It is easy to see the pandemic’s impact on individuals’ mental health, jobs, education and physical health. It is harder to see the challenges it has posed to small businesses in the last year, when many of them were forced to scale back or even close for periods of time.
Music by Women Festival goes virtual, lasts all month
In the midst of this pandemic, the fifth annual festival is being held virtually. Every night this month at 7:30 p.m., new concerts are being posted to the Music by Women website and YouTube channel. The concerts are completely free to the public, and they will continue to stay up for viewing following the festival.
Simple Servings offers non-allergenic choices at cafeteria
Valentine's Day not the same for couples during COVID-19
Pandemic sees streaming services premiering movies on small screen, theatre at same time
For about a year, COVID-19 has impacted our day-to-day lives in so many different ways. From having to wear a mask, socially distancing from one another, and even the way we have to view new movie releases, everything seems different. Although streaming services have been around for quite some time, they have become a new alternative to going to the cinema.
Students have hopes, concerns about vaccines
COVID-19 has now been around since late 2019 and came to the United States in early 2020. The virus has changed the course of many people’s lives. As of late February, 500,000 people in the U.S. had died.
Scientists have been working hard to develop a vaccine since the cases started. As the numbers increased so too did their efforts. Vaccines usually take years to develop. However, vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer have recently been approved for use after less than a year from the initial impact of the coronavirus.
The W raises new state flag on campus, distributes video
On Feb. 5 the Mississippi University for Women raised the new state flag on campus.The W was one of the state universities to take down the original state flag, which featured the canton of the Confederate battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. It stopped flying on campus in 2016.The new design for the state flag entitled: “The New Magnolia” was voted in this past November with the citizens of Mississippi voting 73% in favor of the new design.
W Students Prepare for mostly online Spring Semester
Spring Housing will share same safety precautions as Fall
"She Kill's Monster: Virtual Realms" Review
“She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms” is a play based on the famed roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons. Throughout the years it has been adapted to fit and change with its ever-growing community. One of these ways is through new mediums such as the play performed by the Mississippi University for Women theatre department this semester.