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 »]
[Continue Reading »]We all started college with the clear expectation to have the best time of our lives. We anticipated studying, attending classes, submitting assignments and meeting new people. But we never envisaged that all of this would occupy all of our time and space and get to a point [Continue Reading »]
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Here we are on campus, some of us for the first time, others returning after a well-deserved summer break. The semester is well on its way, and students are settling into a schedule, daily and weekly routines are being solidified and most of us have checked out the [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]There are still young girls who miss school because they do not have menstrual pads and cannot afford to buy them. Period poverty is a major problem to young girls and in our society. Many young girls are unable to attend school because sometimes during their menstrual [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]What to look for in a student job Working while in college is challenging, yet rewarding. Juggling all of your school work, at home responsibilities and job responsibilities can be a tough routine to make. However, after a month or two you will hardly ever be strapped for [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Cannabis is already legal in 18 states, it’s time the U.S. Legislature gets with the trend There is bill in that has passed the House of Representatives that would federally legalize the sale and use of marijuana. Laws like this at a state level have actually brought positive [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]It only makes sense for parents to be worried about what their children are learning in school. Parents wish for things to be age-appropriate according to the grade their child is in, but just how far should parents be allowed to meddle in their children’s education, before it [Continue Reading »]
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