Veterans Day started as Armistice Day in 1919 on the one-year anniversary of the end of World War I and it has been celebrated annually since. It was a day set aside to thank the many sacrifices of our armed forces. Our military and their families have made so many sacrifices on our behalf that it is truly the least we can do to thank them for [Continue Reading »]
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Many local restaurants wish to thank retired and active service members for their sacrifices by treating them to a meal on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The following is a list to help Kirkwood’s active duty and retired service men and women as just a small way of saying [Continue Reading »]
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“The Nightmare Before Christmas” is a film regarded to many as one of the best stop-motion animated movies of all time. It reminds people of many things like 2000s-esque gothic fashion, the brilliant soundtrack and Tim Burton himself who spearheaded the production, and the topic of this debate. [Continue Reading »]
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Debra McRoberts Outreach Coordinator I’m not sure when this tradition started but ever since I was a kid, every Halloween we would have chili for dinner then we would go trick-or-treating. Even though my brother and I eventually stopped trick-or-treating, we still have chili for dinner every Halloween [Continue Reading »]
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More than 20 colleges across the U.S. have canceled spring break in hopes of lessening the number of on-campus outbreaks of COVID-19. The list of colleges that have canceled spring break include the University of Iowa, Iowa State, Ohio State and now Kirkwood Community College has followed suit. [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 »]
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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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In the middle of May 2019, I was so surprised and happy when I got an email from the Community College Initiative Program in Washington D.C. for a scholarship granted to me in the United States of America for a year; and got placed at Kirkwood Community College [Continue Reading »]
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Recently, Instagram has added a new update that comes with quite an interesting twist, any post a user makes can be fact-checked, to “reduce the spread of false news,” according to the Facebook help center. The most important question to ask would be how a fact-checker is decided [Continue Reading »]
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