By: Michelle Sahlieh

Shay Kelley is her name, and she is from my hometown: Denver, Colorado. She traveled across all 50 states in 50 weeks and collected canned goods for homeless people after she lost her marketing job, her house and her car. Talk about making lemonade out of...

By: Ronald Forsell

If anyone walked through the Forum last Saturday night they undoubtedly heard loud music coming from Dows....

By: Michelle Sahlieh

We are known as the “Tell-All” generation, meaning we have all our information out in the wide world of the web. Whether or not we realize how much of our personal information is actually on the Internet is another issue. Websites probably rem...

By: Heather Hanson

As the end of the year is creeping its way into the immediate future, I have been thinking about what it is like for me as a college student versus how it was for me as a high school student. Thinking about this made me realize one giant reason why I was ...

By: Noel Hoffman

This past week I’ve had quite a few complete breakdowns wherein I’ve cried my eyeballs dry. Although there is an ungodly amount of stress at this time of year, it wasn’t due to my overwhelming school load. It was due to the fact that ...

By: Carly Evans

There’s a good chance none of you realized that yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. This day began in 1970 and was a huge collaborative event across the country, but through the years, the celebrations have died down. It seems as tho...

By: Ronald Forsell

There have been few issues more contentious over the last few decades in America than abortion. Ever since the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, the nation has been embroiled in a debate about when life begins, and if the mother of the unborn child ha...

By: Kelsey Crowder

Scholars Day gives students across all majors the opportunity to show everyone their research. Students can present research in poster or presentation form. But is this day really all it could and should be?...

By: Heather Hanson

Well, Mother Nature decided to turn off the air conditioning and turn on the heat. Well, at least turn on the comfortable temperatures, which may make one perspire slightly at various points in the day depending on the activity the person in question i...

By: Samantha Frehse

Are women really to blame? This question was brought up on Friday, Apr. 16 when Hojjat ol-eslam Kazem Sediqi led a prayer. Since Sediqi is a religious leader in Tehran, he said that women who dress promiscuously, or behave promiscuously are to blame fo...

By: Michelle Sahlieh

Cell phones are becoming people’s latest addiction. Children as young as seven (if not younger) are walking around with the newest and coolest phones. The way that parents now-a-days get their children to be quiet in public or to behave in genera...

By: Heather Hanson

Think back to when you were in elementary school. Do you remember those wonderful days when your teacher would tell you there would be no math because you were going to watch a play or some other performance? Well I sure do, and I remember sitting ther...

By: Hannah Miller

Apple’s release of the new iPad was everything consumers were looking for; however, it did fall short in one way. The iPad does not have flash software which, amongst other things, means no subtitles. For many, this is no problem. However, the st...

By: Noel Hoffman

I hope whilst you read this that the both of us are safe and alive, but alas, I fear the chances of that being the case are extremely meek. Looking around our campus this past week, it is obvious to me that we Storm Lake-ian’s are about to be the vi...

By: Ian LaForge

“Ugh! It’s like everybody, their aunt, and their dogs has a Facebook,” I overheard another student say the other day. “You can’t do anything on there without everybody knowing!”  ...

By: Arielle Butler

With us both coming from the same ethnic background, Black History Month has always been very important. Although it is the shortest month of the year, it is often the most influential in our opinion....

By: Ronald Forsell

Early last week, some Earth shaking news was released: the suites would not be allowed to have more than six to seven people in them until some further testing was done.  To say the least, people were not happy.  While everyone understands the n...

By: Jarrod Roth

Has this ever happened to you? You jokingly post something as your Facebook status, like “I’m gonna be a dad…..someday,” and in response get about a million people commenting on it, as if you or your girlfriend were really pregnan...

By: Alyssa Hudnall

It is a well known fact that following a healthy diet is a good way to keep your weight in check, prevent a number of ailments such as heart disease, and also to just increase your overall wellbeing. However, there is a group of individuals with a rather ...

By: Alena Sorlien

I know this article is going to sound harsh, so I apologize in advance. Students are not perfect, nor have we ever claimed to be, so why, teachers, do you think we need to be perfectionists about everything? Now, while this seems to be a bit farfetched, t...