Natalie Howell

21 Nov 2013

‘Selfie’ named word of year

Looking through the NBC News app on my phone I came across an article titled, “Oxford Dictionaries names ‘selfie’ word of the year.”

14 Nov 2013

Students evaluate what home means

As you probably have noticed from the signs around the University Center, Phillip Phillips is coming to UW-River Falls on Friday, which is causing a very excited buzz around campus. Walking around, every other conversation I hear is, “Hey, are you going to Phillip Phillips on Friday?” and “What time should we get in line?”

31 Oct 2013

Students should ‘embrace the awkward’ when embarrassed

You are in class and realize that you have been zoning out for the last couple of minutes.

17 Oct 2013

Student reminisces on challenges faced in life, attempts to find bravery

While driving to my family’s favorite vacation spot this last summer, we passed along a road that should not mean much to anyone; it is just simply a road.

26 Sep 2013

Bottling up emotions, struggles perceived as strong but hurts individuals more in long run

On the way back to River Falls, my mom and I were chatting during the hour-and-a-half trip, when she suddenly got serious. She told me that my cousin, who just graduated college, had a very serious drug problem and had intense Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).