Afraid to Switch Your Major?
Statistics It is said that between around 50-70% of students end up changing their majors at least once while in college according to the University of Laverne. What I am concerned with is why this many students decide to switch their majors and when…
Cougars Win Intramural Volleyball Championship
By Daniel Hasko On November 20th, Geiseman Gymnasium played host to an eight-team single elimination tournament to determine the champion of this year’s intramural volleyball campaign. Matches were played in a best of 3 format beginning at 3:00pm.…
This is Not the Time to Wait and See
By Jordan Mann The election is over. What is happening now cannot be attributed to “campaign rhetoric.” The direction of the administration of President Elect Donald Trump can be seen by his appointments. The most glaring, Stephen Bannon, the man who…
Texting and Driving: Our New Role as Passengers
When is it Okay? Texting and Driving is illegal in the state of Illinois, yet has still become a social norm for many adult and young drivers in our world today. How dangerous could it be to send a quick text to a friend, snapchat your tedious commute to…
Hate comes at a cost.
Lego has recently announced that it will no longer place advertisements in The Daily Mail. Lego is the first major company to respond to a social network campaign called Stop Funding Hate which urges big companies (primarily in the UK) to pull their…
Who is John Edward Smith?
Concordia University’s ‘The Collective’ is rounding out 2016 with their second performance of the season. “The Death and Life of John Smith” is a new play written by Will Dunne in association with Chicago Dramatists. It follows John Smith, a devout…
IT MIGHT BE, IT COULD BE, IT IS!
By Daniel Hasko Fox Sports commentator Joe Buck referred to the night as “176 years of combined frustration.” Fortunately for the Chicago Cubs, the 108 years they were responsible for has come to an end with an absolute classic 8-7 game 7 World Series…
My Adventure Abroad (part 9)
How to have Halloween in Rome! As we all know, Halloween is a well loved event in the U.S. With that being said, how do you bring that love to a country that has just recently celebrated it only 5 short years ago? Simple, find friends, dress up, and…
My Adventures Abroad (part 7)
5 things that people who study abroad DON’T tell you… 1. it is OKAY to cry… Sometimes life can bring many challenges, especially ones that make you want to break down and cry. Recently, I had some unfortunate events that led…
My Adventures Abroad (part 8)
What I didn’t know I would miss once I went overseas It is always an exciting time when you are in a new place with a new culture. Of course it will be nerve-racking at first, because you never know what you have gotten yourself into, but in the…