Any participant in any sport knows success never happens overnight.Shocker baseball has had its waves of successes and failures. At one point in the program’s history, it was looked at as one of the...
It seems we have reached the point in the semester where I can see the stress people are feeling.Finals are creeping up and on top of that, professors are piling on assignment after assignment for students...
The large red Netflix screen will be the death of me.After spending a day at work interacting with computers, cameras and voice recorders under harsh fluorescent lights, all I want to do is spoon with...
For the final week of Lent, I did not eat for seven days.I did this this for three reasons: to challenge my willpower, to cleanse my body and to touch the work of God.Fasting can do this because it connects...
Most students will not read this editorial. And most will not vote this week for Student Government positions.There are many things to love about Wichita State. Instead of classes full of wide-eyed, inexperienced...
I was dragged into attending the Easter service at an Orthodox Church on Saturday night.“Come on, it’ll be fun,” I was told. More than anything, I was nervous. The last time I went to a church, I...
I’ve never successfully completed a diet, but I’ve tried my share. Diet plans are as easy to come by as the latest fashion trends. Everything from eating dog food to consuming one ice cube per day...
Naps: the fun-sized versions of comas and life support for college students.Naps provide many students with an extra burst of energy needed to get through the average day of lectures, research and writing.However,...
“The finals are coming, the finals are coming!” Isn’t that what Paul Revere said? I’m not sure if that was the exact terminology back then, but it was something similar.Finals are on the horizon...
My column today is probably limited to my personal experience and I’m not sure how many other people feel this way.I was in the Rhatigan Student Center during my freshman year, and there was this girl...
Clarification: The American Red Cross follows the rules about donating blood set by the Food and Drug Administration.Donating blood must feel great.A giant needle stuck in your arm, knowing you are able...
There is a great quote from the book “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech.The quote says, “In the course of a lifetime, what does it matter?” and is left for the protagonist, Sal, early on in the...
