CONTRIBUTED: Home to roughly 2,500 students, hailing from 82 different countries, taking classes online and in-person, Kirkwood Community College’s Iowa City Campus boasts smaller class sizes, professors who can work with students one on one and extracurricular activities including a robust Student Life department, according to Kirkwood’s Student [Continue Reading »]
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CONTRIBUTED: Have you ever seen a roller derby match and wondered what was going on? Watching people from two different teams skate around each other and score points can seem very confusing at first. These are the ins and outs of the sport of roller derby from a [Continue Reading »]
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“Learn because you love learning. Become a nurse because you are empathetic, want to help people in their most vulnerable moments, and because it challenges you without consuming your life.” Hannah Wyland came to Iowa to pursue a career in academia. While earning her Master’s Degree in Cognitive [Continue Reading »]
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CONTRIBUTED: Brit Bennett’s newest novel, “The Vanishing Half,” makes readers believe that life’s pursuit of finding oneself always involves some form of vanishing. A generational novel written from the perspective of the women in the Vignes family from southern Louisiana from the early 60s to the 90s, “The [Continue Reading »]
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CONTRIBUTED: In America, nearly 70 percent of students graduated in 2020 with student loan debt around $29,000, according to www.studentloanhero.com. Graduates of universities and community colleges are entering the workforce saddled with debt. Current, left-leaning political trends call for erasing students loan debt and offering free college for [Continue Reading »]
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