Textbook terrors
High cost textbooks place financial burden on college students Attending college requires students to become masters of their budgets. The tools in the average students’ arsenal include an affinity for Ramen, […]
Author: Amanda Vu
Put the phone away
Technology makes people less social in real-life situations Once, when my family was driving home from a group gathering, my dad got upset at me for playing with my phone […]
‘Tis the season to not be thankful
Thanksgiving has lost meaning as a holiday of thankfulness Students are counting down the days until fall break, families are planning the best stuffing for the turkey and store owners […]
Beginning a new life
Dorm life is necessary and convenient for first-year students It was 11:30 p.m. and I was ready for bed, excited for my first night of getting 8 hours of sleep […]
Grow up already
Acts of immaturity make UI campus hostile for students and faculty Drug abuse, robbery, sexual harassment, abduction and murder are all crimes that are major concerns to every community. This […]
Workplace equality
Gender equality in workplace not fully achieved Fortunately, some age-old prejudices have been largely overcome. Engineering, for example, was accepted as a profession exclusively for men. After years of change […]
The lonely ring — Divorce is not always the best solution
A decade ago, the news of my friends’ parents being separated was so scandalous it became the center of our classmates’ daily conversations. Of course, my friend was upset — […]
Common read necessary
Stealing Buddha’s Dinner’ teaches critical lessons High school students are often deluded into believing college has less homework to offer. Yet, this delusion was crushed for me by the end of June when the University of Idaho […]