The holiday season is a time to be with family, have fun and ring in the new year. Many feel obligated to buy gifts for others, or even host large gatherings. It is important to balance the fun with the money spent to achieve it. Students are often [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Winter break is coming up and it is time for a much-needed break. However, this is also a time when break-in and robbery rates tend to go up. So it is important to have a safety refresher. Personal safety is something we should be concerned about all [Continue Reading »]
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From the transition to summer break into the start of a new semester of college, students often have difficulty adapting to a new semester. Although the first week of school is known as “Syllabus Week,” depending on the class and professor, the class may enter full swing. [Continue Reading »]
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As the early winter snow starts to stick for the first time this season, along comes with it hazards of driving through an endless white scene of hidden slick spots along the path. Of course, many of us have to overcome the annual learning curve of getting used [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Involvement in college leadership organizations can improve your life. Taking on a leadership roles may not only help prepare you for future job opportunities, but can also teach you good leadership skills such as how to work collaboratively and motivate others. Examples of leadership opportunities may be [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]There is a recent surge in online scammers and fraudsters attacking college students. The question is, how much does it really affect college students? College students can be especially susceptible to credit card swindles when scammers provide fake applications or falsely represent themselves to gain access to your [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]The midterm elections are just around the corner as the political ads, mail and phone calls we have been inundated with all make very clear. For Kirkwood, the midterm week has just passed. All the students have drudged through the midterm week; a week filled with exams, nerves, [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]“Wathintha oyedwa usi thinthe sonke,” which means “injury to one, injury to all” in the Isizulu language, is one of the famous South African proverbs. This is the ideology I live up to as a student and a civic leader. With a myriad of clubs and organizations on [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]After arriving at Kirkwood from Indonesia, I realized that international students here, especially the J1 Visa Students, which include Community College Initiative Program (CCIP) students, didn’t have any transportation to campus due to their visa regulations, which forbid the students from having driver’s licenses in the United States. [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Halloween is a whimsical and spooky time of the year for many children. Every year new costumes are brought out to store shelves and advertised throughout the internet. Pumpkins are carved, various houses and cornfields are “haunted” and mountains of candy are freely distributed to hordes of little [Continue Reading »]
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