By Rikki Yanez Assistant Blog Content Contributor Growing up I’ve noticed that it was highly encouraged by my peers and relatives that name brand clothing was the “cool” thing to buy. This made me wonder why nobody talked about shopping … Continue reading Shaking Secondhand Store Stigmas
By Hannah Alvarado Blog Content Contributor You’ve seen those movies, right? Where someone has the vision of the impending disaster that leads to the character’s untimely and often way too dramatic end? Well, there is something like it lurking in … Continue reading The Final(s) Caffeination
By Hannah Holder Blog Content Contributor A mother is your first friend and your forever friend. A mother’s love is truly unconditional; through the process of giving birth, the needy stages as a child, the troublesome stages as a teenager … Continue reading An Open Letter to Moms
By Hannah Holder Blog Content Contributor It’s that time of the year again: the best and the worst season. All the gyms are crowded, fruits and greens are being restocked more often and we start putting ourselves down because that … Continue reading Radiate Body Positivity This Summer
By Hannah Holder Blog Content Contributor Summer is almost here! But first, finals. Finals week is that long week of stress, misery, sleep deprivation and procrastination. This semester though, let’s finish strong. If we plan accordingly, stay focused, stay hydrated, … Continue reading Approaching Finals
By Jenise Jackson Blog Content Contributor “Everything that glitters isn’t gold.” When I experienced my first “heartbreak”, my mother made sure she gave me those words. For some reason, those words have been replaying over and over again in my … Continue reading Real Love or Toxic Lust?
By Conner Yarbrough Blog Content Contributor At this point in life, most of my friends, peers, and acquaintances are all college students – and I could say the same about their social networks. As young adults living in a sort … Continue reading Take the Step
By Hannah Holder Blog Content Contributor If Spring is your favorite season, like me, then I’m sure you’re just as thrilled as I am that it is finally here! Spring brings more sunshine time, blooming flowers (mostly bluebonnets because Texas), … Continue reading Spending Spring Outside in 2018
By Hannah Alvarado Blog Content Contributor If you’ve been in this higher education game for even one semester, chances are you’ve dealt with some sort of academic rejection. Applying to a particular program, a scholarship, an internship or even your … Continue reading Dealing with Academic Rejection
By Savannah Howard Blog Content Contributor Our society has the mindset of always being on the go. People feel like they have a million things to do and not enough time in their days to do them. Or, they feel … Continue reading Meeting Meditation in the Middle
By Hannah Alvarado Blog Content Contributor So you’re ready to move out on your own. That’s great! But before you pack up and sign a lease for just anywhere, remember to stop and consider everything that goes along with that … Continue reading Five Things to Know Before Renting
By Allison Johnson Assistant Web Content Manager You do not need everyone and their sister on your social media accounts. I’m talking about the guy you met at the bar, your buddy from physics and possibly even your Dad, too. … Continue reading Social Media Probs
By Rikki Yanez Blog Content Contributor As a college student, nobody really tells you how hard it will be financially. You hear how older adults say how they would eat fast food for a week or live off soups, so … Continue reading The Tales of Being Broke
By Rikki Yanez Blog Content Contributor Aside from school, work or responsibilities, you might find yourself in your spare time bored out of your mind, pacing back and forth trying to think of something to do that won’t cost much … Continue reading Ways to Avoid Boredom
By Claire Hansen Blog Content Contributor Don’t get me wrong, the number of precious pups around this town give me dog envy, too, but when you’re in college, there are a few extra factors to be addressed before making the … Continue reading Read This Before You Get a Dog
By Jenise Jackson Blog Content Contributor It’s pretty obvious that we are living in a society plagued by injustice and strife. Different, conflicting opinions fill our dialogue and some of us wonder when or if we will ever see the … Continue reading Be The Change You Want to See
By Rikki Yanez Blog Content Contributor College is a good time for students whether it’s gaining all sorts of knowledge that will prepare them for their future career, or exploring their sexuality. Not all people in college are sexually active. … Continue reading Your Sex Health Matters Too
By Chelyse Prevost Blog Content Contributor We are part of a generation where mass shootings in churches, clubs, movie theaters, and even schools have become all too familiar. The fight for more progressive gun laws is ongoing, but awareness of the … Continue reading Putting the You in Youth
By Allison Johnson Assistant Web Content Manager The older we get, the more cynical we become of holidays. Every year I find myself saying, “It doesn’t even feel like Christmas.” We lose the fun in everything simply because we’re not … Continue reading It’s Not Worth Being a Naysayer About Valentine’s Day
By Rikki Yanez Blog Content Contributor Do you ever find yourself questioning if the people you have called friends for months, or even years, are supporting you or paying attention to what you have to say? Perhaps, when you hang … Continue reading Holding on to Empty Friendships
