Seeing the Outside View: Winter’s Vicious Assault on the Homeless

Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer Winter; a time spent by many enjoying warm seasonal beverages, gathering for holiday celebrations, and planning for new beginnings. For some though, these pictures may be the farthest things from their minds as they struggle to just get by. As a non-native North Carolinian myself, the image of winter has never been more than just a passing thought of inconvenient piles … Continue reading Seeing the Outside View: Winter’s Vicious Assault on the Homeless

Only the Strongest Resolutions Survive

Kaetlyn Dembkoski   Staff Writer With the first month of the new year halfway through, many find themselves in new circumstances and positions that they must uphold. For some, however, that beginning remains just that, a beginning that never progresses beyond the initial step. Everyone at some point in their life has made a new year’s resolution. Whether the determined plan of the annual goal … Continue reading Only the Strongest Resolutions Survive

Turning a New Leaf: Tobacco versus Marijuana

Kaetlyn Dembkoski   Staff Writer As the twenty-first century approaches their new year, the younger generations take up a new leaf. For some though, this leaf is not of the metaphorical variety. In recent years, cigarettes have taken a place on the backburner, while drugs like marijuana have heavily taken the foreground in terms of discussion. This is not to say that cigarettes are fading … Continue reading Turning a New Leaf: Tobacco versus Marijuana

Paying for Health: The Meal Choices

Kaetlyn Dembkoski   Staff Writer As college students, we are constantly tasked with juggling our lives; from homework and studying to attending social outings and maintaining stress levels, there are times where we neglect the rudimentary aspects of life. We throw away sleep for better test grades, swap out physical activity for more study time, and even disregard social gatherings to ensure that we are … Continue reading Paying for Health: The Meal Choices

Quarantined and Outcasted: The Unfavorable Reputation of People with STDs/STIs

Kaetlyn Dembkoski   Staff Writer In a world that sometimes focuses too heavily on differences and occasionally obsesses over the notion of separating what we cannot relate too, it is not always the visible divergences that are utilized to isolate and outcast. For many, it is the differences that are not constantly in sight that are the most detrimental to our reputations as people. For … Continue reading Quarantined and Outcasted: The Unfavorable Reputation of People with STDs/STIs

Latte Designs, Gluten Free Cookies, and Wi-Fi: First World Problems

Kaetlyn Dembkoski   Staff Writer When you hear the words first world problems, what are the first images or thoughts that you associate with them? Is it the sight of people yelling at helpless employees for a mistake they could not have avoided? Is it a feeling of annoyance when seeing pictures on social media where people have carefully documented their discourteous actions towards circumstances … Continue reading Latte Designs, Gluten Free Cookies, and Wi-Fi: First World Problems

Uncompensated exploitation: an intern’s plight

Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer   Dating back to about the 12th century in England, apprenticeships were meant to spread the immense knowledge of masters of certain tasks down to another man who was in search for a craft to specialize in. As times have progressed, apprenticeships have become less frequent; along with that notion, even in the amount of those that are remaining, the difficulties … Continue reading Uncompensated exploitation: an intern’s plight

The Democratic Party is more than its candidates

Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer   It may only be September now, but the future Presidential decision is fast approaching. We all must assume our roles as citizens, whether that be to take a side or decide that the country is in trouble regardless of which candidate is left standing in November.   Our decision, should we choose to make one, depends entirely on two main … Continue reading The Democratic Party is more than its candidates

“Higher Learning”: a loaded term

Kaetlyn Dembkoski   Staff Writer Whether you’re a returning upperclassman, a transfer student, or a freshman straight out of the high school doors, a question either has or eventually will arise about the reason for going to college in the first place. In the last few months, I have been mentally preparing for my third return to UNCG. It’s not just to get everything unpacked … Continue reading “Higher Learning”: a loaded term