By Holly Hearn “Look in the mirror!” was something I heard almost every day for 14 years. I was doing what I enjoy most in this world, dancing with people who had become my family under the instruction of teachers who were some of my…
By Audrey Helfrich I never thought that choosing a seat in a classroom would be so nerve-wracking. My brain moved at 100 miles an hour and decided on the safest bet, the back of the classroom. It was the first class of my college English…
By Jake Van Clief Attention all educators: if you think artificial intelligence isn’t relevant to your teaching practice, think again. AI is not just some passing fad or niche technology. You wouldn’t say “I don’t know anything about google or JSTOR” at a job interview would you?…
By Jake Van Clief Imagine this: a doctoral dissertation, written entirely by artificial intelligence, lands on the desk of an unsuspecting academic review board. As they pore over the pages, marveling at the depth and clarity of the work, they have no inkling that the…
By Meoghan Swain I never lie when I say ballet is a part of who I am. How could it not be? It’s what I did before I knew how to tie my shoes. But I don’t think people always know what I mean by…
By Sara Orr Last week, my 15-minute walk from my room to class was interrupted by a sharp panic that stopped me in my tracks: I realized I had left my cell phone in my room. It was 10:55 a.m., my class started at 11:00…
By Lexi Ray As a woman who works as a sports photographer, I know firsthand that this is a male-dominated area. Most try to ignore you, some tolerate you, and the ones that are fine with you being there believe that they know best and…
By Hannah Duffey We have all heard the famous Deion Sanders quote, “If you look good, you feel good, and if you feel good, you play good.” For black women, that quote resonates with us and we always have it in the back of our…
By Gabby Alfveby Recently the WNBA announced an expansion team that will be located in the San Francisco Bay Area and begin play in 2025. Other locations that are expected to add expansion teams in the future are Portland, Oregon and Toronto, Canada. Expansion is…
By Kendall Younkman Accessibility has been a problem in the Deaf community for years. At the airport, I always inform the flight employee at the desk that I’m Deaf so one of them can assist me, tell me the gate number and inform the flight…