The year was 1989. Jessie Armstead sat in the Loews Anatole Hotel banquet hall in Dallas, Texas. The future five-time Pro Bowler had a big decision to make as the ball cap belonging to his future college...

Across the U.S., a record number of 160 million Americans filled out their ballots, and even more obsessively checked the electoral map, watching as each state lit up either blue or red. Unfortunately,...

You're sitting at a lunch table waiting for your friends to join you. You can't help but overhear the conversation of the table next to you. A girl is complaining to her friend about her math teacher,...

“Get on the line.” My stomach drops. I can already feel the ache in my lungs from the running I know is coming. Immediately, I started to analyze what wasn’t good enough in my team’s performance,...

English. Math. Science. Core classes are the basis of our education and dominate our school days. As we progress through high school, many feel trapped by the expectation to succeed in these core classes.  And...

I have tough skin, as evident by the fact that I willingly chose to work at Starbucks for my first job. I can deal with harsh words and cruel comments, but there is one thing that rips right through my...

As a therapist’s daughter, I’m no stranger to divulging my feelings. Whether in the makeup aisle at Ulta or during family dinner, my mother, lovingly, asks, “Are you okay?” And to be honest, I’m...

Body image has without a doubt been a problem in American society, but the pervasiveness and the severity of the issue only recently became apparent to me after a conversation with my close friend Josie...

If you had the option to do something, but the risk of a negative result is 72%, is it logical for you to partake in this activity? Almost certainly not. That statistic means that nearly three times out...

Fire crackles in hearths and eggnog flows to the sound of laughter in the kitchen, but there’s someone missing from the holiday celebrations. In a back room, a member of the LGBTQ+ community is  pacing,...

 Millions of united voices are singing the same song. The untimely murders of James Scurlock (22, Omaha, NE), Elijah McClain (23, Aurora, CO), Breonna Taylor (26, Louisville, KY), and recently the attempted...

While the global pandemic has perhaps permanently altered our lives, the debate surrounding the continuation of sports continues. Being put in the middle of the pandemic, the student body...