Kayla Heinze
27 Articles
Lessons Learned
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...
Features
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...
Opinions
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...
Opinions
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...
Campus News
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...
Culture
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...
Opinions
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...
Features
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...


