Of the few businesses that remain open during the coronavirus pandemic, the United States Postal Service has certainly been living up to its unofficial motto, “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor...
Arriving at the University of Iowa campus was initially daunting for me: I left a town of about 5,000 where everyone knew everyone, to attend college with 30,000 classmates.
I knew I liked writing,...
I miss my job. There, I said it.
Having worked for a local retail shop for nearly a year now, I’ve experienced how much local businesses are an enormous part of Iowa City’s identity. It’s...
The upcoming college football season is surrounded by uncertainty as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make an impact around the world. This pertains to Iowa City and the Hawkeye football program,...
One silver lining of our current societal setback is that even Democrats are beginning to acknowledge the futility of incessant government designs on American health care. Recently, President Trump...
A modern-day Goonies: that’s how the new Netflix show Outer Banks is described. The show follows a group of high schoolers who live on the Cut, an area of working class that always has tension with...
My behavioral neuroscience teaching assistant ended this week’s Zoom discussion section on psychopathology by listing the University of Iowa Counseling Service website. She said if we or anyone else...
July 2016: The month my active life changed forever. No, I did not get into a harmful accident ending with the broken bone. It was when the Pokémon Go app launched across the world.
Yes, in case...
This pandemic has hurt everyone — but some are more hurt than others. Service workers who are interacting with people every day while going about their jobs are in some of the most precarious situations...
It is no surprise that one of the main reasons to leave the house during social distancing is for groceries. Many retail grocery stores across the nation such as Target, Walmart, and Whole Foods offer...
Going to therapy or having a counselor still carries embarrassment to some despite a broader acceptance of mental health in our society. Even so, during this time of stress of COVID-19, making sure...
“Don’t make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude refrain, don’t carry the world upon your shoulders. Then you’ll begin to make it better.”
These...
