Month: December 2023

By Staff Writer: Cyrena Nielsen  “Raise your hand if you’ve asked yourself ‘How much more do I have to do before I’ve done enough? How much of myself do I have to give? How smoothly do I have to polish myself before I can move through the world without friction?” -Emily Nagoski, Burnout: The Secret…

By Staff Writer: Caitlin Daugherty  Every person in education or work has felt the psychological concept of burnout. After a couple of months of a particularly difficult class or a daunting project at your job, you can feel symptoms of being exhausted both physically and mentally. You might feel unmotivated towards your goals and emotionally…

By Staff Writer: Caitlin Daugherty Your wedding day is considered by many to be the most important day of your life. A dream that many people have and spend years planning and fantasizing about. Your significant other finally pops the question and you are getting ready to get hitched. However, the costs of the wedding…

By Staff Writer: Jerri Clewis  What’s heavier—a pound of lead or a pound of feathers? The old riddle might seem like a simple question, but it can be more complicated than at first glance. Enough that people continue to be stumped by it to this day. The trick to the riddle is the answer hidden…

By Staff Writer: Jerri Clewis  The Nobel Prize award ceremonies will be on December 10, which will see many worthy individuals and their impressive accomplishments being recognized and awarded with one of the highest honors. This will be the 121st ceremony since the first award in 1901. The Swedish-born inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel, known…

 By Staff Writer: James Schryver  The time is nearly here to announce who will be playing in the final game of the MLS season. Here’s what happened in the last few weeks of the playoff season.  In the Semi-final round for the Western Conference, four teams battled it out and two rose above to advance….

By Staff Writer: Jerri Clewis Open a smartphone, and there are bound to be more than a few apps. Most phones come preinstalled with several, and an update might even add some more. Originally designed to help provide conveniences for users, apps are growing every year in number to the point that there is almost…

By Staff Writer: Jerri Clewis Caffeinated beverages are almost everywhere, and many people consume them in some form from the usual suspects of coffee and energy drinks to tea and even soda. In fact, caffeine has been a part of our diets for thousands of years, and it’s one of the most thoroughly researched food…