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 Meredith O’Neil/El Inde Thirty-one-year-old Scott Gooderham thought he was going to die. He had lost forty pounds and was still losing weight fast. He had been living for seven years with a disease that normally affects people much older than him. At 24, he had been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, an autoimmune disease similar…
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 Elizabeth Humston/El Inde Your senior year of college is a year that you will never forget. The last memories made are usually of graduation; getting handed your diploma, throwing your cap in the air, and saying goodbye to friends who have been there for you the past four years. However, that is not how…
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:…
