By Ian Pumphrey As America continues to break COVID records, and cases in Texas rise rapidly, I ask myself what we can do to minimize the spread of the virus. Quickly however, I am reminded that reducing the spread of COVID isn’t so much about what we should be doing but more about what we…Continue Reading The ignorance of pandemic parties
By Devin Sanchez 2020 has been a crazy year, as we can all agree. In March of this year, the whole COVID-19 pandemic started. Nobody ever would have guessed that nine months later, we are still having to be careful going out in public, and especially working. I started working right before the lockdown started,…Continue Reading A pandemic workplace
By Annabelle Podmore When I was in eighth grade, my family decided to spend Spring Break road tripping around Texas. It was one of those crazy ideas my mom gets sometimes, where she insists that we need to be making more memories as a family, so why not? The trip involved my mom, sister, aunt,…Continue Reading Deep in the heart of Texas
By Ian Pumphrey Named after the 100-mile long twists of the Rio Grande river that form the Texas-Chihuahua-Coahuila border, Big Bend National Park is like a second, much-drier home to me. In fourth grade, I began traveling to the park with my father on a yearly basis. It’s been a tradition ever since, and the…Continue Reading Camping chaos
By Amanda Gaupp Order by order, junior Avery Stephens was overjoyed as she became the small business owner she had always dreamt of becoming. Having had goals of starting a small business for the past year, Stephens has worked to make her aspirations a reality. “Since I turned 16, I wanted to get a job,”…Continue Reading Fresh Prints
By Ian Pumphrey She still remembers the day she got her first ukulele. It was a Christmas gift given to her in seventh grade, and as she battled anxiety, it became a haven. Her passion for the ukulele would drive her music career, releasing an EP, or extended play, titled Yellow in October of last…Continue Reading Yellow