Natalie Howell

04 Feb 2015

Illogical all-nighters create more stress for students

It’s okay to admit that we spend every minute of any given day thinking about our beds and how great it will be to climb in them and drift off to sleep, not having to deal with the stresses of college life for a couple hours. So here is advice from someone who thought that she could pull off an all-nighter and not die the next day: don’t do it.

01 May 2014

Religion salesmen push boundaries with aggressive advertising style

Last week a few of my friends and I were walking back to our dorms when we were stopped by three adults and asked if we could answer a few questions with the promise that this encounter would only take a few minutes out of our day.

24 Apr 2014

Aging cat introduces feelings of regret at growing older

For Christmas this past year, my little sister received a newborn kitten as a present from my older sister. After a bit of begging and convincing my dad to let her keep it, she named it Tinsel, or Tinny.

18 Apr 2014

Journalism major weighs college studentsʼ academic choices, desired future professions

We’re almost done with another year already, and in these past few weeks we as students had the tedious job of scheduling meetings with our advisors and registering for classes.

11 Apr 2014

Keeping up to date, informed with news

Ever since I chose to become a journalism major, I decided that I should start caring about what is going on in the world and start reading the news.

04 Apr 2014

‘Divergent’ inspires self reflection

Over this past weekend a few of my buddies and I went to see the new movie “Divergent” in theatres. For those of you who have not heard the buzz about “Divergent” yet, it is a story that takes place in a post-American society.

28 Mar 2014

Understanding danger in conspiracies

If you have been watching the news for the past couple weeks, chances are that you have seen almost nothing but news stories about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the airplane that went missing on Sunday, March 9.

14 Mar 2014

Ash Wednesday leads to self reflection

Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, which means that Christians from all over flocked to church to ring in the beginning of Lent and get ashes put on their forehead in the shape of a cross.

28 Feb 2014

Old Facebook messages bring up fond memories

A few days ago I was putting off homework while messing around on Facebook and I began reading my old messages, starting from the first message I had ever sent.

14 Feb 2014

NFL could draft its first openly gay football player

By this time we have all heard about the up-and-coming NFL star Michael Sam, a defensive lineman from the University of Missouri, who just recently came out as a gay man.