By Kelsey Murray – Spending money is unavoidable. As college students, we swipe the debit card for the weekly groceries, rip the check out to pay for the monthly rent and count the pennies pooled in your car cup holder to pay for a daily dose of Starbucks. And yet, this spending is all in addition to the thousands ofRead More

By Emily Ferro – We’ve all been there before-sitting in a class wondering “when am I ever going to need to know this?” Whether the work is busywork, or extremely relevant to the course, it sometimes just feels like the course is there to fill up four years in college. Throughout high school, “How is this useful?” was the questionRead More

By Lauren Kane – “Put the cell phone away, please.” Such words are a common phrase requested in the modern day classroom, as students are often caught with a having a cell phone in hand during class. The moment of embarrassment soon passes, and class moves on. Students continue to text in class and use their computers to browse FaceBook,Read More

By Christian Lawber – Last September, the Boston Red Sox suffered one of the worst collapses, if not the worst collapse, in baseball history. Since then, the focus for everyone who follows the team has been on what their future might hold. Soon after the 2011 season came to its dismal end, both Theo Epstein, long-time General Manager for theRead More

By Lauren Kane – In a few short days, finals will be here, and no matter what time you might happen to be crossing campus, you are more than likely to be able to glimpse at McKillop library. In the coming week, the library will be brightly lit and fully functioning 24/7. Inside, late at night, students can be seenRead More