Three ways to prep for your dream job during a pandemic
Whether you’re a new student around campus or an old face that’s ready to bounce, you probably chose Rockhurst for one reason: to land a...
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Gen Z Breakdown: How Our Attempts at Normalizing Mental Illness are Unintentionally Harmful
In the past decade, we have made an effort to alter the mental health awareness conversation from something taboo to everyday conversation...
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How to Balance It All, or At Least Try To
I have felt that during this time there are so many different things going on all at once. So I try to organize my life in a way that...
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India’s Rape Crisis & What You Should Know
Dragged. Strangled. Raped. Killed. These are four words that describe what happened to a 19-year-old Dalit (low-caste) woman in Hathras...
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5 Resources to Find Food in Minnesota
October is officially Tackling Hunger Month. Although we may not see it in our everyday lives, many people of all ages do. Individually and...
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How I Learned to be Selfish With My Life
As you get older, you’ll find yourself making more and more decisions. It’s important to know when is the right time to choose others and when to choose you.
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Illinois State vs Bradley: The Fight to End Childhood Cancer
If you go to Illinois State, you would know that our rival school in all aspects is Bradley University in Peoria, IL. On game days you will...
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Adjusting to Online Classes
This semester has been tough for so many reasons with the main culprit as online classes. Most of us are used to in-person classes and know...
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Find Out How You Can Help Extend the Time on New York's Climate Clock
By now, chances are you’ve scrolled past photos of the Climate Clock in New York. Scary? Yes. Upsetting? Also, yes. Instead of sitting...
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Navigating Zoom University With ADHD
When I made it to college, I came to the realization that I needed to take control of my ADHD. Then, the world changed, the circumstances changed, and COVID-19 was introduced into our lives.
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How to (Really) Listen
In the midst of a global pandemic, a huge challenge many have faced is how to be there for your loved ones when you can't physically be there. A great technique that I have developed is active listening, and this article will explain what it is, why it is a useful skill and how to do it.
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A Little Light in These Dark Times
Quarantine has been hard for everyone, there is no denying this. And, I think that it’s safe to say that we’re all extremely over it and...
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It's okay to ask for help
In honor of suicide awareness month enjoy this article reminding you to speak up. We love you, sis. Mental health is a serious topic of...
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6 Effective Studying Habits That Can Help You Succeed in College
As many of us are starting to enter college for the first time, it can be an exciting and life-changing experience. It may be the first...
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18 College Hints That I Wish My Junior Self Could Tell My Freshman Self
Compiled by a junior who has been through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows-- --here are 18 things that I wish I had known when I...
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3 Tips To Help With School And Home Being In One Place
The commotion and excitement of moving in and reconnecting with friends is always the best part of the school year. This end of August was...
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Quarantine and No Chill
I, in no way, intend for anyone to take this short story (?) as a guide to getting over-emotional exhaustion, or as a vision of what a “well-spent quarantine” looks like, or as an underestimation of deep pain, frustration or fatigue. All I hope is that these two articles have done is offer another perspective of emotional drain and (more importantly) emotional healing to someone that may not have thought of them this way.
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Understanding What Happened in Yemen and What You Can Do to Help
There are many factors that have shaped what is now widely considered to be the largest humanitarian crisis in modern history, with...
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How to Discuss the Black Lives Matter Movement with your Asian Relatives
Racism has been a deeply-embedded issue within the United States for centuries and with the death of George Floyd, people are angry and more importantly, want and equality and change. Talking about racism within my Asian community, I noticed that many young people are struggling to explain what is happening in the world to their Asian immigrant relatives while not undermining their racial struggles they've faced. Here are some resources and ideas you can use to help educate your family. Change comes from within, and having touch conversations with one another is a necessity.
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I Started Volunteering During Quarantine and You Can Too
With the insane amount of free time on my hands lately, I’ve been trying to find things to keep myself busy. Instead of blowing through...
