When I first came to the University of New Haven, I thought it would be easy. However, it was hard because I couldn’t find anyone to help me with things like adjusting to classes or help even with...

I have been working since I was 16-years-old. I haven’t gone without a job since. At 16, I also started driving. At 17, I got my first credit card, and in June 2016, I turned 18. This is the age...

As another registration period comes and goes, it is important to understand exactly what your classes will expect of you, especially when it comes to classes that are online. Online classes work on...

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” is the longest running television series in the United States with 21 seasons and over 450 episodes.  A crime television series gives viewers the chance...

I will never forget the first book that made me cry. I was 12, and wide awake at two in the morning. The main character had just died a sacrificial death. Tears streamed down my cheeks, and I howled...

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...

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...

    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’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...

It is towards the end of the year, which means that finals are coming up pretty soon. I noticed that teachers give most of their assignments right before finals. School is already stressful enough, but...