Kayla Heinze

27 Articles

Lessons Learned: How to learn from yourself

I often look back on my 18-year-old self as being a child. She was one in a lot of ways — naive, nervous, open-minded and idealistic. But...

Beloved crossroads: Disciplines converge and diverge on the Academic Quad

Every weekday afternoon, a migration occurs. Students shuffle from where they have been congregating for lunch — the benches, the grass or the tables...

Opinion: How a pile of trash can break your heart

We’ve all seen it — the overflowing trash bins around the Marketplace. Litter spilling out in all directions, left to the wind’s devices until...

Opinion: Humility is a virtue, unless you’re CBS

As a philosophy major, I spend a lot of time reading and talking about what it means to be a “good person.” The short...

Fall 2021 semester poses “Double Red Zone”

Content warning: This article contains discussions of sexual assault on campus. While moving onto campus for the first time is a celebratory achievement for students...

Letter from the smokey, sheep-filled mountains

I have always wanted to see bighorn sheep in the wild. A couple weeks ago, I spontaneously went on a drive that winds up...

We should still celebrate Earth Month in the time of COVID-19

As spring in Minnesota has slowly arrived, I have noticed more of my neighbors walking through the local parks and playing outside with their...

Séances, sleepovers and the many traditions keeping roommates together

Walking into a college dorm room on first-year move-in day can be emotionally nerve-wracking and mentally exhausting. Awkward or over-enthusiastic greetings with a new...