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 »]After a year of online classes and little to no spectators at college sports, the spirit at Kirkwood Community College has seemed to diminish. Nearly halfway into the fall semester, college spirit hasn’t taken as strong a shape as be- fore the pandemic. With school back in session [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Living in apartments is a big part of the college experience. This experience is not always one that is pleasant or easy. You have to deal with things that you probably have never had to deal with before like paying for utility bills and buying furniture. The first [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Within the past year, many students experienced online and hybrid classes for the first time. And, for some, online classes didn’t sit well with them. It was difficult to make the sudden switch in the spring semester of 2020 with no option for a complete in-class for the [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Within the past year, many students experienced online and hybrid classes for the first time. And, for some, online classes didn’t sit well with them. It was difficult to make the sudden switch in the spring semester of 2020 with no option for a complete in-class for the [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Nowadays our world is divided down the middle on issues surrounding everything in our lives specifically the current public health crisis we find ourselves in. From masking to vaccines there is a political fissure that we can’t seem to overcome to find common ground. This has led to [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]What do you think about the state of Iowa not allowing colleges to make decisions on mask policies? Yeah, I think it’s not a bad idea. I can see how there’s problems, especially with parents. Yes, I think they should require them with the situation right now. It [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 »]Twenty years ago, one of the most horrific events in American history occurred when terrorists attacked the Twin Towers. After two decades, should 9/11 be considered an essential element of American history? Though the impact it had on older generations was significant, is it still relevant to us? The generation that was [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]I was thirteen on Sept. 11, 2001. I have lived more of my life in a post 9/11 world then a pre 9/11 world. That day I learned that hatred is powerful. I learned that people on the other side of the world in a country I had [Continue Reading »]
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