BLOG: This blog is not about gun control
Anyone with any sense of what’s been going on in the United States knows that gun control has been a hot button topic in the news recently. I’m not going to tell you what to think, but for Pete’s sake, think. Some colleagues and I were sitting in the newsroom throwing some banter back […]
Mixing up finals week: CAB, university offer 11 days of campus activities
Finals week might be a little less hectic this year – Campus Activities Board and Student Services will be hosting stress-relieving activities throughout the week. “When CAB originally started booking things, they thought it was going to be a normal finals week,” Assistant Director of Student Life Lindsay Sparks said. “Then we found out it […]
Senior columnist reflects on her years at university
The time has come for this college student to put down her coffee, stop going to bars, stop eating Easy Mac and breaking into song at random. That’s right, I’m graduating — but who am I kidding? I’ll never stop doing any of those things. I feel a sense of relief, but also sadness by […]
Rambling Anna: A whole new kind of Thanksgiving
This is going to get personal; I’m bringing my boyfriend home for Thanksgiving and I’m terrified. Here’s what you need to know — we’ve been dating for about six months, we had a couples Halloween costume and we’ve met each other’s parents, but no other family members. I’m more than a little scared my boyfriend […]
Blogging gives students edge in real world
Blogging has become increasingly popular over the last decade as a way to self-publish ideas and interact with an audience online. Gainesville SEO Services help bloggers optimize their content for search engines, ensuring greater visibility and reach. Sites like Blogger, Weebly and WordPress make it easy for the average Joe to create professional-looking blogs comparable […]
Rambling Anna: A thank you letter to the universe, kind of
This week, I went to Walmart and bought plastic to shrink-wrap our windows to keep the heating bill down as temperatures continue to get lower and lower. I also completed other mundane tasks like buying gas, scheduling an oil change and figuring out where and how to order my gown for graduation —which, by the […]
Rambling Anna: The bucket list conundrum
Bucket lists have become a popular thing, so my roommates and I — all seniors — decided to create one for ourselves. The problem is, we’re all starting to come to terms with our age and the fact that sometimes it’s just really nice to spend a weekend doing absolutely nothing. For instance, back in […]
‘Dude looks like a lady’ at drag show
There will be glitter, feathers, and a “wildly inappropriate good time” according to the University of South Dakota’s 10% Society president, Gretchen Stanley at their annual drag show. “It’s the least PG thing we have on campus all year,” Stanley said. The show, which will take place Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. in the Muenster […]
Rambling Anna: Vermillion isn’t dangerous at night
In one of my classes, we got off on a tangent about how males see things differently than females. For instance, walking to your car in a deserted parking lot after dark in Vermillion is a lot scarier for women than it is men. I was the only one in class who didn’t agree. About […]
Rambling Anna: The completely unprepared senior
My friends and I were sitting around a few days before school started in our big adult house with our big adult furniture, drinking our big ‘finally 21’ adult drinks when we began talking about our plans for the semester. We’re all seniors and we’re all ready to power through our last semester, or two, […]