Face the Music: The Dangers of Falling for People Who Make You Playlists
As much as I like to write, I’m humbled by the fact that I cannot for the life of me turn my words into songs. I would simply be… too...
Hannah Hippensteel (Winona ‘21)
Hannah Hippensteel (Winona ‘21)
My name is Hannah Hippensteel, and I like to say I'm a Chicago city-slicker, but I'm actually from the 'burbs. I'm currently a senior at Winona State with a major in mass communication-journalism and a minor in sociology. Catch me enjoying all Winona has to offer: the bluffs, the incomparable Bloedow's Bakery, and not to mention, Minnesota boys. With a goal of working at Teen Vogue, Seventeen or Glamour magazine, I'm soaking up every opportunity to keep my finger on the pulse and share my personal voice!
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September 22: The Diverse Ways I’ve Kept a Diary for Over Two Decades
If you could sum me up in one word, it would unequivocally be a writer . I was given a pen, a head full of stories and the need to put them...
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National Online Learning Day: My Reflection as My Senior Year of College Zooms By
As I begin my senior year, I reflect on all the people who told me that college would fly by. And they were right. But you know what word...
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Nose Deep: Why You Should Choose a Colleen Hoover Novel for National Read a Book Day
Growing up, I was always such a big book nerd. I would pore over pages for hours and enjoy being able to jump into new shoes in a new land...
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Adoring 'folklore': Reviewing Taylor Swift's New Album
Something insane happened on July 23, 2020. Without any cryptic posts, changes in social media themes or even a mention of a new single,...
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Hannah-LYZE This: My Quarantined 21st Birthday Celebration
When I originally imagined my 21st birthday this year, I thought of a rite of passage. I thought of which liquor store I wanted to make my...
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Zooming into the Unknown: A Letter of Gratitude to Our College Professors
It was Friday, March 6. I came home for my spring break from Winona State University. I carpooled with good friends through Wisconsin to...
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Hannah-LYZE This: Writing a Poem Every Day in April
April is usually one of my favorite months of the year, excluding the late Midwest snow we’ve been having. One of those reasons is a month...
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April 28: The Work of 5 Poets I’ll Be Perusing on National Great Poetry Reading Day
Poetry has a way of flowing from a stanza I read to a line sitting on my heart. On this day, I want to write about five of my favorite...
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I Don’t Think You’re Ready for this Jelly (Bean): A Definitive Jelly Belly Flavor Ranking
April 22 is National Jellybean Day. Please enjoy my honest reaction to the 50 original Jelly Belly flavors as I rank them from Great to...
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Feeling Grace-ful: An Interview with Grace Ann Wagner
I first met Grace this school year in a fall class called MCOM 240: Principles of Public Relations. The class focused on foundational...
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Hannah-LYZE This: 100 Articles with Her Campus Winona
My first article was published on September 24, 2017. According to a nifty “dates between” calculator, it was 441 days later that I wrote...
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Hey, Sister Sister: 10 Lessons I’ve Learned from My Younger Sibling
I was born May 7, 1999. About 13 months later, on June 23, 2000, my time as an only child came to an end. It’s not like I remember any part...
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Coronavirus v. Casual Dating: Adventures in Quarantine
As much of the world sits and twiddles their thumbs—unsure of how to make the COVID-19 situation better—I decided my thumbs could be best...
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Quarantined with My Thoughts: A Think-Piece Reaction to COVID-19
It’s no secret that some thoughts and emotions are too big to be encapsulated in anything but big, poetic gestures. Well, at least that’s...
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National Goof Off Day: Netflix Comedy Specials to Avoid Life’s Atrocities Temporarily
Life has recently been an onslaught of news that makes me want to crawl under a blanket and emerge when everything has returned to a lesser...
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From Shy to Fly: Coming out of the Cocoon for National Introverts Week
This world we live in right now loves the idea of a binary, whether it comes to gender, political parties and even the need to define...
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Math Is Mouth-Watering: 5 Pies I Could Eat 3.14 Pieces of
As a journalism major, it sometimes feels beyond me to pay attention to the mathematical significance of certain celebratory days… that is...
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Write On: A Timeline of My Life as a Narrator
While March 14 is technically National Write Down Your Story Day, I feel like I’ve been observing that my whole life through my love of...
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On How to Be a Procrasti-Napper: 5 Best Places on Campus to Catch Some ZZZs
College is exhausting. One of the best ways I personally know to combat everything college throws at me is a nap! So, for National Public...
