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A Step Forward #7

A Step Forward #7

Shane McGinnis June 22, 2021

Illustration by Miranda Sepulveda Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Shane McGinnis, and I’m still a 20-year-old kid trying to find myself in college. I still don’t know what I want to do in...

Evelyn Kay Day

Evelyn Kay Day

Cassidy Gladieux May 11, 2021

Photos Courtesy of Trevor Reid for The Greenly Tribune On Nov. 26, 1979, Evelyn Kay Day was seen leaving her job as a business lab monitor at Aims Community College in Colorado. This would be the last...

Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

Alyssa Lambo May 11, 2021

Illustration by Preston Randall “Dead Poets Society” is one of those deeply moving movies that makes you pause and take a look at your life — and, more importantly, what it means. At least that’s...

My Journey As An Artist

My Journey As An Artist

Sierra Severt May 5, 2021

Illustration By Miranda Sepúlveda Here I am at the end of my freshman year of college. It feels so strange. Coming into the fall semester last year, I was timid about my future and unsure what to...

Taurus Season

Taurus Season

Nicole Salem May 5, 2021

Illustration By Emma Greathouse It has been a crazy semester, but luckily with Taurus energy, we can finally chill out a bit. On April 19, the sun and Mercury entered the sign of Taurus, which called...

Embracing Our History

Embracing Our History

Sara Crawford May 3, 2021

Photos By Kaitlyn Fincher Picture this: it has only been a few weeks since you became a college student, where you are taking your first classes, living in the dorms with a roommate you met over the...

Trying Budget-Friendly Recipes

Trying Budget-Friendly Recipes

Taylor Gay April 30, 2021

Photos By Taylor Gay Hi guys, welcome to Talking with Taylor: Cooking Edition. Over the last few weeks, I tried several recipes for all those broke college students out there, and I’m here to share...

Bridge To Terabithia

Bridge To Terabithia

Jenna Bal April 29, 2021

Featured image by Emma Greathouse When I was young, I was not nearly as sentimental as I am today. I never even got teary-eyed while watching gut-wrenching movies or reading sappy books. That is until...

The Cycle of Resumes, Interviews, Let Downs & Sweet Successes

The Cycle of Resumes, Interviews, Let Downs & Sweet Successes

Kathryn Hudnell April 28, 2021

Featured image by Paige Gaskins When I think of any application process, a few things come to my mind immediately. The tedious task of the search for an opportunity, the time consuming reading of all...

A Step Forward #6

A Step Forward #6

Shane McGinnis April 27, 2021

Illustration By Miranda  Sepúlveda If you told me this year would be when I learned to be outgoing and engaging, I would’ve said you’re crazy. Somehow, I grew to be my most social in a time when...

Esther Hollis And “Crime Junkie”

Esther Hollis And “Crime Junkie”

Cassidy Gladieux April 26, 2021

Illustration By Elliot Burr “Crime Junkie,” a well-known true-crime podcast, pulled the ultimate April Fools prank on their listeners. Now, just for a little background information, Taylor Swift...

Pandemic Journalism: Until We Can Handshake Again

Pandemic Journalism: Until We Can Handshake Again

Emma Andrus April 9, 2021

Illustrations By Preston Randall Knelt in an empty hallway flooded by pale yellow lighting, I brushed ice melt salt off my heeled boots. I triple checked that my phone was charged enough to audio record....

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