School stuff’s easy. People stuff is hard. What I’m saying is this: Getting an F on a test means it’s a detour. You have failed in specific, identifiable ways; given time and effort, that F is something you can fix. When we fail each other, we don’t get a grade. No rubric with lots of…
Have you ever wandered downtown and began to crave a cup of coffee or a bite to eat? Maybe you decided to do some window-shopping and came across a purse or jacket you couldn’t resist. Suddenly you remember that you are a college student, and as always, you are broke. Well here’s some great news…
Much about American culture has changed over the last eight years, and the election of a new leader is on the horizon. How will the youngest voters – the millennial generation – choose to act on their right to vote in 2016? A recent survey of students at the College of Charleston conducted by CNN…
It is that time of year again when we secretly purchase that gift and plan that holiday feast for our loved ones. When welcoming family and friends into your home this holiday season, why not make the holidays even more merry and bright by also inviting a furry, lovable, four-legged friend into you home and…
1. Aim for completion, not perfection. So your final project isn’t all that you hoped and dreamed it would be and you didn’t have time to make it something you are extremely proud of. That’s okay! Submitting a project that is just okay is better than submitting nothing at all. You would drive yourself insane…
We all have ideas. We have big ideas, small ideas, ridiculous ideas and awesome ideas. We have ideas for new TV shows, ideas for new bestselling novels and ideas for new flavors of bubble gum. You have at least half a shadow of an idea floating around in the back of your head right now.…
The impact of Fair Trade has reached the far corners of the globe and has now made its way to Seton Hill University (SHU). Jennifer Jones, assistant professor of communication at SHU, meets with her class every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to discuss Fair Trade and its benefits, and how Seton Hill can start supporting…
The topic of marijuana has come to debate on the floor of Congress in the past. It is not until the state of Colorado legalized marijuana that the media has been paying more attention to it, which has sparked what is known as the “Marijuana-Rights Movement.” According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, marijuana…
Brian Williams was a trusted journalist employed by NBC for over a decade. After the media became aware of a discrepancy in his recent comments regarding his 2003 coverage of the war in Iraq, he lost all credibility. Where his original report mentioned a helicopter that was hit by groundfire traveling about an hour ahead…
Ebola is a problem that could have been solved years ago when the first outbreak occurred. It wasn’t because the medical field is a business that requires a profit to sustain itself. There was no profit to be made creating a cure for a disease that would be given to people in African countries that…