by Sarah Green | Apr 18, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Pop-up restaurants appear and are gone in a day or three. Pop-up concerts getting announced on Facebook a few hours before they happen, filling an unused space with a packed crowd for three hours and leaving behind only glitter. A pop-up museum travels the country,...
by Sarah Green | Apr 11, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Legally, the schools in Jefferson County, Alabama, have been racially desegregated since a federal court order in 1971. But from the first day, when mothers of white students spat at black children entering their schools, there has been local resistance. Recently,...
by Sarah Green | Apr 4, 2018 | News, Student Issues
The Regeneron Science Talent Search (Regeneron STS) is the oldest and most prestigious of student science competitions. Finalists win purses that add up to nearly $2 million from the Society for Science and the Public, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit. The...
by Sarah Green | Mar 28, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Philando Castile was a school cafeteria supervisor in a public school in St. Paul, Minnesota, before he was killed in 2016 by a police officer during a traffic stop. His death made him famous. But he was a star in life, too. “Philando was ‘Mr. Phil’ to the...
by Sarah Green | Feb 21, 2018 | News, Student Issues
It’s common knowledge that junior college has many benefits for its students, including lower tuition and more flexible schedules. But there is still a misconception that a junior college degree won’t lead to a well-paying job. However, nothing could be farther from...
