Linda Abel

17 Apr 2008

Columnist encourages students to get outside

Over the past five months we have been running from building to building and avoiding every possible reason to have to go out into the blistering cold. Now that the sun is shining and the thermometers are reading over 40 […]

03 Apr 2008

College students meet money issues daily

Money is something that has great importance in our everyday lives, but holds different value for each and every one of us. Generally, college students can be considered poor. The “poor college student” label is nothing we haven’t heard before, […]

26 Mar 2008

Columnist questions careless conversation

Personal privacy is a concept that many college students understand and want when it comes to most issues in their lives. However, I have recently noticed a growing number of students on campus who don’t seem to understand that a […]

28 Feb 2008

Freshman advises students to remember home

Home sweet home. As first year students we are required to live on campus. Prior to this year I was somewhat worried about living away from my home. The first few weeks of second semester were quite different from the […]

14 Feb 2008

Students know where to find distractions, stray from study habits

It’s hard to believe that it’s already second semester. I feel like I just finished moving in and organizing my stuff; however, the organization part is still a work in progress. As a freshman, the first semester was an entirely […]

13 Dec 2007

Freshman suggests methods for handling finals stress

Congratulations freshmen, we’ve made it through our first semester as college students.  I’m definitely feeling the stress that everyone has always talked about. With projects, presentations and tests it seems like we hardly have time to breathe. It’s easy for […]

06 Dec 2007

Freshmen discover lots to love about college life; looking forward to more

It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving break is already here and gone. Where has the time gone? Over the past few months I have been filling you in on my viewpoints of living, partying and learning here at UW-River Falls. […]

08 Nov 2007

College experience exposes higher levels of maturity

As young adults many aspects of our lives are changing. We are now in college and feeling miles away from our senior year in high school. For the first time, a number of us are finding new responsibilities and challenges […]

25 Oct 2007

University expectations demand more studying

With midterms already here, it’s crazy to think that we’ve been in college for seven weeks now. Time sure does fly when you’re having fun. Fun is exactly what college is, too. However, it seems easy to get carried away […]

11 Oct 2007

New freedoms require freshmen to take extra precautions

We freshmen have now had a whole month to start getting a feel of what real college parties are like. Wow, are they ever amazing. It wasn’t long ago that I was walking in the front door of my house […]