Volante
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
To our readers, my staff and everyone who has supported my journey, As I close out my time as Editor-in-Chief (EIC), I can’t help but feel a million different emotions. Most of all, I feel proud and lucky. I am proud and lucky to have met and worked with an incredible group of people throughout […]
Clay County’s first pandemic: The 1918 Spanish Flu
Over a century ago, in 1918, the United States and Clay County faced the world’s first global pandemic with the 1918 Spanish Flu. However, this was not the only first the U.S. and Clay County were facing. The world was also in the middle of its first World War, which America entered on April 7, […]
Letter from the editor: The Volante is here to be your voice
2020 has turned the entire world upside down. Our perfect schedules were cleared. Our travel plans were postponed. Classes were redesigned. Everything we knew is gone. While things we once took for granted are changing to luxuries, it is important to learn from what we are going through. Through this pandemic, I have learned how […]
Letter from the Editor: A small staff with extra drive
The Volante is already a small staff — with only 13 executive staff members and five more reporters. This year, we have focused on being a team and working together. I’m so grateful we made teamwork a priority early. This is not how I or any Editor-in-Chief wanted this semester to conclude, but we have […]
Art, interrupted
A plethora of DIY pages and positivity accounts have posted about being creative during the shock of coronavirus. New crafts, dances and entertainment opportunities are provided with every refresh of a social media page and through this pandemic, the world has been reminded of the necessity of artists. Art is in the music we listen […]