The use of Generative AI is a controversial topic in schools. Many schools have moved quickly to ban the use of ChatGPT but Kirkwood Community College has taken a different path. In August, Kirkwood professors met to talk about the use of AI in their classes. No concrete [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]After watching a TikTok video, I opened the camera app on my phone and stared into my eyes looking back at my reflection. I said to myself, “Maybe there is something wrong with my nose.” Social media is ruining perceptions of beauty and forcing people to not [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Here at Kirkwood Community College, we have a food pantry that is free to use for all students. The food pantry is located on the third floor in Iowa Hall, and students can get groceries once a week. The food pantry has a wide variety of groceries. You [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Regardless of what your reasons are for attending Kirkwood Community College, most of us will experience one of the many online or hybrid courses that this college has to offer. In doing so, we face obstacles in figuring out how to still stay connected and stay on top [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Students can use their EagleCards for free activities here at Kirkwood Community College, including bus transportation, sports activities, access to the Rec Center and tickets to school musicals. You can also use your EagleCard like a debit card, where you can deposit funds into your account and use [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Touchdown Eagles! Those are two words no Kirkwood Community College student has ever heard but many would like to hear. Students at Kirkwood have been clamoring for a football team for many years, yet we still don’t have one. A big reason students want a football team [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Editor’s Note: The BBC covered the story after this article had been submitted for publication and approximately one week after Al Jazeera had reported on it. CONTRIBUTED: It’s been called the “Graveyard of Empires.” The British Empire tried in 1839 and again in 1919, both times failing to [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]CONTRIBUTED: Recently, the Ft. Atkins, Wisc., school board voted to approve mask mandates for all students and staff. However, it took the death of a teenage student for them to take action. On Sept. 14, Judge Robert Pratt blocked Iowa’s ban on school mask mandates. Some schools immediately [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]CONTRIBUTED: My generation has failed you. Your government and business leaders have failed you. The first warnings appeared 50 years ago. Warnings of a runaway freight train hurtling toward us like a cannonball with only one target: Us. But the collision was years away. There was time. The [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]CONTRIBUTED: The Coronavirus pandemic has been a struggle for many people around the world. One of the most impacted groups is students. They have had to endure a plethora of changes to make sure they still received an education while staying safe from the virus. College students have [Continue Reading »]
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