WEIRD EYE THING THAT DEFINITELY WAS HARD TO ARGUE WITH. Anyway, Dylan O’Brien and Sadie Sink did a great job capturing the vision of “All Too Well” that we never knew we needed. There are lots of theories and easter eggs as to why things were done and said as well as what is going to happen next. All I can say about that is I have a lot of school work and mentally cannot spend all my time talking about this. I will say that John Mayer better watch out because he is the only ex of Swifts to have a song named after him and the fact that he dated her when she was 19 and he was 32 says a lot. And that’s on “MAYBE WE GOT LOST IN TRANSLATION. MAYBE I ASKED FOR TOO MUCH.”

Claire Kunzier, Editor 

Nothing. Just the 10 minute version of “All Too Well”