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The Power of a Phone Call

Nectar Paola Gonzalez couldn’t talk to her mom. She couldn’t talk to her dad, or her friends or any of her other family members. Her calls were met repeatedly with a busy signal. She threw her phone across the room. Gonzalez could still hear the tone ringing in her ear…

Generation Z Will Surprise You

There is something to be said of the cyclical patterns in nature. The natural course of generations is no different from the progression of the seasons, or the ebb and flow of the tide. As Amy Lynch, generational expert and keynote speaker, states, “An intensely passionate generation is always followed by a cynical one, and cynical gen is always followed by a practical, fix-it gen, and so forth”…

Fountain Square is “Beautiful”

The words “YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL” adorn the top of the Murphy Arts Center. The message gazes over downtown Fountain Square, watching as cars and people come and go. It has become a symbol of Fountain Square. However, the sign was scheduled to be permanently removed because of the degradation of it’s appearance…

Improving Indiana, One Farmers Market at a Time

Even in the dead of winter with snow piling up outside of it’s door, the Indy Winter Farmers Market attracts hundreds of people on a weekly basis. The farmers market is located in the Circle City Industrial Complex (CCIC) on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 10th Street. Despite the unassuming exterior, the Indy Winter Farmers Market is bustling inside…

Coffee is a Global Effort

It is nearly impossible to go about your day without coming into contact with coffee. Either you need it to exist or someone you know does. Coffee culture has become a staple in society, and yet many people take coffee for granted…

How Fast Things Change

My mom called at around 5:30 p.m. on a Sunday in late November. I had been expecting her call. I knew she had taken my sister, Leah, to the hospital earlier that day. She was feeling cramps in her stomach.

It wasn’t supposed to be a life-changing trip. It was supposed to be in and out, a routine visit…