During the past decade, every year came with two or three big-hitting Marvel movies. Fans of the franchise would gaze at the magical line and the list of movie names that weren’t even given a concrete title yet. Sure, the movies had different directors and crews, but it [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Kirkwood Community College has taken many steps to lessen the chances of students and employees contracting COVID-19, like closing campus from March to August, requiring students to use masks while on campus, cleaning their work spaces before and after class and canceling spring break. However, the college also [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]In mid-March my dad was diagnosed with cancer. That alone was terrifying but at the same time COVID-19 had become a global pandemic killing people with compromised immune systems. Schools, churches and bars were closing and sporting events were being canceled. It was scary to go to a [Continue Reading »]
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Debra McRoberts Outreach Coordinator Although I completely understand the importance of masks, it does make everyday tasks a bit more difficult, and many agree that masks are an inconvenience in our day to day life. I personally struggle with masks as I work at Hy-Vee serving Chinese food [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]The last few months have been hard for everyone, and to be honest I don’t think anyone thought we wouldn’t return to campus until the end of August when we left for spring break last March. Many of us lost jobs, have had to deal with food insecurities [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]During the aftermath of the derecho last month, many had lost power and access to internet. While most had power restored by the start of the fall semester, many students are still without internet. With most classes being held online, both completely and partially, it has become difficult [Continue Reading »]
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You may have seen plenty of advertising lately for the fairly new streaming service, ‘HBO Max’, one of many streaming services flooding the market as television companies adapt to stream rather than broadcast. Recently, HBO Max has taken some moves in censoring or altering the content in their [Continue Reading »]
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It’s easy to roll the recent events of this year up into a blanket and say, “We have come close to TOTAL WAR (Persian gulf crisis with Iran), experienced an APOCALYPTIC virus (COVID-19), been fearful of MURDER hornets (Asian giant hornets), and now hear almost daily about protests and [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]On Thursday, May 7, 2020, Kirkwood’s counselors Angie Ziesman Weiler and Mary Gesing held a Zoom meeting where students received advice for not only dealing with the stress of finals, but the stress we’ll have in the future. I believe they did an excellent job presenting ways of [Continue Reading »]
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Following our changing routines due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, college students globally have been impacted substantially and are learning online in order to adapt. Here is how some of our peers at Kirkwood have handled the unique challenges from quarantine to online classes. Luke Ockerlander, Liberal Arts [Continue Reading »]
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