The Beginning I would consider myself an amateur runner on a mission to keep growing as an athlete. My job was actually how I got into distance running. I’m a Cardiovascular Perfusionist. I work in cardiac surgery, running the heart-lung machine during open-heart procedures as well as managing patients in cardiac and/or respiratory failure in the intensive care unit. Needless…
“You’re alone, you’re on your own, so what?Have you gone blind? Have you forgotten what you have and what is yours?” –excerpt of the song King by Lauren Aquilina Grief can feel like emptiness; like being alone at the bottom of a dark pit. It can be easy to forget all of the things you have, the blessings in your…
Over three weeks from its onset, Northern California’s Camp Fire was finally contained on Sunday, November 25th, 2018, after ravaging over 150,000 acres of land. Together with the Woolsey Fire in the south, which also started on November 8th, 2018, these flames burned over 240,000 acres of California land. The Camp Fire alone wiped Paradise, CA off the map, took…
Tomorrow, Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Inc. will celebrate 37 years of sisterhood. 37 years since the five founding mothers established an organization designed to support diversity, multiculturalism, inclusion and sisterhood. During this time, MSU has been able to pursue a number of accomplishments including the establishment of 60 undergraduate chapters, our Aretias local graduate chapters, MU Mission Trip, and our…
Hate speech. Fear mongering. Violent protests. Today is filled with profound amounts of people who feel inferior and act on feelings of paranoia and insecurity. Reaching across the aisle to garner support for a cause may not be the easiest task. People may shame you, question your cause, or refuse to be open minded or willing to listen to the…
