About

Name: Chelsea Smith
Articles: 47
First Published: Thursday, May 19, 2005
Last Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Writer Bio
Chelsea Smith is a freelance writer unfortunately stuck in Indiana, with a deep and tragic longing for her home state of Ohio. She is an alumna of Purdue University and holds dual degrees in journalism and anthropology. Her parents' neighbors think she is a nice girl, and would gladly let her water their plants.
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Currently listing articles 47-1:
  1. You Would've Loved Me Eight Months Ago

    — We used to be cool. We were totally into each other and ourselves. Now we’re about to be “Mom” and “Dad.”

    OPINION in Culture on January 22, 2008

  2. Satire: If I Told People I Killed JonBenet Ramsey...

    — An in-depth high school yearbook analysis into the mind of a cold-blooded killer.

    SATIRE in Culture on August 23, 2006

  3. Tuesdays with Bodhi: The 3 a.m. Fireworks

    — Bodhi confronts annoying neighbors and their fireworks. At 3 o'clock in the morning.

    SATIRE in Culture on July 12, 2006

  4. Discovery Zone: Darwin's Law for Kids

    — Between 1989 and 1996, Discovery Zone was the best way teach kids survival of the fittest since Lord of the Flies.

    OPINION in Culture on June 19, 2006

  5. Confessions of a Spelling Bee Queen Bee

    — For two or three hours, we were better than them. We were the cool kids, if just for a little bit.

    OPINION in Culture on June 02, 2006

  6. Tuesdays with Bodhi: The Bra Incident

    — A very special episode, when a horrible misunderstanding leads to papillon puppy Bodhi's own self-realization. And we talk about boobies!

    SATIRE in Culture on May 30, 2006

  7. Tuesdays with Bodhi: The Morning After

    — Chelsea's adventures continue with her precocious Papillon with a penchant for the dramatic.

    SATIRE in Culture on May 23, 2006

  8. Tuesdays with Bodhi

    — Sometimes, having an intelligent dog is a bad thing.

    SATIRE in Culture on May 17, 2006

  9. An Open Letter to the Hooligans Who Broke Into My Car

    — Because random acts of consideration must be thanked appropriately.

    SATIRE in Culture on March 27, 2006

  10. Movie Review: The Hills Have Eyes

    — If the freaks don't get them, the family may get out alive. Can the same be said for the audience?

    REVIEW in Video on March 11, 2006

  11. The Great Scholarship Religion Quandary

    — My religious and spiritual choices have suddenly become objects of contention.

    OPINION in Culture on March 08, 2006

  12. I Miss Him

    — Sometimes the true tragedy in life is getting what you want.

    OPINION in Culture on March 04, 2006

  13. College Paper Publishes Anti-Muslim Cartoons; Refuses to Publish Responses to Them

    — After running the anti-Muslim cartoons, IPFW's The Communicator has refused to print any letters to the editor about it.

    NEWS in Culture on February 23, 2006

  14. Student Newspaper Publishes Anti-Islam Cartoons

    — What The Communicator chose to run on the opinion section of its February 15 issue violates the tenets that journalists strive to live by.

    OPINION in Culture on February 19, 2006

  15. Things I Wish I'd Known in First Grade

    — Don't you wish you could go back and tell your 6-year-old self how good life is?

    OPINION in Culture on February 16, 2006

  16. Death in the Family

    — The death of a loved one is never easy. It’s more difficult when it’s someone you’ve shared a bed with for eight years.

    OPINION in Culture on February 09, 2006

  17. A Letter to Chelsea

    — What happens when the loser girl from junior high grows up?

    OPINION in Culture on February 04, 2006

  18. Revenge of the Organization Kid

    — Five years after Brooks' article about our generation's overachieving youth, the overachieving youth speaks out.

    OPINION in Culture on February 02, 2006

  19. My Emo is Bigger Than Your Emo

    — Because sometimes we just find ourselves plagued with emotional constipation. Thankfully, I have the cure.

    SATIRE in Culture on January 29, 2006

  20. How To Be a (Good) Blogger (And Survive It)

    — Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

    OPINION in Sci/Tech on January 19, 2006

  21. The Plea of the Retail Worker

    — Some words of advice from the friendly retail worker on the other side of the counter.

    SATIRE in Culture on October 17, 2005

  22. The Sadistic Practice of the "First Kiss"

    — Don't act like your first kiss wasn't awkward ...

