Category Archives: Lifestyles

Emmanuel Son, Staff Writer With 34 million positive cases and over 1 million deaths worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly affected life for almost everybody. The COVID-19 pandemic has put many restrictions onto the daily lives of most people around the world. Saint Martin’s University has been following the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionContinue reading “Saint Martin’s students and COVID-19 regulations: How the community is coping”

Celine Winston, Staff Writer With the beginning of fall season comes fun activities like pumpkin patches and spooky haunts. Halloween is just around the corner, falling on a Saturday this year. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, gatherings are limited, and many places remain closed. However, there are still numerous fall activities open this year.  Hunter FamilyContinue reading “Local Lacey: Where to find seasonal fall activities”

Olivia Alvord, Staff Writer Taryn Zard, Staff Writer  Balancing college classes, jobs, extracurricular activities, friendships, and family obligations is hard. It can be even more tiring in the virtual setting where we are stuck looking at screens for many hours of the day. College students have always fueled their studies with a variety of energyContinue reading “Brain fuel or gruel: Caffeine and Saint Martin’s students”

Hillary Thompson, Staff Writer  Saint Martin’s is known for having many amazing clubs and organizations, one being the Associated Students of Saint Martin’s University (ASSMU).  Senior Hannah Salapka, who is a part of ASSMU, discusses the organization and their goals. “We are a senate made up of students from a variety of groups on campus.Continue reading “Associated Students of Saint Martin’s University: Understanding the student organization”

Sophia Kobernusz-Gibbs, Staff Writer As everyone is still learning how to take care of themselves during this time of social distancing due to COVID-19, the question of how we can take care of ourselves mentally throughout these strange times arises.  Psychologists Alexandra Main, Qing Zhou, Yue Ma, and Lina J. Luecken define stress as “bestContinue reading “Stress and COVID-19: How a pandemic has impacted mental health”

Celine Winston, Staff Writer We vote every four years for our next president, which makes the vote we cast so important, as we will be impacted by it until the next election cycle. To become president, you must be a natural born citizen, at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident ofContinue reading “The choice of our nation”

Olivia Alvord, Staff Writer After schools moved to virtual learning in March, students, parents, and teachers were faced with adapting to a new normal. Parents had to step into the role of teacher, and many students were forced into hours of staring at a screen or on Zoom calls. It has been a transition forContinue reading “Transitioning from in-person to online learning: A rollercoaster ride for all ages”