Category: Features
Photo by Lanie Tunnell By: Clara McMichael If one Facebook-stalks Aimee Slagle, their life will feel shamefully inadequate in comparison. She travels to exotic destinations – from salt flats in Bolivia to tropical beaches in Nicaragua – ...
By: Lanie Tunnell I remember when I first got a Facebook and logged in on September 19. I was prompted with a message at the top of my screen asking me if I wanted to change ...
Photo by Lanie Tunnell By: Julie Swets By now, you have probably fallen in love with the myriad of charming cats you’ve seen around our campus. The Cat Partners of Southwestern University (CPSU) has been ...
By: Jonathan Lauret Time has always been a strange concept to me. It flows ever forward, stretching and contracting, slowing down and speeding up at seemingly random points. The strangest yet most obvious thing about time ...
By: Aiden Steinle Conversation brings about healing. That is the premise of Active Minds, a national organization oriented towards changing the dialogue about mental health. A chapter of Active Minds has been established at Southwestern this ...
By: Sherlyn Ong As of a few weeks ago, the Eastern Gorilla, the largest living primate species, has been declared by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a critically endangered species, the ...
By: Anna Krolikowski Almost two thirds of graduating high school students go on to study at an institute of higher learning. For many, it seems like the clear next step. However, the path students take after ...
Photo by Natalie Young By: Aiden Steinle “If you spot him…” This is the tagline for Ed Spotting, a Twitter account that posts candid pictures of Southwestern’s President Edward Burger. The account has quickly amassed ...
A guest post by Michael of LiveCoding.tv, an online coding education program designed to support future professionals. You have tried to learn programming from scratch. But every time you think you are making a substantial improvement, you ...
Photo courtesy of Dr. Alicia Moore. By: Dr. Alicia Moore, associate professor of education On April 16, the forecast rains held long enough for a new SU tradition to be forged. The members of E.M.P.I.R.E. ...