    OPINION in Culture on October 12, 2005

  23. The Post-College Relationship Manifesto

    — The perfect relationship doesn't always seem so perfect when the real world settles in.

    OPINION in Culture on October 11, 2005

  24. Good Shall Prevail Over White Trash

    — Anna Nicole Smith prepares to mount — er, appeal to — the Supreme Court of the United States.

    OPINION in Culture on September 28, 2005

  25. Have You Hugged Your Moderate Today?

    — The weird kid down the street that always laid in the middle of the road had might've had something.

    OPINION in Politics on September 24, 2005

  26. I Am Drop Dead Gorgeous

    — When you're broke and in need of money for school, options limit down to one thing: beauty pageants.

    OPINION in Culture on September 11, 2005

  27. My Stolen Car

    — Logic is a strange thing. Thankfully, I've never been accused of having any.

    SATIRE in Culture on September 08, 2005

  28. Because You Can't Take Bioanthropology Too Seriously...

    — I just can't take any assignment involving monkeys eating their own crap seriously.

    SATIRE in Culture on September 06, 2005

  29. Urgent news for the politically savvy blogger...

    — There are innumerable important partisan issues in this country. This isn't one of them.

    OPINION in Culture on September 01, 2005

  30. How to blog and keep your job...

    — Want to blog about your job but still keep it? Write about all the things you love about your job! No. Really.

    SATIRE in Culture on August 31, 2005

  31. Losing My Religion...

    — Do we embrace religion in our youth because we don't know any better, or do we become disillusioned later?

    OPINION in Culture on August 19, 2005

  32. Cindy Sheehan: And you thought YOUR mother was crazy?

    — Because you know you've been waiting to hear what the political minx in pink pumps has to say on this ...

    OPINION in Politics on August 18, 2005

  33. Lung Cancer Claimed Victims Pre-Jennings

    — While Jennings' loss is tragic, the crusade against Big Tobacco shouldn't use him as a face man.

    OPINION in Culture on August 13, 2005

  34. An In-Depth Analysis of the Drunken Mind

    — Ever wake up in a hung over stupor the next morning and wonder, "What was I thinking?" Now we know.

    SATIRE in Culture on August 01, 2005

  35. Cleveland Corruption: The Word Is Out

    — Extortion, bribery, political corruption, oh my!

    OPINION in Politics on July 22, 2005

  36. The Crazy Old Maid

    — At 20 years old, is this small-town girl past her prime with the menfolk?

    OPINION in Culture on July 21, 2005

  37. Obnoxious Couple Strikes Again

    — The couple you love to hate presents earth-shattering news ...

    NEWS in Culture on July 07, 2005

  38. North Meet South: Sorority Style.

    — A Yankee sorority girl meets her sisters from the south. Hilarity ensues.

    OPINION in Culture on July 05, 2005

  39. Dove Campaigns for 'Real Beauty'

    — Dove's 'Campaign for Real Beauty' is a reality-check to the American media's concept of skinny beauty.

    OPINION in Culture on July 05, 2005

  40. The long road home

    — Sometimes you have to have life kick you in the rear pretty hard before you can come to terms with your roots.

    OPINION in Culture on June 16, 2005

  41. Losing sight of purpose in journalism

    — When a select few journalists rise onto self-appointed pedestals, the field as a whole suffers.

    OPINION in Culture on June 13, 2005

  42. High School Politics: All You Need To Know.

    — It's amazing how high school social rules can go on to dictate political rhetoric.

    OPINION in Politics on June 03, 2005

  43. Just How Deep Does Deep Throat Go?

    — If W. Mark Felt really is Deep Throat, why is the Washington Post staying mum?

    OPINION in Politics on May 31, 2005

  44. This misdemeanor charge brought to you by the letters T and A...

    — With advances in technology, where can we find privacy anymore?

    OPINION in Culture on May 20, 2005

  45. The little airport security applicant who couldn't

    — Man applies for a position in airport security, proudly stating he supports Osama bin Laden. What could possibly go wrong?

    OPINION in Politics on May 20, 2005

  46. Newsweek: Breach of journalism ethics, or government scapegoat?

    — Do you remember high school, when the popular and all-powerful jocks would make the lowly geeks do their dirty work?

    OPINION in Politics on May 20, 2005

  47. Ohio Republicans: The good, the bad and the coins.

    — A few coins got lost, a few Democrats' feathers got ruffled, and perhaps most importantly, there isn't much news going on in Ohio.

    OPINION in Politics on May 19, 2005

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