What would you give up to be the best at your sport? Sleep, money, a social life? For many runners, the answer to that question is food. There is a common myth that the leanness of a runner’s body equates to the ability to run faster, which has promoted eating disorders within the running community. […]
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Yoga and Mindfulness: Why combining them is crucial to improving mental health in stressful times
Alexandra Mathisen’s yoga practice looks a little different lately. After she finishes helping her daughter with homework, preparing a healthy dinner and writing new posts for her wellness blog, “A Rainbow a Day,” Mathisen teaches outdoor, socially-distanced yoga to the local population of Clark, Colorado. She unfolds her mat, spritzes lavender essential oil on her […]
Puerto Rico struggles with tourism in the midst of a pandemic
Imagine a room with 100 Covid-free people. Now imagine one idiot with Covid going into that room, infecting everyone else. In this case, the room is Puerto Rico, and the idiot–Americans. Puerto Rico has been forced to balance the spread of the coronavirus amongst their densely populated island, while also trying to maintain their economy […]
NYU freshmen live in ghost town
Every fall, over 26,000 undergraduate students migrate to New York City from all across the globe all to attend New York University and reap the opportunities that come from living in New York. But Covid-19 hit New York harder than any other U.S. city, yet some freshmen happily decided to move to New York and […]
A Classroom Without Walls
Nestled in the sequestered hills of Wilton, New Hampshire, The High Mowing Boarding School is a place founded on community, diversity, love, and individualism. Based on the principles of Waldorf education by the german philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the school offers a plethora of courses that are tightly knit with traditions upheld since the schools founding […]
COVID-19 Worsens Digital Inequities along the Southern Border
Laredo, Tx- After dormitories closed across the country, a returning college student was forced to complete an online semester using his cellular hotspot, but tightening COVID-19 restrictions and a lack of access to a stable internet connection made life difficult. Gilberto de Leon, 20, returned home in February to find his parents had ended their […]
Gophers go away with men’s tennis, gymnastics, and track and field teams
Almost every student across the United States has encountered changes with the 2020 school year; however, many University of Minnesota athletes have had their worlds turned upside down following the elimination of three athletic programs. On Thursday, Sept. 10, the University of Minnesota formally announced they will be discontinuing their men’s gymnastics, tennis and track […]
Boston Marathon prevails through the pandemic
Jovial fans line the streets of the greater Boston area on the third Monday in April. They carry signs, take pictures, and shout encouraging words; however, this year, the streets of Boston stood silent on the third Monday in April of 2020, as the 124th Boston Marathon was cancelled. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, […]
For Asian Americans, Trump’s rhetoric is key factor in the 2020 Election
President Donald Trump’s repeated references to COVID-19 as the “kung flu” or the “China virus” are galvanizing Asian Americans to vote Democrat in the U.S. November election. Since the pandemic, there has been a surge of anti-Asian sentiment as Trump has routinely faulted China for the origination of a deadly global virus that has killed […]
News literacy isn’t just about reading the news, it’s about reading the correct news
The rise of misinformation ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election has created a renewed urgency for news literacy around the country. Misinformation has never been as overwhelming as it is right now in all of history. Having this much access to almost any information leads to a concerning issue of whether the content that we […]