Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief I didn’t know much when I came to ISU. I didn’t have a major picked out or a life’s dream to achieve, but I did have a position as a staff photographer at The Bengal. The past four years on this staff have changed my life, and […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief The peasants haven’t any bread? Let them eat cake. While it’s debated whether or not Marie Antoinette actually spoke the line famously attributed to her, it is still a powerful example of how very out of touch the rich and in power can be. Many have never […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Recently, I’ve been living my life in the form of countdowns — 33 days until graduation, 89 days until the wedding and 11 days until I find out how my job interview went — you get the idea. Anyone who spends time around me has been forced […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Parents seem to agree that it’s a little nerve-wracking letting someone hold your baby for the first time. What if they drop it? What if, from no fault of their own, it won’t stop screaming no matter what they do? Despite all this, you know you can’t […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief I will be the first person to admit that I am not a relatively coordinated individual. I trip on flat sidewalks, run into low-hanging tree branches and fall down the stairs at the gym after leg day. I once went to sit down in a perfectly stationary […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Dear eighteen, If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. There’s a reason people still say this all the time. It’s because it’s true. College is close and graduation is closer. I know you’re equal parts excited and terrified. You feel obligated to hide […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief The semester is already halfway over. Let that sink in for a moment. It feels like only moments ago I was starting my senior year of college, and now all of a sudden it is three quarters of the way finished. The madness of midterms is in […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief It’s the least wonderful time of the year. It’s at this time every year that this paper, and many other on-campus student services, must pick up the pieces after yet another budget cut. It was at this time last year that ASISU moved to cut all funding […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Social anxiety is no small ordeal, and while it comes in all shapes and sizes it’s far more than just those dang millennials who don’t know how to talk on the phone. I often find myself struggling to explain to even those closest to me why I […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief When I was little, my family was involved in an organization called World Relief. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, it is an organization that assists victims of persecution, war, disasters and poverty. Through World Relief, we hosted a family of Sudanese refugees for […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief I’d been without hope for so long it had begun to feel normal. As any of you who regularly read my column know, this election season has been rough on me, and yes, I’ve cried over the election of Donald Trump. Not because I need a safe […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Perhaps the saying is right, that ignorance is bliss. I’m feeling tired and disheartened as I sit down writing this. There’s lots of things to write about. I’ve got plenty on my mind, but honestly this week the words are feeling a little hard to find. The […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief The start of a new year and a fresh semester always gets me thinking about where I’ve been and where I’m going. For me, this year is going to be filled with some huge lasts and some even more significant firsts. Monday was one of each: my […]

Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief The more time I spend in a university setting, the more I’ve begun to think of it as a little political country all its own. The depth of what goes on at any given university is something I never even considered when I stepped into my first […]