As this challenging year comes to a close, the United States looks back on a year of polarization and politicization of public issues between holders of opposing viewpoints. A divisive election and unprecedented global pandemic both accentuated civil discourse pitfalls that have been present among us for years. It’s easy to allow these issues to overwhelm us, but all that does is doom us to fall into repetitive patterns and get caught up in what’s wrong rather than ways to fix it.

College students across America have been sent home because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. For many, this just meant packing up and moving off of their campus a few months earlier than expected, but for seniors, this was a final goodbye to the life they came to know and love as a college student.

By Kyle Kittredge Staff Writer   Imagine letting yourself become lazy. You don’t shower, you sleep in, you’re not motivated to hang out with friends, and worst of all your grades go down. It is...