Walking across campus, past GATA Fountain and the halls of the Mabee Business Building, the conversations I overhear have a familiar, anxious rhythm. Whether it’s at the Bean or after Chapel lets out, the talk among my fellow seniors inevitably turns to the future. We’re just months away from graduation, a moment we’ve worked toward for upwards ... [Read More…]
A northerner’s perspective: Snow your roll
Being an out-of-state student, like anything, has its ups and its downs. I didn’t know ‘boots and jeans’ was its own dress code or that “y’all” refer to the Dallas and Fort Worth area as “the metroplex.” But what I lack in southern charm and awareness, I make up for in dealing with the colder elements. For example, this still-developing snowstorm, ... [Read More…]
Minimum wage jobs teach valuable lessons
The expectation from my parents when I turned 16 was that I get a job so I could pay for things on my own, such as gas, clothes or going out to eat with friends. This is the expectation for many other teenagers like me when they turn 16. Not only was I able to earn my own money through having a job, but I was also able to learn responsibility, how ... [Read More…]
When coffee stops helping and starts hurting
I first started listening to heavy metal music in my junior year of high school. During my 20-minute commute, I blasted screaming vocals through my speakers, not because I loved the sound, but because I needed something strong enough to keep me awake. By then, my caffeine addiction was so intense that three energy drinks a day couldn’t keep me ... [Read More…]
Student attendance makes a difference at games
Wildcat athletics programs perform better at home than on the road nearly every season. The football team just wrapped up its regular home season 5-0 with an average game attendance of 9,077 people, including a 12,000-fan sell-out crowd for the Homecoming game against Tarleton State University. The sold-out crowd against Tarleton played a huge ... [Read More…]
Normalize counseling on campus
The popular saying is 'college is the best years of your life,’ yet behind the highlight reels is the dark reality that suicide is among the leading causes of death for college students. The stigma around mental health only leads to suffering in silence, but normalizing counseling can save lives. The 2024-25 Health Minds Study found that ... [Read More…]
Give me back my em dash
I am not anti-AI. I’m not angry at or scared of it as a concept, but I do have one bone to pick. AI ruined my favorite punctuation mark. ChatGPT in particular has coined the em dash as its signature. Honestly, the word “signature” doesn’t quite get across how much the program uses em dashes. Put in any prompt, and an em dash will sneak into its ... [Read More…]
My journey to understanding, overcoming anxiety
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 4.4% of the global population experiences an anxiety disorder. However, only around one in four people seek treatment, in part because of a lack of awareness that anxiety is a treatable health condition. I began feeling anxious around the third grade, but didn’t identify the feeling ... [Read More…]
Wildcats have what it takes to make FCS playoff run
With their second consecutive FCS playoff berth, the Wildcat football team is equipped, motivated and ready to make a run at the championship. After making the playoffs in 2024, the Wildcats won their first-round matchup against the University of Northern Arizona by a score of 24-0 before losing to the eventual FCS Champion North Dakota State ... [Read More…]
Bring back philosophy
The word “philosophy” may conjure up many different ideas. For some, it is rich, ancient, old men lying around and asking questions with obvious answers. For others, it may bring to mind people sitting in microbreweries and coffee shops wearing beanies with no job as they ask irrelevant questions about the meaning of life. For those looking to ... [Read More…]
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