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Divine’s Intervention:

As we wind down the fall semester and rush head-long into the holiday season, I want to discuss two important and related topics: life balance and emotional health. Balancing the ever-changing demands of everyday life is challenging enough, but such balance can be even more precarious during the hustle and bustle of the holidays. As […]

Chinook Stance: Get involved! Join extracurriculars

As I sit here and write this piece and reflect on my college experience, there are some things that I would have changed in my first year of college. One of the biggest things I would have changed is getting more involved in activities or clubs on campus. I wanted to get the college experience […]

The Joy of Intramural Sports

Lane Johnson Johnson’s Journal I was a college football player in the spring of 2023. Now, I’m just a student in college looking to keep my competitive edge. Casper College intramural sports allow me to do just that, but there are also a few problems with the structure of the programs. I’ll share my experience […]

Divine’s Intervention:

Darren Divine, Ph.D., Casper College President As I sit composing this article and looking out my office window I see a calm, peaceful scene.  The flags on the flagpole are barely moving, and despite a few clouds in the sky, it is a beautiful October day.  However, the forecast calls for very cold temperatures in […]

Chinook Stance

Our expectations of college Yaasmiyn Hickman Yapping with Yaz The way college culture is presented throughout the years in movies/TV shows is toxic. They push the narrative of being attractive, party-heavy, and somehow maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Television portrays students effortlessly acing/passing all tests and classes like cake. The reality of taking hard courses is […]

The State of Our Future

By Nina Bivens It seems to me that Gen Z is increasingly less and less focused on politics or what is going on  around the world. Many believe that politics or anything political only incorporates controversial  issues like abortion, gun control, and Covid-19.   People avoid anything in the media because they believe it’s unimportant. They […]

AI & journalism? Not so fast.

By LucyJane’s Literature You know when you walk into a soda shop and your first instinct is to argue with your server about politics and media? Yeah, me neither.  The other day I was minding my own business at work when a customer came in and decided he wanted to start arguing with me about […]