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How to effectively study from home

Online classes require different habits than in-person classes
Kayla Brown
March 21, 2020

A lot of people avoid online classes because they find it hard to focus but with most classes now being taught on Zoom for the rest of the semester due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s unavoidable.  As...

Questioning your sexuality is normal, but questioning it after coming out of the closet can open a lot of new doors. Graphic by Kayla Brown

TESTIMONIAL: Sexuality isn’t linear

Kayla Brown
November 6, 2019

“Why are you calling yourself gay? I thought you were bisexual.”  Those words resonated with me when I was 16, and at 21, they hang over me like a cloud of stigma. The only difference between then...

"What are you doing after graduation?" The question is often asked of students, but some tire of hearing it. Opinion writer, Kayla Brown, explains her experience.
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OPINION: Stop asking me what my plans are after graduation

I’m tired of people wanting to know what I’m doing because I don’t know
Kayla Brown
October 21, 2019

I’m graduating this upcoming spring. I’m finishing my bachelor's degree in a four-year time span and only months after turning 21.  Do I know what’s going to happen to me after May? Of course...

Photo courtesy of Kayla Brown: State Hornet opinion writer Kayla Brown and her friends at her going away dinner in August 2018 
From left to right; Lauren, Kristen, Mercy, Kayla and Christina

OPINION: Soulmates are real, and they can be platonic

The love of friendship is just as strong as romantic love
Kayla Brown
October 7, 2019

I met one of my lifelong friends, Lauren, when we were each about 1 year old and I punched her, knocking her out in a “Mommy and Me” group.  Ever since then I have been best friends with her and...

OPINION: The most well-known unknown victim gave me renewed hope

OPINION: The most well-known unknown victim gave me renewed hope

Chanel Miller speaks up about her sexual assault in her new memoir “Know my Name”
Kayla Brown
September 4, 2019

I remember lying on the floor of my friend’s living room at six in the morning, reading the story of the Brock Turner rape investigation. I felt scared, angry and a hundred other different emotions,...

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