By Allison Kallin/El Inde The student sits down in the cold, metal classroom chair facing the school resource officer and begins to cry about a high school drama between her and her friends. Feeling alone with no one to sit with at lunch, she chose to pay a visit to the SRO office. Although this…
By Logan Wallerstedt/El Inde During the fall of 2017, I was adamant about transferring back home to Tempe, Arizona, and attending Arizona State University. Something in Tucson was holding me back and I could never quite understand it — until now. I made the impulsive decision with our journalism advisor, Paloma Boykin, to graduate a…
By Logan Wallerstedt/El Inde Summoned to the mound mid-inning, an Arizona State baseball pitcher exits the bullpen, sprints onto the field and begins his pitching warm-up routine. Except, before he does anything else, he stops and takes a moment to pray. “I will take my hat off, stand on the back side of the mound,…
By Heather Rich/El Inde On the evening of March 28, I had just finished a puzzle when I left the kitchen to check my phone. I had two missed calls from my mom followed by a text message that read “please call me.” I received the news no one wants to receive during a pandemic:…
By Olivia Schanafelt/El Inde Kyle Shillingburg, a senior at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, is studying early elementary education. He is 21 years old, freakishly tall and sweet-natured. Shillingburg works at Kyrene de los Lagos Elementary School, Monday through Thursday, and remains there for the entirety of the school day. His day consists of…
