Published on September 18, 2020, at 9:51 a.m. by Kathleen McManus. As universities prepared to isolate students who tested positive for COVID-19, did they anticipate how students would use social media? Students immediately shared a steady stream of content on TikTok For You pages and Twitter feeds about life
Published on February 12, 2020, at 9:49 p.m. by Dylan Lanas. In his 2003 hit song, 21 Questions, 50 Cent says, “If I ain’t rap ’cause I flipped burgers at Burger King / Would you be ashamed to tell your friends you feelin’ me?” The
Published on December 11, 2019, at 11:55 p.m. by Zoie Mestayer. Students’ first few months in college can be a whirlwind. They move away from their loved ones, their homes and their pets and move into drafty shoebox dorms full of strangers. The days of hand-holding
Published on October 23, 2019, at 6:42 p.m. by Ali Cushing. The term “startup” has been bandied around at an increasing rate over the past few years describing young ventures taken by opportunists, such as the creation of hip new apps and small business proposals.
Published on December 20, 2017, at 7:20 a.m. by Caitlin Heffley. For most, college can be summed up in a few short phrases, words or images. Perhaps the idea is a chant from a Greek organization to which one belonged, or a vision of an
Published on October 5, 2017, at 5:26 p.m. by Lexi McKenzie. College is hard. Sure, the classes are challenging, but arguably the hardest thing about beginning college is the lifestyle change and the transition to living outside of a parent’s home. Many students struggle with
Published on February 20, 2017, at 8:18 a.m. by Lynn Brantley. If you’re anything like me, you have gone through (or are going through) a stage in your life where you have no idea what you want to do with your major — let alone your
Published on February 17, 2017 at 4:53 p.m. by Erica Cooke. We all go through it at one time or another. There’s always that one week when you are flooded with three tests, a paper, a class presentation and it’s the deadline to apply to that dream
Posted on Oct. 30, 2015, at 12 p.m. by Madalyn Atherton and Sally Immel. Mark Twain said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness,” and millennials seem to be whole-heartedly embracing his ideal. There has been a 130 percent increase in study abroad participation
Posted on October 20, 2015, at 3:30 p.m. by Mackenzie Lyng. “Text me when you get home.” We have all heard this common goodbye, whether hearing it from a friend or saying it ourselves. But what if you could virtually track a friend’s trip home,
