Do dreams make up who we are? Back with her weekly column, Alison Barrera PO ’29 explores the concept of dreams, specifically, how the people in our dreams make up who we are. With the help of a strange airport and the unexpected return of childhood friends, Barrera highlights how our past selves shape the person we’re becoming.
Tag: Dreams
So I had this dream last night: Stories we tell ourselves at night
For columnist Alison Barrera PO ’29, “So I had this dream last night” is about exploring student’s relationships with dreams. She tackles what dreams look like for college students, and how they act as a mouthpiece for what our subconscious is trying to tell us.
OPINION: Cashing paychecks or passions? The cost of fear at CMC
Are you at McKinsey or Deloitte this year? How are you preparing for the technicals? Is that return offer coming? These probably weren’t the questions that you thought you would be asking yourself when you came to a liberal arts college. Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 warns against the pressure you might feel to throw away that theater minor and enroll in an econometrics class or the fear of breaking out of the tried and true pathways to replicate wealth.
OPINION: Don’t sell yourself short: Apply to study abroad
Studying abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity, writes Anna Tolkien CM ’24. Students should not let anything deter them from applying to it.
Vivid, stressful quarandreams cause morning anxiety, confusion with reality
Members of the 5C community reflects on how COVID-19 has led to more vivid dreams, often including pandemic-related stress dreams.
OPINION: The (mis)interpretation of dreams
Dream interpretation is a fun pastime, but we really only pay attention to it when our interpretations align with what we want or need.