Abby Teply: An Outstanding Student onto Big Things
Student, employee, intern, volunteer… Abby Teply does it all. Most recently, she was selected as the Outstanding Student in the Psychology...
Alexa Jo Schafer (Winona ‘21)
Alexa Jo Schafer (Winona ‘21)
Alexa Jo is a Junior at Winona State. She is a double major in Psychology and Communications. This spring she will be heading to Florence, Italy for the semester where she is excited to seek out the best pizza of her life. Alexa Jo likes to write stories that she believes are real, raw, and have just a touch of humor. She writes because she believes she has a lot to say, and wants to talk about the things others are scared to talk about. Alexa Jo loves going out with friends, but she loves staying in and snuggling up even more. She is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and is on the school’s hip hop dance team.
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Celebrating Better Conversation Week: The Importance of Chatting
Thanksgiving is a time of family, togetherness, and of course, conversation . One thing I know about the holidays is that it’s one of the...
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I Actually Think It’s Okay to Hold a Grudge: Let Me Tell You Why
I’m about to tell you something that no one has ever told you before. It’s okay to hold a grudge. Google dictionary defines a grudge as “a...
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Stress Relief: A.K.A Ridiculous Amounts of Puppy Gifs
I don’t know about anyone else, but midterms for me are S-T-R-E-S-S-F-U-L. On top of school, it seems that life events just tend to compile...
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Embrace the Nudy-Judy: 3 Reasons You Should Spend More Time Naked
Look, I know that based on the title of this article, I sound like a crazy, young liberal who ran away to join a nudist cult and want to...
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Why Tattoos Are Cool: Let Me Convince You in 10 Points or Less
As someone with tattoos, I can say that as soon as I find out someone else has a tattoo, I know we can vibe. There’s something about it...
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And Then I Crashed: My Wake-Up Call from God
I woke up to the sound of a crash, the smell of smoke, and my entire field of vision plagued with a white sheet. Did it really happen? Did...
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Something You Wish You Could Change: Students of Winona State Speak Out
A couple of weeks ago, our Her Campus club set up a table on campus and asked students who passed by about something they wish they could...
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Dream Closet: Making a Difference in the Winona Community
Dream Closet is finally here! Upcoming Event Dream Closet will be hosting an event on April 13 at the WSU Tau Center (511 Hilbert Street)...
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Why You Should Go to the International Dinner at WSU
The International Dinner at Winona State University is fast approaching! What I’ve always wondered, and I’m sure fellow students have been...
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My Awful Experience Flying Alone for the First Time
In my 19 years of life so far, I have rarely flown in a plane—and never alone. Come spring break of my 19th year, however, it was time. I...
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Millennials vs National Day of Unplugging
We are constantly buried in our phones (and I do mean constantly ) . Our dependency on technology has become so bad that our ability to...
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I Quit My Diet and It Was the Healthiest Thing I Could Have Done
The Whole30. Thirty days and thirty nights: no added sugar, no dairy, no grains, no legumes, no sulfites, no soy, no alcohol, no sauces or...
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An Open Letter to My First Love
Dear first love, Thank you for loving me when you did, and thank you for hurting me too. We started as any relationship does. We were...
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What Are You Going To Make of Your Life?
Last week I posted an Instagram story asking people what they wanted to do someday. The challenge was, I didn’t want safe responses. I...
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New Girl Gifs that Capture All the Feelings of the First Week after Winter Break
I think we all know the feeling. That feeling at the end of winter break when you are excited to go back to college and see your friends,...
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What's Your Favorite Part of Your Body?
A couple weeks ago, my roommates came home from the gym with a pressing question: “What’s your favorite part about your body?” Now, THAT...
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A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words
It has almost been a year since our lovely writer Hannah H. composed her profile of two female photographers who attend WSU (read it here...
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A Thanksgiving Challenge
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it comes with warmth, family, and contentedness, but I think it’s often easy to skip past the “...
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How to Start Your Day The Best Way
Imagine this: your alarm rings for the third time, you groggily look at your phone and OH MY GOSH, IT’S 7:43… and you have an 8:00 am! You...
