Here are my top seven tips for stress relief during midterm season, and you should listen to me because I’m a senior and I have experienced situations like this many times.   1) Plan out your schedule...

Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist, is tackling global warming one United Nations Climate Action Summit at a time.  On September 23, Thunberg delivered a speech where she began “criticizing...

Last month, American fashion label, Bstroy, unveiled a line of sweatshirts during New York Fashion Week that sparked national outrage.  The show included four models wearing layered ensembles with...

Every time there’s a mass shooting, some members of the  public are quick to search for an explanation. Some scour the shooter’s social media pages for clues, while others wonder if the gunman was...

Over the last 60 years, pop culture has imposed the idea of beauty throughout movies, TV and advertisements in newspapers and magazines. People associate glowing bronze skin as healthy and admirable, even...

After a two-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean, Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old environmental activist, made headlines after announcing her trip had zero carbon emissions. Thunberg made her trip to...

Congratulations, you scored your very first on-campus job! You conquered the job hunting process filled with resumés, clammy handshakes and uncomfortable interview clothes.  I hope you’re ready...

    As a young girl growing up in Puerto Rico, I endured my fair share of hurricanes, but I never endured something of the caliber of the angry monster that took the small U.S. territory by storm. For...

Humans have been conditioned to believe that dairy milk is a cure-all elixir. In 1992, U. S. Department of Agriculture created the purposely generic food pyramid to convince the public to increase their...

The most distinguishing factor in the current century is technology.  The digital world has become a part of everyday life, and has been implemented into almost everything we do.    Within the first...

Many things require letters of recommendation, including grad school, scholarships, jobs. At some point  in a college career a student will need to ask a professor to write one. There’s a right way,...

The day has come that I never thought would come soon enough: graduation. As Tony Stark said in “Endgame,” “part of the journey is the end,” and I have had quite the journey in only the four...

In my introduction column I wrote a lifetime ago back in August, I said that anyone could be a journalist. I still mean that, a year later. This year, I’ve seen non-journalism majors excel in their...

It doesn’t look like college students are destined for success in the state of Connecticut, especially if they want to stay here. Recent graduates who want to stay in Connecticut can’t expect to see...

It’s hard to believe four years have flown by so quickly. Four years ago to the day I’m writing this, I paid my deposit to attend the University of New Haven. Now, I’m just weeks away from graduation...