As of late, it feels like these massive April Fools’ campaigns have slowed down. In the past six years, I cannot remember a single company’s April Fools’ Day announcement that has truly grabbed my attention.

Your character always has a path to follow, sure. Maybe you have it all laid out on the map or the quest board, but what about everything off the beaten path? What about all the other locations? All the quests and secrets waiting to be discovered? The upgrades, cool loot and the experience points?

We don’t need to reject technology or social media completely, but we do need to relearn where the line is and start acting as if it exists again. If everything becomes content, we all lose control of our own lives at some point.

College classrooms should challenge students to think, not just to speak. And until participation grades show that, they are not really measuring engagement at all. Instead, they are measuring personality.

Growing up is something that we hope to rush and have even come to idolize. We all look for the next milestone that says we’re older and one step closer to adulthood. Yet, when we reach adulthood, we all wish time would reverse so we can relive our youth.

Concerts have become for the elite; long gone are the days when you could show up at the door, pay $50 and hope to storm the barricade. With artists like Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars smashing record sales, it has become increasingly difficult to attend concerts.