During the last seven years, I have worked as a server at four different restaurants in two cities. During that time, I have encountered so many angry customers that I could write a book about it, but...
I live in coffee shops. They’re the setting for most of my day-to-day life. Iowa City is filled with them. You’ll find them within two blocks of one another. Even so, each business, whether it be a...
When I wrote the first draft of this article, it didn’t save on my laptop. I blame Mercury being in retrograde.
Astrological discussions are everywhere. It’s been written about in horoscopes in...
When I started the 20 Out of 20 series, I made a list of potential 2020 presidential candidates. This was back in 2017 when it was trendy to write about Presidents Mark Zuckerberg and Al Franken (two speculations...
The anticipated end of each semester is overwhelming. There are final projects, writing assignments the size of small novels, disorganized group work, presentations that feel more important than the class,...
Maybe it’s the stress of my final year in undergraduate study, or maybe it’s because I stayed up late the night before eating three large fries and binging the Hallmark Channel. Either way, it was...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced Oct. 30 that Twitter would terminate all political advertising on the site. Coming off the heels of Mark Zuckerberg stating that Facebook would not fact check any political...
It’s been a bad-news week for the environment. The attack on the Clean Water Act continued in the Supreme Court. California is definitely still on fire (and it’s definitely because of climate change)....
Despite coffee chains such as Dunkin’ and Starbucks releasing their winter and holiday drinks, which include gingerbread, praline, and peppermint flavors and the increasingly popular eggnog latte, I...
I met then-Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, in the summer of 2018. It was three months before the midterm election. He was running against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz. It was weeks before he would become a viral...
After several missed deadlines and two name changes, Kanye West has finally released his much anticipated album. Jesus Is King is West’s ninth studio album and his first, and hopefully last, gospel album.
West...
Seasonal depression is more than just the winter blues, and it’s important that people who navigate it during these fall and winter months make strides in taking care of themselves.
Seasonal depression,...
